Patent ID: 7017946

Claim:
An integrated card and business form assembly comprising: a carrier sheet having a layer of coating, a layer of tag stock, a first layer of lamination, a first layer of adhesive, a second layer of lamination, and a second layer of adhesive, said first layer of lamination being adhered to said layer of tag stock by said first layer of adhesive, and said second layer of lamination being adhered to said first layer of lamination by said second layer of adhesive, wherein said second layer of lamination forms a fugitive bond with said first layer of lamination; a card defined by a first cut that extends through said layer of coating, said layer of tag stock, said first layer of adhesive, and said first layer of lamination without extending through said second layer of adhesive; and a backer extending over said card, wherein said backer is defined by a second cut that extends through said second layer of lamination, said second layer of adhesive, said first layer of lamination, and said first layer of adhesive without extending through said layer of tag stock, wherein said second cut in said carrier sheet defines a border region that surrounds said backer and is coplanar with said backer, and wherein said second layer of lamination and said second layer of adhesive are each continuous layers within the boundaries of said second cut.