Patent ID: 8336915

Claim:
A method of producing a booklet having a plurality of sheets between a cover and each sheet having a front side and a reverse side, comprising the steps of: providing a data carrier; connecting the data carrier to the cover and the plurality of sheets via a first region of at least one flexible layer, wherein the first region of the flexible layer protrudes from the data carrier, wherein in a second region of the flexible layer, the flexible layer includes means for substantially non-detachably connecting the data carrier to the flexible layer, wherein the flexible layer is a mesh of textile, a woven fabric, or a knitted fabric, wherein the flexible layer forms two outer layers or one inner layer and extends over the entire surface of the data carrier; and binding the flexible layer into the data carrier via lamination, wherein the flexible layer has apertures where welding points are formed that substantially non-detachably connect the flexible layer to the data carrier, wherein the apertures are formed by mesh openings of the textile, openings in the mesh of the woven fabric, or the knitted fabric.