Claims
- 1. A method of applying a rotatable outer label to a container, comprising:permanently securing an inner label about the container; temporarily coupling an outer label having a transparent region to the inner label; securing the outer label about the container; and rotating the outer label relative to the inner label to detach the outer label from the inner label and to allow the outer label to rotate freely relative to the inner label.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the inner label has written indicia disposed on an inner label front surface.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the outer label has written indicia disposed on an outer label front surface.
- 4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of applying a slip agent between an inner label front surface and an outer label back surface.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the slip agent has a coefficient of friction between 1.5 and 2.0.
- 6. The method of claim 4 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises temporarily adhering the outer label to the inner label through the use of one selected from the group consisting of adhesive, water, static electricity and pressure.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein a layer of varnish is disposed on at least a portion of the inner label front surface.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the adhesive is disposed on at least a portion of the inner label front surface.
- 9. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of permanently securing the inner label about the container further comprises applying a permanent adhesive to at least a portion of an outer surface of the container.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises applying an external physical pressure to the outer label.
- 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises applying an electrostatic charge to the outer label.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises applying a wetting agent to the outer label.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the wetting agent is water.
- 14. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of applying a slip agent between an inner label front surface and an outer label back surface.
- 15. The method of claim 1 wherein a layer of varnish is disposed on at least a portion of the inner label front surface.
- 16. A method of applying a rotatable label to a container, comprising:providing a container having written indicia disposed on an outer surface of the container; temporarily coupling a label having a transparent region to the outer surface of the container; securing the label about the container; and rotating the label relative to the outer surface of the container to detach the label from the outer surface of the container and to allow the label to rotate freely relative to the outer surface of the container.
- 17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of disposing a layer of varnish on at least a portion of the outer surface of the container to limit the ability of the label to adhere to the portion of the outer surface of the container.
- 18. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of applying a slip agent between a label back surface and the container's outer surface.
- 19. The method of claim 18 wherein the slip agent has a coefficient of friction between 1.5 and 2.0.
- 20. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises temporarily adhering the label to the container's outer surface with a temporary adhesive.
- 21. A method of applying a rotatable label to a container; comprising:permanently securing an inner label about the container; cutting an outer label from a roll of labels; temporarily securing a leading edge of a back surface of the outer label having a transparent region, from the roll of labels, to the inner label; securing the outer label about the container; and rotating the outer label relative to the inner label to detach the outer label from the inner label and to allow the outer label to rotate freely relative to the inner label.
- 22. The method of claim 21 wherein the inner label has written indicia disposed on an inner label front surface.
- 23. The method of claim 21 further comprising the step of applying a slip agent between an inner label front surface and an outer label back surface.
- 24. The method of claim 23 wherein the slip agent has a coefficient of friction between 1.5 and 2.0.
- 25. The method of claim 21 wherein the step of temporarily securing further comprises the step of temporarily adhering the outer label to the inner label with a temporary adhesive.
- 26. The method of claim 21 wherein the step of cutting occurs substantially simultaneously with the step of temporarily securing.
- 27. The method of claim 21 wherein the step of cutting occurs after the step of temporarily securing.
- 28. The method of claim 21 wherein the step of cutting occurs before the step of temporarily securing.
- 29. The method of claim 21 further comprising the step of disposing a layer of varnish on at least a portion of the inner label to limit the ability of the outer label to adhere to the portion of the inner label.
- 30. A method of applying a rotatable outer label to a container, comprising:providing an outer label having a transparent region; permanently securing an inner label about the container, the inner label having a layer of varnish disposed on at least a portion of a front surface of the inner label for limiting an adhesive bond between the inner label and the outer label; temporarily adhering the outer label to the portion of the inner label front surface having the varnish layer; securing the outer label about the container; and rotating the outer label relative to the inner label to detach the outer label from the inner label and to allow the outer label to rotate freely relative to the inner label.
- 31. The method of claim 30 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises disposing an adhesive on the layer of varnish.
- 32. The method of claim 30 wherein the step of temporarily coupling further comprises disposing an adhesive on a portion of the outer label back surface that comes in contact with the layer of varnish.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/126,010 filed Jul. 29, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,086,697 issued Jul. 11, 2000 and entitled “Rotating Label System and Method” by Stephen M. Key, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. The present application is also related to and incorporates by reference the following patents and patent application: (i) U.S. Pat. No. 6,237,269 issued May 29, 2001 for an invention entitled “Roll-Fed Method for Constructing a Rotatable Label System”; (ii) U.S. Pat. No. 5,809,674 issued Sep. 22, 1998, entitled “Apparatus and Method For Increasing An Effective Information Carrying Surface Area On A Container”; (iii) U.S. Pat. No. 5,884,421 issued Mar. 23, 1999 entitled “Apparatus and Method for Constructing a Rotatable Label Device”; (iv) U.S. Pat. No. 6,129,802 issued Oct. 10, 2000, entitled “Rotatable Label System and Method for Constructing the Same”; and (v) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/247,245 filed Feb. 9, 1999 entitled “Rotatable label System Including Tamper-Evident Feature And Method For Constructing Same”.
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