PLASTIC FILMS AND ROLLS FOR IN-MOLD LABELING, LABELS MADE BY PRINTING THEREON, AND BLOW MOLDED ARTICLES LABELED THEREWITH

摘要

Polymeric sheets or rolls suitable for printing and forming in-mold labels for plastic containers comprise a polymeric transparent, translucent or contact clear substrate having a thickness in the range of 0.002 to 0.008 inches which is coated on the container-facing side with a heat activatable adhesive. Such a sheet or roll can be printed with label indicia on the exposed face or reverse printed on the face covered by the adhesive and then cut into individual labels for affixing to the container as part of the in-molding process. Recyclable containers are provided having firmly adherent, squeeze-release resistant labels and the indicia in preferred embodiments are protected from spillage because they are viewable through the labels themselves.