Title: Pilfer-proof neckband for a bottle

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Abstract: The disclosure relates to a label on a closured bottle, including a pilfer-proof feature. The neck label comprises a secondary closure in the form of a sleeve of a shrinkable oriented thermoplastic material shrunken snugly over the bottle and its closure skirt. The label stock is preprinted in a web and rolled as a supply, the roll width representing the label height. The label stock is (1) scored a partial depth of its thickness extending lengthwise along a line that is at a predetermined height in the final label and (2) pleated transversely at spaced intervals therealong. The pleats are spaced so that a predetermined number thereof appear in each label blank cut from the stock. Label blanks are cut to length, wound to an annular sleeve shape so that the trailing end of the blank overlaps the leading end and the overlapped ends united at an axial seam. The sleeves are placed over the neck and closure skirt of a closured bottle such that the score line of weakening in the material is adjacent the lower edge of the closure skirt. Heat is applied to shrink the label into snug surface engagement with the underlying surfaces. The pleats, especially on smaller sizes of ware, avoid wrinkles in the shrunken label and enhance a smooth appearance thereof. Preferably, the pleating in the label comprises at least a pair of pleats disposed on opposite sides and near the axial seam.


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