Intermediate cover board with concealed security device for hard cover product

• US 7,605,703 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2006
• Issued: 10/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smartguard LLC
• Original Assignee: Smartguard LLC
• Inventors: Nichols, Dale Hunt Sr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hung T.
• Application Number:
  US11/593,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20070052228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1, 340/572.3, 340/572.4, 340/572.8, 340/539.1, 340/540, 340/541, 340/693.5, 340/693.9, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 340/693.12, 235/382, 235/487, 235/492
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2445 Tag integrated into item to be protected, e.g. source tagging

Abstract

An intermediate cover board for assembly of bard cover products, in which a primary sheet having a first thickness and opposing planar surfaces defines an opening in a selected portion of the sheet. The opening receives a security device. A pair of opposing secondary sheets each having a second thickness less than the first thickness laminate to the opposing planar surfaces of the primary sheet, so that the security device is enclosed between the laminated secondary sheets that do not display surface indications of the presence of the security device. A method of making the intermediate laminated cover board and a hard cover product made with the intermediate laminated cover board are disclosed.

Claims

1. An intermediate laminated cover board for use by bindery manufacturers of hard cover products, which manufacturers receive the intermediate laminate cover board and in combination with other cover board, with cover and liner sheets, and with body content, assemble same into a hard cover product, comprising:

a primary sheet of a chipboard cut to a selected size and having a first thickness and opposing planar surfaces and defining a receiving cavity in a selected portion of the primary sheet;

a security device received in the receiving cavity;

a pair of opposing secondary sheets each having a second thickness less than the first thickness laminated to the opposing planar surfaces of the primary sheet,

whereby the security device is enclosed between the laminated secondary sheets of the second thickness sufficient that the assembled intermediate laminated cover board does not display surface indications of the presence of the security device therein, for providing as a stack of intermediate cover boards to bindery manufacturers to use in combination with other cover boards, with cover and liner sheets, and with body content, to assemble same into a hard cover product.

2. The intermediate laminated cover board as recited in claim 1, wherein the security device has a thickness no greater than about a substantial majority of the thickness of the primary sheet.

3. The intermediate laminated cover board as recited in claim 1, wherein the security device is aligned in the receiving cavity such that opposing surfaces thereof are substantially co-planar with the planar surfaces of the primary sheet.

4. The intermediate laminated cover board as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiving cavity comprises a die-cut opening and the security device has a thickness no greater than about a substantial majority of the thickness of the primary sheet.

5. The intermediate cover board as recited in claim 4, wherein the security device is aligned in the opening such that opposing outward surfaces thereof are substantially co-planar with the planar surfaces of the primary sheet.

6. The intermediate cover board as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiving cavity comprises a debossed recess and the security device comprises a sheet member having a thickness no greater than about a substantial majority of the depth of the debossed recess relative to a majority planar portion of the primary sheet.

7. The intermediate cover board as recited in claim 6, wherein the security device is aligned in the debossed recess such that an outward surface thereof is substantially co-planar with a planar surface of the primary sheet.

8. An intermediate laminated board for use by bindery manufacturers of hard cover products, which manufacturers receive the intermediate laminate board and in combination with other cover board, with cover and liner sheets, and with body content, for assembling hard cover products, comprising:

a central sheet of a chipboard cut to a selected size and having opposing planar surfaces with a length and width thereof exceeding a first thickness, the central sheet defining an opening therein in a selected portion thereof;

a security device received in the opening, the security device having a thickness no greater than about a substantial majority of the thickness of the central sheet so that opposing sides thereof are substantially co-planar with respective ones of the opposing planar surfaces of the central sheet;

a pair of opposing exterior sheets, each having a respective second thickness less than the first thickness laminated to the opposing planar surfaces of the central sheet and thereby enclosing the security device there between, the second thickness sufficiently sized so that the laminated board does not display surface indications of the presence of the security device therein,

whereby the security device enclosed in the central sheet is concealed in the intermediate laminated board from casual indication of its presence,

whereby a stack of a plurality of said intermediate laminated boards are provided to bindery manufacturers to use in combination with other cover boards, with cover and liner sheets, and with body content, to assemble same into a hard cover product.

9. A method of assembling an intermediate laminated board for subsequent use by bindery manufacturers as a component of hard cover products, which manufacturers receive the intermediate laminate cover board and in combination with other cover board, with cover and liner sheets, and with body content, assemble same into a hard cover product, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a primary sheet of a chipboard cut to a selected size and having opposing planar surfaces with a length and width thereof exceeding a first thickness, the primary sheet defining an opening therein in a selected portion thereof;

(b) laminating a first exterior sheet to a first of the opposing planar surfaces and closing the opening in the primary sheet;

(c) positioning a security device in the opening, the security device having a thickness no greater than about a substantial majority of the thickness of the central sheet so that opposing sides thereof are no more than substantially co-planar with respective ones of the opposing planar surfaces of the central sheet;

(d) laminating a second exterior sheet to the second of the opposing planar surfaces to form an intermediate laminated board that does not display on the opposing surfaces defined by the exterior sheets indications of the presence of the security device therein; and

(e) stacking together a plurality of the intermediate laminated board and delivering same to a bindery manufacturer for use in combination with other cover board, with cover and liner sheets, and with body content, to assemble same into a hard cover product.

10. A hard cover product manufactured by a bindery manufacturer having an outer cover sheet adhesively attached to a first planar surface of a pair of chipboard cover boards disposed in spaced-apart relation, a first one of the pair of cover boards comprising an intermediate laminated board made in accordance with the method of claim 9, and spaced apart thereon to define a spine, and an inner liner sheet adhesively attached to respective opposing second planar surfaces of the cover boards to form a covered product, the spine joiningly engaging a body for the hard cover product.

11. The hard cover product as recited in claim 10, wherein the outer cover sheet carries an indicia disposed in alignment with the selected portion of the primary sheet, whereby a security canceling device is readily positioned in alignment with the concealed security device.