Warranty plaque

• US 3,889,407 A
• Filed: 10/26/1973
• Issued: 06/17/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bernard J. Elzer
• Original Assignee: Bernard J. Elzer
• Inventors: Elzer, Bernard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Michell, Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US05/410,028
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 40/2R,2.2,125A,2B
• US Class Current: 40/638
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0208 Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/023 Adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0257 Multilayer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0264 Shapes or borders
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0279 Card, e.g. plastic
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/00 Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40; Seals; Postage or like stamps
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/10 by an adhesive layer
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/00 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Warranty plaques, such as are commonly adhered to batteries, are comprised of a base layer of opaque plastic film carrying a layer of adhesive on its lower surface, an intermediate transparent plastic film adhered to the upper surface of the base layer and carrying printed information on its upper surface, and a cover layer of a transparent plastic film adhered to the upper surface of the intermediate layer. In the preferred construction, the intermediate layer and overlying cover layer may be scored or cut to permit a portion of the intermediate and cover layers to be detached from the base layer for attachment to warranty forms or other records. The arrangement of the elements of this plaque facilitates adhesion of the plaque to the battery, protects the information contained on the plaque from intentional or environmental alteration or mutilation, and provides a simple means for removing a portion of the plaque for identification purposes.

Claims

1. A warranty plaque comprising a base layer, an intermediate layer and a cover layer;

the base layer comprising an opaque plastic film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive on its lower surface;

the intermediate layer being comprised of a transparent plastic film having its lower surface adhered to the upper surface of the base layer and carrying printed intelligence on its upper surface;

the upper layer being a protective transparent plastic film adhered to the upper surface of the intermediate layer; and

a central portion of the intermediate layer and a corresponding central portion of the overlying cover layer bearing die cut lines that permit detachment of the central portion of the intermediate layer and the corresponding central portion of the overlying cover layer from the base layer and the surrounding portions of the intermediate and the upper layers.

2. A warranty plaque according to claim 1 wherein the detachable portions include removable sections that may be punched out for purposes of coding in intelligence.

3. A warranty plaque according to claim 1 wherein the several layers are adhered to eacH other by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

4. A warranty plaque according to claim 1 wherein, at time of manufacture, the pressure-sensitive adhesive on the lower portion of the base layer is protected with a release paper.

5. A warranty plaque according to claim 1 wherein the detachable central portions of the intermediate layer and the overlying cover layer are provided with die cut regions that may be removed from the central portions of the intermediate and overlying cover layers to provide for encoding intelligence by the removal of these regions from the intermediate and overlying layers.