Portable detachable data record

• US 4,896,027 A
• Filed: 02/14/1989
• Issued: 01/23/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LaserCard Corp. (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: Drexler Technology Corporation (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Drexler, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellinen, A. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US07/311,442
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• Field of Search: 40/152, 40/159, 40/625, 40/626, 283/900, 206/461, 235/487, 235/488, 235/492, 235/493
• US Class Current: 235/488
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/02 Marking or applying text
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/14 the marking being sensed by radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/003 with webs , filaments or wires, e.g. belts, spooled tapes or films of quasi-infinite extent
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0032 for moving-picture soundtracks, i.e. cinema cameras or projectors with sound recording or reproducing means G03B31/02
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0033 with cards or other card-like flat carriers, e.g. flat sheets of optical film
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/24 Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the arrangement of information on the carrier G11B7/007
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/90 Medical record
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24017 Hook or barb

Abstract

A compact auxiliary data record storing at least one quarter megabyte of data in card size and detachably adherable to a support surface. The support surface may be an eye-readable primary record, such as a sheet of X-ray film or a book. The data card may be an optical card, a semiconductor memory card or a magnetic memory card.

Claims

1. A data record for accompanying another record, each of said records being unassociated with regard to operable use of the other, but associated by information content, comprising,

a data card having opposed front and back planar surfaces, the card capable of storing at least one quarter megabyte of machine readable data, said card being a first data record, and

detachable adhesion means mounted on the back surface of the card for repeatable attachment and detachment of said card to and from a support surface associated with a second record, said card being machine readable when detached from said support surface.

2. The data record of claim 1 wherein said detachment adhesion means is a first VELCRO strip having an adhesion side and an opposite fastener side made of synthetic materials which adhere when pressed together, the adhesive side joined to the back surface of the card.

3. The data record of claim 2 further comprising a second VELCRO strip made of synthetic materials which adhere when pressed together and which strip is adhered to the support surface, said second VELCRO strip detachably adhering to said first VELCRO strip when pressed together.

4. The data record of claim 1 wherein said detachable adhesion means is a first double sided adhesive strip joined to the back surface of the card.

5. The data record of claim 4 further comprising a second double sided adhesive strip adhered to the support surface, said second double sided adhesive strip detachably adhering to said first double sided adhesive strip when pressed together.

6. The data record of claim 1 wherein said support surface is X-ray film.

7. The data record of claim 1 wherein said support surface is an envelope for sheet X-ray film.

8. The data record of claim 1 wherein said data card has maximum dimensions of 65 millimeters by 95 millimeters.

9. A data record for accompanying another record comprising,

a data card having opposed front and back planar surfaces, the card capable of storing at least one quarter megabyte of machine readable data, said card being a first data record,

a protective envelope having opposed front and back planar surfaces, the protective envelope housing said card,

detachable adhesion means mounted on the back surface of the envelope for repeatable attachment and detachment of the envelope to and from a support surface, said support surface associated with a second record.

10. The data record of claim 9 wherein said detachable adhesion means is a first VELCRO strip having an adhesive side and an opposite fastener side made of synthetic materials which adhere when pressed together, the adhesive side joined to the back surface of the envelope.

11. The data record of claim 10 further comprising a second VELCRO strip made of synthetic materials which adhere when pressed together and which strip is adhered to the support surface, said second VELCRO strip detachably adhering to said first VELCRO strip when pressed together.

12. The data record of claim 9 wherein said detachable adhesion means is a first double sided adhesive strip joined to the back surface of the envelope.

13. The data record of claim 12 further comprising a second double sided adhesive strip adhered to the support surface, said second double sided adhesive strip detachably adhering to said first double sided adhesive strip when pressed together.

14. The data record of claim 9 wherein said support surface is X-ray film.

15. The data record of claim 9 wherein said support surface is an envelope for sheet X-ray film.

16. The data record of claim 9 wherein said protective envelope is transparent.

17. The data record of claim 9 wherein said protective envelope is opaque.

18. The data record of claim 9 wherein said protective envelope and said support surface both carry bar code indicia means for relating one to the other.

19. The data record of claim 9 wherein a plurality of detachable envelopes, each containing a data card, are mounted on a single support surface.

20. The data record of claim 9 wherein said support surface is a book cover.

21. A data record for accompanying another record comprising,

a substrate having opposed front and back planar surfaces,

memory means fixed to said substrate for storing at least one quarter megabyte of machine readable data, said substrate and memory means forming a data card having a first data record, and

detachable adhesion means mounted on the back surface of said substrate for repeatable attachment and detachment of said data card to and from a support surface associated with a second data record, each of said first and second data records being operatively unassociated with respect to the other, with said data card being machine readable when detached from said support surface.

22. The data record of claim 21 wherein data card is an optical data card.

23. The data record of claim 21 wherein said data card is a semiconductor memory card.

24. The data record of claim 21 wherein said data card is a magnetic memory card.