Identification band

• US 4,914,843 A
• Filed: 01/13/1989
• Issued: 04/10/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Barnhart Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Barnhart Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: DeWoskin, Irvin S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hakomaki, J.
• Application Number:
  US07/297,178
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 40/633, 40/665, 40/299, 40/304, 24/16 PB
• 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: G09F 3/14 by strings, straps, chains, or wires
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/90 Medical record

Abstract

An identification band comprising a backing strip having pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon, two release strips on the adhesive, and an overlying transparent strip including a tongue extending at one end of the backing strip, the transparent strip being secured to the backing strip by the adhesive, one release strip being removable for application of a pre-printed insert to the backing strip, the insert then being covered by the transparent strip, the other release strip being removable for adhering the tongue to the backing strip at the other end thereof.

Claims

1. An identification band, as for hospital patients, adapted to extend around a person'"'"'s wrist or ankle and to carry an insert, such as a paper label, having identification data pre-printed on one face thereof, said band comprising:

a backing strip having pressure-sensitive adhesive on one face thereof covering the strip from one end thereof to the other,

a first release strip overlying the adhesive on an insert-receiving portion of the backing strip,

a second release strip overlying the adhesive on a tab portion of the backing strip adjacent one end of the backing strip,

said strips being spaced lengthwise of the backing strip with a gap therebetween presenting an area of the adhesive between said strips,

said backing strip being of elongate rectangular shape, the adhesive thereon covering it from one side edge thereof to the other as well as from said one end thereof to the other,

said first release strip having a width corresponding to the width of the backing strip,

said first release strip and said insert-receiving portion of the backing strip extending from the other end of the backing strip toward but terminating at said gap short of the said one end of the backing strip,

said tab portion of the backing strip extending from one end of the backing strip to the gap,

a transparent plastic strip having a generally elongate rectangular portion having a width corresponding to the width of the backing strip and a length corresponding generally to the length of the backing strip overlying the first and second release strips, extending from adjacent the said one end of the backing strip to said other end of the backing strip, and generally permanently adhered to the backing strip by the adhesive in said area between the release strips, said generally elongate rectangular portion of said transparent plastic strip comprising a window portion overlying the first release strip and an integral end portion overlying the second release strip on said tab portion of the backing strip,

said transparent plastic strip further having an elongate strap portion narrower than said generally elongate rectangular portion extending endwise from said window portion at said other end of the backing strip, said integral end portion of said generally elongate rectangular portion of the transparent plastic strip having at least one opening for passage therethrough of said strap portion,

the first release strip being removable by peeling it off said insert-receiving portion of the backing strip to expose the adhesive on said insert-receiving portion of the backing strip for application of the insert thereto with the printed face thereof facing out, the insert being smaller than said insert-receiving portion for securement of said window portion of the transparent strip by said adhesive to the backing strip around the insert,

the band being adapted to encircle the wrist or ankle with the transparent strip on the outside for display of the printed face of the insert through said window portion, and the second release strip being removable by peeling it off the backing strip to expose the adhesive on said tab portion of the backing strip for generally permanent securement of the strap portion to the tab portion by the adhesive on the tab portion after passage of the strap portion through said opening.

2. An identification band as set forth in claim 1 wherein the backing strip comprises a generally long, narrow rectangular piece of non-stretchable waterproof material.

3. An identification band as set forth in claim 2 wherein the backing strip is a strip of colored plastic material.

4. An identification band as set forth in claim 1 wherein the second release strip extends out from between tab portion of the backing strip and the tab-overlying portion of the transparent strip.

5. An identification band as set forth in claim 1 wherein the second release strip has a portion folded back over itself at its inner end.

6. An identification band as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tab-overlying integral end portion of the transparent strip has two openings spaced lengthwise with respect to the band for passage of the strap portion first through the outer of the two openings from the outside and then out through the inner of the two openings from the inside.

7. An identification band as set forth in claim 6 wherein the openings are slits in said tab-overlying portion of the transparent strip extending transversely with respect to the band.

8. An identification band as set forth in claim 7 wherein the second release strip extends out from between the tab portion of the backing strip and the tab-overlying portion of the transparent strip.

9. An identification band as set forth in claim 7 wherein the second release strip has a portion folded back over itself at its inner end.

10. An identification band as set forth in claim 1 wherein the second release strip extends laterally outward from between the tab portion of the backing strip and the tab-overlying portion of the transparent strip.

11. An identification band as set forth in claim 6 wherein said second release strip has a length substantially greater than the width of the backing strip and a width such as to cover the adhesive on the tab portion of the backing strip between said openings and wherein said second release strip is positioned between the tab portion of the backing strip and the tab-overlying portion of the transparent strip covering the adhesive on the tab portion of the backing strip between said openings and extending transversely across the backing strip from adjacent one side edge thereof over the area of the adhesive thereon between said openings and projecting outwardly beyond the other side edge of the backing strip.

12. An identification band as set forth in claim 11 wherein the second release strip is of such width and is so positioned as to underlie both openings with the side edge of the second release strip away from said one end of the backing strip generally at the outer edge portion of the inner opening.

13. An identification band as set forth in claim 7 wherein the second release strip has a length substantially greater than the width of the backing strip and a width such as to cover the adhesive on the tab portion of the backing strip between said slits and wherein said second release strip is positioned between the tab portion of the backing strip and the tab-overlying portion of the transparent strip covering the adhesive on the tab portion of the backing strip between said slits and extending transversely across the backing strip from adjacent one side edge thereof over the area of the adhesive thereon between said slits and projecting outwardly beyond the other side edge of the backing strip.

14. An identification band as set forth in claim 13 wherein the second release strip is of such width and is so positioned as to underlie both slits with the side edges of the second release strip generally at the outer edge portions of the inner slits.