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Abstract

A self-laminating strip label is provided in a business form comprised of a face stock layer joined through a patterned adhesive/release coating layer to a laminating layer wherein separation lines are provided in each of the two layers with the separation lines being substantially aligned with the strip label being positioned above the laminating strip. A novel method is also taught for first separating the strip label from the form, inverting it, and reapplying it to the laminating strip to thus form a matrix within the form with adhesive securing the strip label to the laminating strip. The matrix may then be separated by separating the laminating strip along its defining separation line yielding a self-laminated strip label for application to a marker tab of a file folder or the like. In a second embodiment, the face stock of the two-layer business form includes a first somewhat larger separation line defining a dummy layer and a second separation line defining a somewhat smaller strip label, with the separation lines being appropriately aligned on the face stock with a fold line therebetween such that upon removal of the dummy label, a layer of adhesive is exposed to which the strip label may be adhered upon folding of the form in half. In a third embodiment, a strip label is offset from the lamination so that the form may be folded to bring the lamination layer into register and adhesive contact with the strip label for reliably aligning the two either prior to or after the strip label is adhered to another form.

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First Claim