Multi-web business form having moisture proof wristband, identification labels and web joint

• US 6,748,687 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2003
• Issued: 06/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Laser Band LLC (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Laser Band LLC (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Riley, James M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Silbermann, Joanne
• Application Number:
  US10/352,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20030177681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 406/33, 283/74, 283/75, 283/80, 283/109, 283/900
• 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: Y10S 283/90 Medical record

Abstract

A multi-layer, multi-web, laser printable, form with an identification band blank comprises a multi-layered web die cut with a first paper label portion for receiving a printed image and an adhesive backed transparent film layer approximately twice the width of the paper layer so that upon separation from a carrier, the transparent film may be folded over and completely encapsulate the paper layer to moisture proof it and protect it. The transparent film layer includes a pair of adhesive backed tabs at the ends to facilitate its attachment about a patient'"'"'s wrist or ankle. Multiple wristbands, or identification band blanks, are included on the same sheet to provide a form that is particularly suited for a pediatric admission. In an alternate embodiment, a panel is die cut into the transparent film layer so that upon separation of the wristband from the form, the panel remains adhered and it pulls away to form a window. As the wristband is assembled, the window overlies a portion of the printed surface so that it remains exposed.

Claims

1. An identification band blank cut into and removable from a multi-layered form suitable for processing through a printer, said multi-layered blank having a first layer suitable for receiving a print image from said printer, and a second, over-sized layer of moisture resistant material for overlying said first layer upon removal and assembly of said blank, said second layer having a panel formed and configured so that as the band blank is removed from said form said panel is separated from the second layer and a window is opened up in said second layer of said separated band blank.

2. The form of claim 1 wherein said panel is formed by a die cut into said second layer.

3. The form of claim 2 wherein said panel is positioned in said second layer to overlie at least a portion of an image printed on said first layer as the second layer is folded over said first layer.

4. The form of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of adhesive backed labels formed therein.

5. The form of claim 1 wherein said panel is generally rectangular in shape with its longer sides being parallel to the length of the band blank.

6. The form of claim 1 wherein said panel is defined by a die cut substantially surrounding it.

7. A multi-layered page-sized form suitable for processing through a printer comprising:

a first portion comprising a plurality of self adhering labels;

a second portion comprising a multi-layered identification band blank cut into and removable from the second portion, said multi-layered identification band blank having a first layer suitable for receiving a print image from said printer, a second oversized layer of moisture resistant material being approximately twice the size of said first layer, and a pair of integrally formed adhesive backed tabs are cut into and formed out of the material comprising the second layer near the ends of said band blank so that upon removal of said band blank from said second portion, the second layer may be folded over to overlie the printed image on the first layer and the tabs used to secure the band blank about a person'"'"'s appendage; and

a web joint connecting the first and second portions of the form together, the web joint comprising a flap extending from the form first portion to the second portion.

8. The form of claim 7 wherein the form first portion further comprises a top adhesive layer and bottom liner layer and the web joint flap comprises an extension of the top adhesive layer overlying a section of the form second portion adjacent the first portion.

9. The form of claim 8 wherein the web joint further comprises a line of perforation extending through the form first portion adjacent the flap thereby allowing the separation of the first portion from the second portion with the overlapping flap attached to the second portion.

10. The form of claim 8 wherein the web joint flap further comprises a lightly adhered layer on its underside thereby allowing the form first portion to be peeled from the form second portion.

11. The form of claim 7 wherein said web joint overlapping flap comprises a binder tape releasably attached to both the first and second portions of the form.

12. The form of claim 11 wherein the form second portion further comprises a top layer and bottom transparent layer and the web joint flap comprises an extension of the top adhesive layer overlying a section of the form first portion adjacent the second portion.

13. The form of claim 11 wherein the web joint flap further comprises a lightly adhered layer on its underside thereby allowing the form second portion to be peeled from the form first portion.

14. The form of claim 11 wherein the web joint further comprises a line of perforation extending through the form second portion adjacent the flap thereby allowing the separation of the second portion from the first portion with the overlapping flap attached to the first portion.

15. The form of claim 7 wherein the web joint is adapted to permit detachment of the first portion from the second portion at the web joint and attachment of a dummy portion to the second portion, the dummy portion being dimensioned to create a paged sized form when attached to the second portion.

16. The form of claim 7 wherein the web joint is adapted to permit detachment of the second portion from the first portion at the web joint and attachment of a dummy portion to the first portion, the dummy portion being dimensioned to create a paged sized form when attached to the first portion.

17. The form of claim 7 wherein the second portion is dimensioned to be processed through an envelope feeder of a printer when detached from the form first portion.