Identification band with detachable machine-readable lables

• US 20050091896A1
• Filed: 10/30/2003
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Precision Dynamics Corporation (Brady Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Precision Dynamics Corporation (Brady Corporation)
• Inventors: Mosher, Walter W., Peterson, Dean D., Kotik, Mark M.
• Application Number:
  US10/699,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20050091896A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/041 Constructional details G06K19/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/083 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

An improved identification band such as a wristband is provided for mounting onto a specific person or object. The improved identification band includes a primary identification zone adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine readable information as by printing and/or programming of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit. The band further includes multiple detachable adhesive labels forming a portion of the band or alternately forming a tail end extension thereof, wherein each label is adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine readable information as by printing and/or programming of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit. In use, such as when worn by a patient in a hospital or the like, the detachable labels are individually separable from the identification band on an as-needed basis for adherence to other objects associated with the band wearer, such as a vial containing a patient blood sample or the like.

Claims

1. An identification band, comprising:

an elongated flexible strap having a head end and a tail end, and adapted for wrap-around mounting onto a specific wearer or object with said head and tail ends interconnected to form said strap into a closed loop configuration;

a primary identification zone on said strap and adapted to receive information associated with the specific wearer or object; and

a plurality of detachable labels on said strap, each of said labels being adapted to receive information associated with the specific wearer.

2. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said flexible strap comprises a wristband.

3. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said primary identification zone and each of said detachable labels is adapted to receive printed information associated with the specific wearer or object.

4. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said primary identification zone and each of said detachable labels is adapted to receive information in human-readable form associated with the specific wearer or object.

5. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said primary identification zone and each of said detachable labels is adapted to receive information in machine-readable form associated with the specific wearer or object.

6. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said primary identification zone and each of said detachable labels is adapted to receive information in human-readable and/or machine-readable form associated with the specific wearer or object.

7. The identification band of claim 1, wherein said primary identification zone and at least one of said detachable labels includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit.

8. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said identification zone is formed on said strap between said head and tail ends thereof.

9. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said detachable labels are formed on said strap between said head and tail ends thereof.

10. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said strap further includes a tail end extension, and further wherein at least some of said detachable labels are formed on said tail end extension.

11. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said detachable labels comprise adhesive labels.

12. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said detachable labels comprise peel-off adhesive labels.

13. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said strap head end includes at least one fastener port formed therein, and said strap tail end includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced fastener ports formed therein, and further including a fastener member for reception through said head end fastener port and a selected one of said tail end fastener ports for interconnecting said strap head and tail ends.

14. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said strap includes a face ply extending at least a portion of the length thereof, and a base ply underlying and supporting said face ply, said face ply defining said plurality of detachable labels removably adhered onto said base ply.

15. The identification band of claim 14 further including an adhesive layer underlying each of said detachable labels.

16. The identification band of claim 15 wherein said adhesive layer comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive.

17. The identification band of claim 16 further including a release film overlying said base ply.

18. The identification band of claim 1 wherein said primary identification zone is formed end-to-end with said detachable labels.

19. The identification band of claim 18 wherein said plurality of detachable labels are formed in end-to-end array.

20. An identification band, comprising:

an elongated flexible strap having a head end and a tail end, and adapted for wrap-around mounting onto a specific wearer or object with said head and tail ends interconnected to form said strap into a closed loop configuration;

a primary identification zone on said strap between said head and tail ends thereof, and adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine-readable information associated with the specific wearer or object; and

a plurality of detachable adhesive labels formed on said strap, each of said labels being adapted to receive at least a portion of said human-readable and/or machine-readable information associated with the specific wearer or object;

wherein said primary identification zone and at least one of said detachable labels includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit.

21. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said flexible strap comprises a wristband.

22. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said primary identification zone and each of said detachable labels includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit.

23. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said detachable labels are formed on said strap between said head and tail ends thereof.

24. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said strap further includes a tail end extension, and further wherein at least some of said detachable labels are formed on said tail end extension.

25. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said strap includes a face ply extending at least a portion of the length thereof, and a base ply underlying and supporting said face ply, said face ply defining said plurality of detachable labels removably adhered onto said base ply.

26. The identification band of claim 25 further including a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive underlying each of said detachable labels, and a release film overlying said base ply.

27. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said strap head end includes at least one fastener port formed therein, and said strap tail end includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced fastener ports formed therein, and further including a fastener member for reception through said head end fastener port and a selected one of said tail end fastener ports for interconnecting said strap head and tail ends.

28. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said primary identification zone is formed end-to-end with said detachable labels.

29. The identification band of claim 20 wherein said plurality of detachable labels are formed in end-to-end array.

30. An identification band system, comprising:

a supply of elongated flexible straps each having a head end, and a tail end and adapted for wrap-around mounting onto a specific wearer or object with said head and tail ends interconnected to form said strap into a closed loop configuration;

each of said straps including a primary identification zone adapted to receive information associated with the specific wearer or object, and a plurality of detachable labels each adapted to receive at least a portion of said information associated with the specific wearer or object,

wherein said primary identification zone and at least one of said detachable labels includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit; and

a print station for applying said information to said primary identification zone and at least said portion of said information to one or more of said detachable labels of a selected one of said straps.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein said print station applies said information in human-readable and/or machine readable form.

32. The system of claim 30 wherein said primary identification zone and each of said detachable labels of each of said straps includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit.

33. The system of claim 30 wherein said identification zone is formed on each of said straps between said head and tail ends thereof.

34. The system of claim 30 wherein said detachable labels are formed on each of said straps between said head and tail ends thereof.

35. The system of claim 30 wherein each of said straps further includes a tail end extension, and further wherein at least some of said detachable labels are formed on said tail end extension.

36. The system of claim 30 wherein each of said straps includes a face ply extending at least a portion of the length thereof, and a base ply underlying and supporting said face ply, said face ply defining said plurality of detachable labels removably adhered onto said base ply.

37. The system of claim 36 further including a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive underlying each of said detachable labels and a release film overlying said base ply.

38. The system of claim 30 wherein each of said straps is formed with said primary identification zone end-to-end relation with said detachable labels, and with said detachable labels in end-to-end array.

39. The system of claim 30 wherein said supply of elongated flexible straps comprises a roll supply of said straps extending in end-to-end array and separated by tear-off perforations.