Identification band

• US 3,279,107 A
• Filed: 03/04/1964
• Issued: 10/18/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John G. Baumgartner
• Original Assignee: John G. Baumgartner
• Inventors: Baumgartner, John G.
• Application Number:
  US04/349,443
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• US Class Current: 40/633
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1052 with cutting, punching, tearing or severing

Claims

1. AN INDENTICATION BAND INCLUDING AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE PLASTIC STRAP FORMING THE ENTIRE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE BAND WHEN IN USE, PLASTIC MATERIAL SEALED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID STRAP AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID MATERIAL COOPERATING WITH SAID STRAP TO FORM A SECURING PORTION AND AN IDENTIFICATION CARD RECEIVING POCKET WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF ONE ANOTHER, SAID STRAP HAVING A FREE END PORTION EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID CARD RECEIVING POCKET, SAID SECURING PORTION INCLUDING A LONGITUDINAL PASSAGE BETWEEN SAID STRAP AND SAID MATERIAL AND AN OPENING IN SAID STRAP FOR RECEIVING SAID FREE END PORTION OF SAID STRAP A LAYER OF ADHESIVE MATERAIL ON SAID STRAP WITHIN SAID PASSAGE, AND A FLEXIBLE REMOVABLE COVER FOR SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL HAVING A FIRST PORTION ENGAGING SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL AN A SECOND PORTION FOLDED BACK ON SAID FIRST PORTION WITH A TAB PORTION AT THE END THEREOF TO PERMIT MANUAL REMOVAL OF SAID COVER FROM SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL, SAID FREE END PORTION OF SAID STRAP BEING INSERTABLE THROUGH SAID PASSAGE AND SAID OPENING TO FORM A CLOSED LOOP AND BEING ADJUSTABLE IN SAID PASSAGE AND SAID OPENING TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED LOOP SIZE, SAID FREE END PORTION OF SAID STRAP ENGAGING SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL ON SAID SECURING PORTION OF SAID STRAP UPON REMOVAL OF SAID COVER FROM SAID PASSAGE TO SECURE SAID STRAP AS A FIXED CLOSED LOOP OF THE DESIRED SIZE.