Patent ID: 6016618
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B42D,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminated article adapted to provide at least one laminated identification band, said article comprising:(a) a printable band sheet having a printing face and a lamination face, said lamination face having one or more elongated die cut sections that are readily removable from the rest of the printable band sheet and a releasable surface that releases readily from adhesive contact;(b) a flexible transparent film having an adhesive-coated face and a non-adhesive coated face, said film being releasably adhered to the lamination face band sheet, said film having one or more die cut sections, in each of which a longitudinal line separates lower and upper elongated portions thereof, and one such portion of each die cut section of the film being juxtaposed to the lamination face of a die cut section of the band sheet to form a set of elements for forming an identification band, said set including said band sheet and said juxtaposed film die cut section; and,each said set, when released from the band sheet and the film along the respective die cut sections being foldable along said longitudinal line to adhere an adhesive-coated face of the transparent film section to the printing face of the die cut section of the band sheet and thereby form a laminated identification band, and each said die cut section of the film, after having been folded and adhered to the printing face of an elongated die cut section of the band sheet providing an adhesive-coated, integral, tabular extension on at least one end of said die cut section of the band sheet, wherein the at least one tabular extension is adapted to be coupled to the opposing end of said die cut section of the band sheet to form at least one laminated identification band.