Patent ID: 7520079

Claim:
An pliable laminate structure comprising: a backing layer; a printable layer substantially coextensive with said backing layer having a printable side suitable for printing thereon and an adhesive side, said printable layer being cut therethrough to define a removable portion having a shape comprising two equal-sized patient identification areas joined by a connector band having a width less than the width of each of the equal-sized patient identification areas; and an adhesive layer between said printable layer and said backing layer removably adhering said printable layer to said backing layer such that when the removable portion of said printable layer is removed from said backing layer, adhesive remains adhered to the adhesive side of at least one of the equal-sized patient identification areas and no adhesive remains adhered to the connector band of the removable portion, whereby patient information when printed on the printable side of one or both of the equal-sized patient identification areas is readable when the removable portion of the printable layer is removed from the backing layer and secured around the wrist or ankle of an infant or neonate by wrapping the connector band around such wrist or ankle and pressing together the adhesive sides of the equal-sized patient identification areas thereby causing the adhesive adhered on the adhesive side of at least one of the equal-sized patient identification areas to adhere the two equal-sized patient identification areas together.