Patent ID: RE43165

Claim:
A card sheet comprising: a top sheet having a front side and a back side; carrier material attached to the back side in a manner so as to prevent separation of the top sheet from the carrier material; the carrier material including a polymer layer and a tie layer; the tie layer being ethylene vinyl acetate; at least one cut line through the top sheet to form at least a portion of a perimeter of a card; the carrier material having stress and elongation properties such that after the card sheet has been passed through a printer or copier and desired indicia printed on the front side or on a coating on the top sheet, the card sheet can be folded forward with a single folding action to snap break the carrier material snap along one of the cut lines to form an edge of a separate or separable printed card whose bottom surface is formed by a portion of a bottom surface of the card sheet; and the card sheet being contact adhesive free between the top sheet and the carrier material.