Patent identification products

• US 20060236578A1
• Filed: 04/21/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
• Inventors: Serwon, Stanley J., Saint, Andre M., Ben-Chitrit, Rosalyn R., Runfola, Anne
• Granted Patent: US 7,810,267 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/633
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person

Abstract

An identification band is formed from a soft flexible woven fabric, such as polyester or nylon. The identification band includes a front surface and a back surface. Patient specific indicia can be imprinted on selected areas of the front surface. The identification band initially is part of a laminated sheet that can be processed through a printing apparatus.

Claims

1. An identification band formed from a woven fabric, the identification band having a strap, an identification panel and a flap articulated to the identification, a surface of at least one of the flap and the identification panel having an adhesive applied thereto for securely engaging at least one portion of the strap between the identification panel and the flap.

2. The identification band of claim 1, wherein the strap and the flap each extend unitarily from the identification panel.

3. The identification band of claim 1, further comprising indicia imprinted on a surface of the identification panel.

4. The identification band of claim 3, further comprising indicia imprinted on a surface of the flap.

5. The identification band of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric is polyester.

6. The identification band of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric is nylon.

7. The identification band of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric has a thickness between approximately 4.0 and 6.0 mils.

8. The identification band of claim 1, wherein the strap has a width of between approximately 0.75 cm and 2.25 cm.

9. The identification band of claim 8, wherein the identification panel has a width of between approximately 2 cm-3 cm and a length of between approximately 3 cm and 8 cm.

10. The identification band of claim 1, further comprising a signal generating device secured between the identification panel and the flap.

16. The identification band of claim 1, further comprising a signal generating device secured between the identification panel and the flap.

11. An identification band formed from a woven fabric, the identification band having an elongated strap formed into a loop with opposite inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces, an identification panel and a flap articulated to one another and adhesively secured in substantially face-to-face relationship and around at least one portion of the strap for holding the strap in the looped configuration.

12. The identification band of claim 11, wherein the strap extends unitarily from the identification panel.

13. The identification band of claim 12, wherein the flap is secured in substantially face-to-face relationship with a portion of the second surface of the strap.

14. The identification band of claim 11, wherein the identification panel is disposed outwardly of the loop formed by the strap and wherein the flap is disposed inwardly of the loop formed by the strap.

15. The identification band of claim 11, wherein the identification panel and the flap define a flag projecting transversely from the loop formed by the strap.

17. A laminated sheet assembly having a backing sheet with opposite top and back surfaces and a face sheet with opposite top and back surfaces, the face sheet and the backing sheet being disposed so that the back surface of the face sheet opposes the top surface of the backing sheet, the face sheet being formed from a woven fabric and being formed with at least one array of die cuts defining an elongated strap, an identification panel at one end of the strap and a flap connected to the identification panel, the back surface of the face sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to at least portions corresponding to the identification panel and the flap, the back surface of the face sheet corresponding to the strap being free of adhesive, the top surface of the backing sheet having a release coating applied to surface areas registered with the identification panel and the flap, the top surface of the backing sheet having a low tack adhesive applied to at least portions thereof registered with the strap.

18. The laminated sheet assembly of claim 17, wherein the top surface of the face sheet has a finish suitable for substantially permanent reception of printed indicia thereon.

19. The laminated sheet assembly of claim 17, further comprising an array of die cuts formed in the face sheet for defining an identification card, portions of the back surface of the face sheet corresponding to the identification card having an adhesive applied thereto, portions of the backing sheet having an array of die cuts formed thereon for substantial registration with the die cuts defining the identification card.

20. The laminated sheet assembly of claim 17, further comprising at least one array of die cuts formed in the face sheet for defining a label, portions of the back surface of the face sheet corresponding to the label having an adhesive applied thereto, portions of the top surface of the backing sheet registered with the label having a release coating applied thereto.