Method for fabricating a coupon redemption card and assembly

• US 5,417,458 A
• Filed: 09/09/1994
• Issued: 05/23/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saxon Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Saxon Incorporated
• Inventors: Best, Scott D., Turner, James F.
• Primary Examiner(s): FRIDIE JR, WILLMON
• Application Number:
  US08/303,532
• Time in Patent Office: 256 Days
• Field of Search: 283/81, 283/101, 283/107, 283/108, 283/51, 283/116, 283/117, 428/40-42
• US Class Current: 283/51
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/0053 Forms specially designed for commercial use, e.g. bills, receipts, offer or order sheets, coupons

Abstract

A method for fabricating a coupon redemption card (10) includes removing the half (37) of a backing liner (28) used to back a front half (12) of a layer of card stock (16). The layer of card stock (16) is then folded in half along a score line (40) so that the front half (12) adheres to the back half (14). The back half (14) is scored along longitudinal and lateral lines (42) to create coupons (18) which, when removed, are peeled off of the remaining half (38) of the backing liner (28).

Claims

1. A method for forming a card from a layer of card stock (16), laminate (24), and a layer of adhesive (26), the method comprising the steps of:

printing information on the front surface (30) of the layer of card (16);

applying the laminate (24) to the front surface ( 30 );

applying the adhesive layer (26) to a back surface (32) of the layer of card stock (16); and

folding the layer of card stock (16) in half, such that one half of the back surface (32) is adhered to another half of the back surface (32) by the adhesion layer (26).

2. A method as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by a step of scoring (40) the layer of card stock ( 16 ) to create symmetric halves.

3. A method as set forth in claim 2 further characterized by applying the back liner (28) to the adhesive layer (26) prior to folding the layer of card stock (16).

4. A method as set forth in claim 3 further characterized by removing one half (37) of the backing liner (28) prior to folding the layer of card stock (16).

5. A method as set forth in claim 4 further characterized by scoring (42) the front surface (30) of the layer of card stock (16) to create a plurality of individually removable sections (18).

6. A method as set forth in claim 5 further characterized by peeling the removable sections (18) off of the one half of the backing lines (32) independently thereof to redeem the removable sections (18).

7. A coupon card (10) comprising:

a single layer of card stock (16) having a front surface (30) folded in half along a score line (40) defining front (12) and back (14) halves;

a layer of laminate (24) adhered to said front surface (30);

a single layer of liner (28) coextensive with said front (12) and said back (14) halves and sandwiched therebetween; and

a layer of adhesive extending between said single layer of card stock (16) and said single layer of liner (28) adhering said front (12) and back (14) halves to said single layer of liner (28).

8. An assembly (10) as set forth in claim 7 further characterized by said back half (14) including a plurality of score lines (42) to create a plurality of coupons (18).