US4385460A
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Phonorecord label
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-02-20
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Granted: 1983-05-31
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Expires: 2001-02-20
Abstract
Abstract A phonorecord greeting label, for application to a recording by a consumer, adheres to and overlies the manufacturer's label. The new label has a transparent mounting element and has a message element hingedly mounted thereto. Both faces of the message element are accessible for reading, and the manufacturer's label underneath it can be read.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard D. Hanna
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 03:54
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A label for consumer application to a recording, said label being characterized in that it is configured to adhere to and overlie a manufacturer's record label while leaving that label accessible for examination and comprises a mounting element hingedly mounting a message element thereof, said mounting element being transparent and sheet-like and having opposed first and second surfaces and having a label-mounting adhesive layer carried on said second surface and further having a removable protective film covering said adhesive layer, said message element being sheet-like with opposed third and fourth surfaces and joined to said mounting element for normally overlying the manufacturer's label to which said mounting element is adhered, and being repeatedly liftable from the manufacturer's label as a hingedly mounted flap for visual examination of the message element underside and of the manufacturer's label therebelow, and being further arranged for bearing consumer-applied information on at least one said surface thereof, and said message element and said mounting element together forming a sheet-like label having a circular outer periphery with a diameter not greater than the diameter of a manufacturer's record label and with a central spindle-receiving hole therethrough.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A label for consumer application to a recording, said label being characterized in that it is configured to adhere to and overlie a manufacturer's record label while leaving that label accessible for examination and comprises a mounting element hingedly mounting a message element thereof, said mounting element being transparent and sheet-like and having opposed first and second surfaces and having a label-mounting adhesive layer carried on said second surface and further having a removable protective film covering said adhesive layer, said message element being sheet-like with opposed third and fourth surfaces and joined to said mounting element for normally overlying the manufacturer's label to which said mounting element is adhered, and being repeatedly liftable from the manufacturer's label as a hingedly mounted flap for visual examination of the message element underside and of the manufacturer's label therebelow, and being further arranged for bearing consumer-applied information on at least one said surface thereof, and said message element and said mounting element together forming a sheet-like label having a circular outer periphery with a diameter not greater than the diameter of a manufacturer's record label and with a central spindle-receiving hole therethrough.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A label according to claim 1 further characterized in that each element forms a segment of said circular configuration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A label according to claim 1 further characterized in that said label message element forms a semicircular segment of said circular configuration.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1990-05-30 | 1990-11-29 | 1991-05-31 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1994-05-30 | 1994-11-29 | 1995-05-31 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |