Patent ID: 8585093

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 having at least a first outermost layer and a second outermost layer; connecting the data carrier to the cover and the plurality 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 textile, a woven fabric, or a knitted fabric, wherein the flexible layer forms two outer layers or one inner layer; 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 at least one of the first outermost layer and the second outermost layer of the data carrier, wherein the flexible layer is directly adjacent the first outermost layer and the second outermost layer, wherein the apertures are formed and provided by mesh openings of the textile, the woven fabric, or the knitted fabric, wherein said mesh openings are present and distributed over said first region and said second region.