Integrated card and business form and method for making same

• US 7,017,946 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2002
• Issued: 03/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David H. Behnen
• Original Assignee: David H. Behnen
• Inventors: Behnen, David H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ashley, Boyer
• Assistant Examiner(s): HENDERSON, MARK T
• Application Number:
  US10/214,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20040056476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,328 Days
• Field of Search: 283/81, 283/105, 283/61, 283/75, 283/101, 283/74, 283/107, 428/40.1, 428/42.2, 428/42.3, 428/195, 156/248, 156/249, 156/257
• US Class Current: 283/61
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 5/027 Sheets or cards attached to a carrier strip or web shipping forms B42D15/006
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1057 Subsequent to assembly of laminae
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1064 Partial cutting [e.g., grooving or incising]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1082 Partial cutting bonded sandwich [e.g., grooving or incising]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1481 Dissimilar adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/149 Sectional layer removable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1495 Adhesive is on removable layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24802 Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]

Abstract

A card and business form assembly and method for making same. The assembly includes a printable carrier sheet having a card that is releasably attached to the sheet by a backer. The method for making this assembly includes the following steps: 1) introducing a tag web having a top surface and a bottom surface into a printing press; 2) printing indicia on the tag web; 3) applying a first layer of lamination by adhesive means onto bottom surface of the tag stock; 4) applying a second layer of lamination onto the first layer of lamination by adhesive means; 5) bonding all the materials including the first and second layers of lamination and the tag web using UV light; 6) cooling the tag web; 7) die cutting the cards through the tag web and through the first layer of lamination; 8) die cutting the shape of a backer through the two lamination layers; 9) forming line feeding holes adjacent to the side edges of the tag web; 10) forming perforations to separate predetermined sections of the tag web; and 11) feeding perforated tag web into a fan fold machine for fan folding into the finished product.

Claims

1. An integrated card and business form assembly comprising:

a carrier sheet having a layer of coating, a layer of tag stock, a first layer of lamination, a first layer of adhesive, a second layer of lamination, and a second layer of adhesive, said first layer of lamination being adhered to said layer of tag stock by said first layer of adhesive, and said second layer of lamination being adhered to said first layer of lamination by said second layer of adhesive, wherein said second layer of lamination forms a fugitive bond with said first layer of lamination;

a card defined by a first cut that extends through said layer of coating, said layer of tag stock, said first layer of adhesive, and said first layer of lamination without extending through said second layer of adhesive; and

a backer extending over said card, wherein said backer is defined by a second cut that extends through said second layer of lamination, said second layer of adhesive, said first layer of lamination, and said first layer of adhesive without extending through said layer of tag stock, wherein said second cut in said carrier sheet defines a border region that surrounds said backer and is coplanar with said backer, and wherein said second layer of lamination and said second layer of adhesive are each continuous layers within the boundaries of said second cut.

2. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said first cut in said carrier sheet defines a border region that surrounds said card and is co-planar with said card.

3. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said first layer of adhesive is made of hold out adhesive that forms a permanent bond between said first layer of lamination and said layer of tag stock.

4. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said second layer of adhesive is made of pressure sensitive adhesive that forms a fugitive bond between said first layer of lamination and said second layer of lamination.

5. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said layer of tag stock is made of 8 point C1S tag.