ID card for printers held by repositional adhesive

• US 5,403,236 A
• Filed: 03/04/1993
• Issued: 04/04/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Barry Fiala
• Original Assignee: Moore Business Forms Inc.
• Inventors: Greig, Walter G.
• Primary Examiner(s): FRIDIE JR, WILLMON
• Application Number:
  US08/026,021
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 462/6, 462/64, 462/65, 462/25, 462/900, 283/75, 283/74, 283/67, 283/70, 283/85, 283/86, 283/107-109, 283/110, 283/61
• US Class Current: 462/6
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 5/027 Sheets or cards attached to a carrier strip or web shipping forms B42D15/006
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 462/90 Adhesive

Abstract

A business form has a self-contained ID card which is mounted in such a way that the form has uniform thickness and can readily pass through an impact or non-impact printer, and indicia can be applied to both the top and bottom faces of the ID card by the printer. A first sheet has a first cutout and a first thickness, and an ID card of the same shape and slightly less dimensions, and about the same thickness, is disposed within the cutout. The card is held in the cutout by a backing overlapping at least part of the first cutout bottom face with readily releasable adhesive disposed on the top face of the backing overlapping the cutout and engaging the bottom of the card. The backing may be first and second parallel pieces of tape, or it may be second sheet with a second die cut out in substantial alignment with the first cut out but having lesser dimensions.

Claims

1. A business form comprising:

a first sheet having top and bottom faces;

means defining a first cutout, including a recess, in said first sheet having a substantially quadrate configuration with first length and width dimensions, and a first thickness;

a card having a substantially quadrate configuration with given second length and width dimensions, both slightly less than said first length and width dimensions, and having a thickness substantially the same as said first thickness;

said card disposed in said first cutout recess and having top and bottom faces;

a backing overlapping at least part of said first cutout recess on the bottom face of said first sheet, said backing having a top face facing said cutout recess, and a bottom face facing away from said cutout recess; and

readily releasable adhesive, which will readily release said card, disposed on said top face of said backing overlapping said cutout recess, so that said card is held in said cutout recess by said readily releasable adhesive with said card top face substantially flush with said first sheet top face.

2. A business form as recited in claim 1 wherein said backing comprises first and second pieces of tape having adhesive disposed on substantially the entire top face thereof, and overlapping different portions of said first cutout.

3. A business form as recited in claim 2 wherein said first and second pieces of tape are substantially parallel to each other.

4. A business form as recited in claim 3 wherein said backing consists of said first and second pieces of tape.

5. A business form as recited in claim 4 wherein said first sheet is paper, and said card is selected from the group consisting essentially of paper and plastic.

6. A business form as recited in claim 1 wherein said backing comprises a second sheet, said second sheet having a second cutout therein in substantial alignment with said first cutout, said second cutout having third length and width dimensions at least one of which is significantly less than said first dimensions, so as to provide a portion of said second sheet overlapping said first sheet at said first cutout;

said readily releasable adhesive disposed on said overlapping portion of said second sheet.

7. A business form as recited in claim 6 wherein both said third length and width dimensions are less than said first dimensions, so that said overlapping portion of said second sheet comprises a generally quadrate frame.

8. A business form as recited in claim 6 wherein said adhesive holds said first and second sheets laminated together along the majority of said bottom and top faces thereof, respectively.

9. A business form as recited in claim 1 wherein said card comprises an ID card having indicia imaged on said top face.

10. A business form as recited in claim 9 further comprising indicia printed on said bottom face of said ID card.

11. A business form as recited in claim 1 wherein said first sheet is paper, and said card is selected from the group consisting essentially of paper and plastic.

12. A business form as recited in claim 6 wherein said card comprises an ID card having indicia imaged on said top face.

13. A method of producing a business form from a first sheet and backing, each having top and bottom faces, comprising the steps of:

(a) making a first quadrate cutout through extending opening in the first sheet, having first length and width dimensions;

(b) applying repositional adhesive to the top face of at least a portion of the backing;

(c) providing the backing in juxtaposition to the first sheet so that a portion of the backing having repositional adhesive overlaps the bottom face of the first sheet at the first cutout through extending opening; and

(d) inserting a quadrate card having top and bottom face, and second length and width dimensions slightly less than the first length and width dimensions, in the first quadrate cutout through extending opening, so that the card is held in the opening by the repositional adhesive.

14. A method as recited in claim 13 wherein the backing is a second sheet, and comprising the further step of forming a second cutout opening in the second sheet having third length and width dimensions at least one of which is less than the first length and width dimensions;

and wherein step (c) is practiced by substantially aligning the centers of the first and second cutout openings.

15. A method as recited in claim 14 wherein the card has approximately the same thickness as the first sheet;

and wherein step (d) is practiced so as to position the card so that a top face thereof is substantially flush with the top face of the first sheet.

16. A method as recited in claim 15 comprising the further step of passing the business form through a printer to effect printing of the top face of the card.

17. A method as recited in claim 16 wherein said printing step is also practiced to print the bottom face of the card at the second die cut opening.

18. A method as recited in claim 13 wherein the backing comprises first and second strips of tape;

and wherein step (c) is practiced by placing the first and second strips of tape into contact with the bottom face of the first sheet so that portions of the top face of the tape pieces overlap different edges of the first die cut opening.

19. A method as recited in claim 18 wherein step (c) is practiced by placing the first and second strips of tape parallel to each other.

20. A method as recited in claim 13 wherein the card has approximately the same thickness as the first sheet;

and wherein step (d) is practiced so as to position the card so that a top face thereof is substantially flush with the top face of the first sheet.

21. A method as recited in claim 20 comprising the further step of passing the business form through a printer to effect printing of the top face of the card.

22. A business form comprising:

a first sheet having top and bottom faces;

means defining a first cutout in said first sheet having a substantially quadrate configuration with first length and width dimensions, and a first thickness;

a card having a substantially quadrate configuration with given second length and width dimensions, both slightly less than said first length and width dimensions, and having a thickness substantially the same as said first thickness;

said card disposed in said first cutout and having top and bottom faces;

a backing overlapping at least part of said first cutout on the bottom face of said first sheet, said backing having a top face facing said cutout, and a bottom face facing away from said cutout;

readily releasable adhesive, which will readily release said card, disposed on said top face of said backing overlapping said cutout, so that said card is held in said cutout by said readily releasable adhesive with said card top face substantially flush with said first sheet top face; and

wherein said backing comprises first and second pieces of tape having adhesive disposed on substantially the entire top face thereof, and overlapping different portions of said first cutout.

23. A method of producing a business form from a first sheet and a second sheet comprising backing, each having top and bottom faces, comprising the steps of:

(a) making a first quadrate die cut opening in the first sheet, having first length and width dimensions;

(b) applying repositional adhesive to the top face of at least a portion of the backing;

(c) providing the backing in juxtaposition to the first sheet so that a portion of the backing having repositional adhesive overlaps the bottom face of the first sheet at the first die cut opening;

(d) inserting a quadrate card having top and bottom face, and second length and width dimensions slightly less than the first length and width dimensions, in the first quadrate die cut opening, so that the card is held in the opening by the repositional adhesive;

(e) forming a second die cut opening in the second sheet having third length and width dimensions at least one of which is less than the first length and width dimensions; and

wherein the step (c) is practiced by substantially aligning the centers of the first and second die cut openings.