Printing stock with a label for making a security badge

• US 7,627,972 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2005
• Issued: 12/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
• Inventors: Hodsdon, Jerry G., Ugolick, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris; Lesley D
• Assistant Examiner(s): KIM, SHIN H
• Application Number:
  US11/180,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20060057325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,611 Days
• Field of Search: 406/610.9, 406/63, 406/64, 40665-674
• US Class Current: 40/661.09
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0201 Label sheets intended to be introduced in a printer, e.g. laser printer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0202 printed before use
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0222 Features for removal or adhesion, e.g. tabs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0255 laminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0257 Multilayer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0266 Shapes other than rectangular
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0269 perforated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0277 Tamper resistant
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/02 by a carrier person or animal
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0286 provided with adaptations for labelling machines
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0288 Labels or tickets consisting of more than one part, e.g. with address of sender or other reference on separate section to main label; Multi-copy labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0292 tamper indicating labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0341 having label sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/207 in the form of a badge to be worn by a person
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness

Abstract

A piece of printing stock for making, in combination with a badge base, an information badge, includes a face sheet and a liner. The face sheet includes a layer of adhesive, with the liner releasably adhered to the layer of adhesive. The face sheet also includes a badge label, for example, as defined by a weakening line cut into the face sheet. In addition, the liner includes a badge liner, for example, as defined therein by a weakening line cut into the liner. The badge liner is smaller in dimensions than the badge label and is positioned with respect to the badge label such that when the badge label is removed from the face sheet, the badge liner is removed from the liner and remains adhered to the badge label.

Claims

1. Printing stock for making, in combination with a badge base, an information badge, the printing stock comprising:

a face sheet including a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive and a front portion of a badge label defined therein by a plurality of continuous die-cut lines about a complete perimeter of the front portion of the badge label and wherein the front portion of the badge label is free of perforated fold lines; and

a liner releasably adhered to the layer of adhesive and including a badge liner defined therein by a plurality of continuous die-cut lines about a complete perimeter of the badge liner;

the badge liner being smaller in dimensions than the front portion of the badge label and being positioned with respect to the front portion of the badge label such that when the front portion of the badge label is removed from the face sheet, the badge liner is removed from the liner and remains adhered to the front portion of the badge label, the badge liner configured for removal from the front portion of the badge label to provide adhesion of the front portion of the badge label to the badge base;

wherein;

the front portion of the badge label includes a destruct discontinuity such that when the front portion of the badge label is adhered to the badge base and when the front portion of the badge label is peeled away from the badge base, the front portion of the badge label will tear at the destruct discontinuity.

2. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the face sheet has dimensions for enabling passage through a small-office home-office (SOHO) printer.

3. The printing stock of claim 2 wherein the face sheet includes at least one printer-feed relief line formed therein.

4. The printing stock of claim 2 wherein the face sheet is substantially rectangular with dimensions of about 4 inches by about 6 inches.

5. The printing stock of claim 3 wherein the front portion of the badge label is substantially rectangular with dimensions of about 3⅜

inches by about 2⅛

inches.

6. The printing stock of claim 4 wherein the front portion of the badge label includes four corners, at least one of which includes a radius.

7. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the badge liner is smaller in dimensions than the front portion of the badge label such that when the front portion of the badge label is removed from the face sheet, a portion of the adhesive is exposed about a periphery of the badge liner.

8. The printing stock of claim 7 wherein the portion of exposed adhesive defines an adhesive margin about the badge liner.

9. The printing stock of claim 8 wherein the adhesive margin is present on all sides of the badge liner.

10. The printing stock of claim 8 wherein the badge liner has four sides and the adhesive margin is larger on one of the sides of the badge liner than on the other sides of the badge liner.

11. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the badge liner includes a tab that projects beyond a side of the front portion of the badge label.

12. The printing stock of claim 11 wherein the front portion of the badge label includes a tab section superimposed with the tab of the badge liner.

13. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the front portion of the badge label includes a chamfer formed at a corner of the front portion of the badge label.

14. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the front portion of the badge label has a radius at a corner thereof that is different in size than a radius of a corner of the badge base.

15. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the front portion of the badge label includes an eyelet for receiving a strap of a badge tag.

16. The printing stock of claim 15 wherein the badge liner includes an eyelet cut positioned spatially with the eyelet of the front portion of the badge label.

17. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the destruct discontinuity includes a weakening line cut into the face sheet.

18. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the destruct discontinuity is positioned along a side of the front portion of the badge label.

19. The printing stock of claim 1 wherein the badge label includes a plurality of the destruct discontinuities.

20. The printing stock of claim 19 wherein the front portion of the badge label has four sides and four corners, the destruct discontinuities being positioned near the corners of the front portion of the badge label.

21. A system for printing information badges in a small-office, home-office (SOHO) printer, the system comprising:

a plurality of pieces of printing stock each including;

a face sheet including a layer of adhesive and a front portion of a badge label defined therein by a plurality of continuous die-cut lines about a complete perimeter of the front portion of the badge label and wherein the front portion of the badge label is free of perforated fold lines; and

a liner releasably adhered to the layer of adhesive and including a badge liner defined therein by a plurality of continuous die-cut lines about a complete perimeter of the badge liner;

the badge liner being smaller in dimensions than the front portion of the badge label and being positioned with respect to the front portion of the badge label such that when the front portion of the badge label is removed from the face sheet, the badge liner is removed from the liner and remains adhered to the front portion of the badge label, the badge liner configured for subsequent removal from the front portion of the badge label to provide adhesion of the front portion of the badge label to a badge base, and;

a plurality of strap clips.

22. The system of claim 21 further comprising a plurality of badge bases each being configured to receive singularly the front portions of the badge labels of the of the printing stock.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the front portions of the badge labels and the badge bases include eyelets for receiving a strap of a badge tag.

24. The system of claim 21 further comprising a plurality of laminating labels each configured to be adherent to the front portion of the badge label.

25. The system of claim 21 further comprising the SOHO printer.

26. A method for making an information badge, the method comprising:

printing information on a piece of printing stock in a small-office, home-office (SOHO) printer, the piece of printing stock including;

a face sheet including adhesive and a front portion of a badge label defined therein by a plurality of continuous die-cut lines about a complete perimeter of the front portion of the badge label and wherein the front portion of the badge label is free of perforated fold lines; and

a liner releasably adhered to the adhesive of the face sheet and including a badge liner defined therein by a plurality of continuous die-cut lines about a complete perimeter of the badge liner;

the badge liner being smaller in dimensions than the front portion of the badge label and being substantially superimposed with the front portion of the badge label;

removing the front portion of the badge label from the face sheet such that the badge liner is removed from the liner with the front portion of the badge label and such that some of the adhesive is exposed;

positioning the front portion of the badge label on a badge base;

adhering the front portion of the badge label to the badge base at a portion of the exposed adhesive;

removing the badge liner from the front portion of the badge label; and

adhering the remaining portions of adhesive of the front portion of the badge label to the badge base.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein in the positioning step comprises:

pressing the badge liner against the badge base; and

sliding the front portion of the badge label to align the front portion of the badge label with the badge base.

28. The method of claim 26 wherein the face sheet includes pressure-sensitive adhesive, the method further comprising between the first adhering step and the removing step:

peeling the front portion of the badge label off of the badge base;

repositioning the front portion of the badge label on the badge base; and

re-adhering the front portion of the badge label to the badge base at a portion of the exposed adhesive.

29. The method of claim 26 wherein the face sheet includes pressure-sensitive adhesive, the method further comprising:

removing the front portion of the badge label from the badge base; and

reusing the badge base to make another one of the information badges.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein the face sheet includes a destruct continuity, wherein the step of removing the front portion of the badge label from the badge base further comprises:

removing the front portion of the badge label from the badge base such that the front portion of the badge label tears at the destruct continuity.

31. The method of claim 26 further comprising applying a laminating label on the information badge.