US 12,462,712 B2
Adhesive tamper evident label
Gareth James McDonagh, Cardiff (GB)
Appl. No. 17/639,628
Filed by Gareth James McDonagh, Cardiff (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052087
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/044130, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1912812 (GB), filed on Sep. 5, 2019; application No. 1915899 (GB), filed on Nov. 1, 2019; application No. 2001271 (GB), filed on Jan. 30, 2020; and application No. 2013689 (GB), filed on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0293015 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G09F 3/02 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01); G09F 3/10 (2006.01); G09F 13/16 (2006.01); G09F 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 3/0292 (2013.01) [G09F 3/10 (2013.01); G09F 13/16 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0208 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0222 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1895 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adhesive tamper evident label support, in which the adhesive tamper evident label support comprises:
a frangible support layer for receiving a label, the frangible support layer comprising an upper surface for receiving a label thereon, and an opposed lower surface, in which the frangible support layer comprises a plurality of support layer portions located adjacent to each other and separable from each other by at least one opening and/or line of weakness extending between the upper and lower surfaces of the support layer; and
an adhesive layer located in use on the lower surface of the frangible support layer and configured to adhere the frangible support layer to a contact surface;
in which the frangible support layer of the adhesive tamper evident label support is moveable between a first untampered position in which the support layer portions provide a continuous surface extending across the upper surface thereof, and a second tampered position in which at least a pair of adjacent support layer portions are separated from each other along the corresponding at least one opening and/or line of weakness, and in which the adhesive tamper evident label support comprises a support frame comprising the frangible support layer, and at least one side portion extending outwardly therefrom.