Kit for making sets of transparent fingerprints using differential adhesion

• US 4,706,600 A
• Filed: 11/10/1986
• Issued: 11/17/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Crisis Communication Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Crisis Communication Incorporated
• Inventors: Mason, Stanley I. Jr., Turner, Robert B., Wolfe, Allan P.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Owens, Terry J.
• Application Number:
  US06/928,966
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• Field of Search: 118/31.5, 427/1, 428/40, 428/212
• US Class Current: 118/31.5
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting

Abstract

A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints using differential adhesion, including dry ink and means for applying the ink to fingers, a transfer strip having a backing sheet, a transparent adhesive print strip, and a protective cover, a transparent record sheet, print adhesive adhering together the protective cover and the adhesive print strip, backing adhesive adhering together backing sheet and the adhesive print strip, and the adhesives having such differential adhesion as to cause greater adhesion between the adhesive print strip and the backing sheet than between the adhesive print strip and the protective cover, and greater adhesion between the adhesive print strip and the record sheet than between the adhesive print strip and the backing sheet.

Claims

1. A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints using differential adhesion, said kit including

dry ink and means for applying same to fingers,

a transfer strip having a backing sheet, a transparent adhesive print strip, and a protective cover,

a transparent record sheet,

print adhesive adhering together said protective cover and said adhesive print strip,

backing adhesive adhering together said backing sheet and said adhesive print strip, and

said adhesives having such differential adhesion as to cause greater adhesion between said adhesive print strip and said backing sheet than between said adhesive print strip and said protective cover, and greater adhesion between said adhesive print strip and said record sheet than between said adhesive print strip and said backing sheet,

whereby dry ink fingerprints can be applied to said adhesive print strip and said adhesive print strip can be adhered to said record sheet to sandwich said fingerprint between said adhesive print strip and said record sheet.

2. A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints as set forth in claim 1 in which said backing sheet and said record sheet include alignment marks, whereby said sheets may be aligned when being adhered together.

3. A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints as set forth in claim 1 in which said record sheet includes spaces for ten fingerprints.

4. A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints as set forth in claim 3 including a print card having fingerprint openings therein affixed to said record sheet.

5. A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints using differential adhesion, said kit including

a backing sheet and a transparent adhesive print strip,

a transparent record sheet,

backing adhesive adhering together said backing sheet and said adhesive print strip, and

said adhesives having such differential adhesion as to cause greater adhesion between said adhesive print strip and said record sheet than between said adhesive print strip and said backing sheet,

whereby dry ink fingerprints can be applied to said adhesive print strip and said adhesive print strip can be adhered to said record sheet to sandwich said fingerprint between said adhesive print strip and said record sheet.

6. A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints as set forth in claim 5 including a protective cover sheet removably adhered to said adhesive print strip.

7. A transfer strip for use in making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints on a transparent record sheet using differential adhesion, said transfer strip including

a backing sheet, a transparent adhesive print strip to receive a fingerprint, and a protective cover,

print adhesive adhering together said protective cover and said adhesive print strip,

backing adhesive adhering together said backing sheet and said adhesive print strip, and

said adhesives having such differential adhesion as to cause greater adhesion between said adhesive print strip and said backing sheet than between said adhesive print strip and said protective cover, and greater adhesion between said adhesive print strip and said record sheet than between said adhesive print strip and said backing sheet,

whereby dry ink fingerprints can be applied to said adhesive print strip and said adhesive print strip can be adhered to said record sheet to sandwich said fingerprint between said adhesive print strip and said record sheet.