Patent ID: 8334774

Claim:
A book product, comprising: an outer liner; a pair of rigid cover boards pre-cut to a selected size and each attached on a respective major surface to a major surface of the outer liner, the cover boards disposed in spaced-apart relation to define a spine for a book product while defining opposing front cover and back cover therefor; at least one of the cover boards comprising: a pair of opposing sheets having opposing planar surfaces with a length and width exceeding a thickness, a first one of the pair of opposing sheets defining in a selected portion a laydown area on one of the planar surfaces thereof; a thin-film security device positioned on the laydown area, the security device having a thickness no greater than about a minority of the thickness of the sheet; and the pair of opposing sheets laminated together to sandwich the thin-film security device concealingly therebetween, with the opposing sides of the one of the cover boards are substantially parallel without a surface indication of the presence of the thin-film security device therein, whereby the security device enclosed and laminated in said one of the cover boards is concealed from casual indication of its presence and is held after lamination safely and securely during normal use thereof for book purposes; and an interior body cooperatively supported within the book product, whereby the opposing rigid cover boards define the front cover and back cover that move together foldably along lines defined by opposing sides of the spine for book product.