Sheet with wristband

• US 8,181,994 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chicago Tag & Label Inc.
• Original Assignee: Chicago Tag & Label Inc.
• Inventors: Valenti, F. Paul Jr., Opel, Carl, Hedger, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Tolan, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Grabowski, Kyle
• Application Number:
  US12/892,513
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 283/81, 283/101, 283107-111, 403/60, 406/33, 406/75, 428/40.1, 428/42.2, 428/42.3
• US Class Current: 283/108
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/00 Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person

Abstract

A printable form comprising a printable face surface and a wristband releasably bonded to f the printable face surface. In at least one embodiment the wristband may be detached from the printable face surface and secured to around a body part for use in identification. In at least one embodiment the wristband comprises one or more labels that may be detached therefrom.

Claims

1. A printable form comprising:

a sheet material, said sheet material comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite said first surface, said first surface bounded by a leading edge, a trailing edge, and first and second side edges;

a wristband piece adhered to said first surface but not formed from said sheet material, said wristband piece comprising an elongate strip of a flexible material suitable for wrapping around a human limb, said wristband piece comprising a leading margin, a trailing margin, first and second side margins, a top side, an opposing underside, a stub portion, a removeable wristband portion, and a line of weakness extending across said wristband piece between said first side margin and said second side margins, said stub portion being separable from said removeable wristband portion at said line of weakness, said underside comprising an underside surface bounded by said leading margin, said trailing margin, and said first and second side margins; and

at least one adhesive stripe interposed between said first surface and said underside surface such that said removeable wristband portion is removably attached to said first surface, said at least one adhesive stripe covering a minority of said underside surface, said stub portion is directly adhered to said first surface, and at least a portion of said underside surface is substantially free of said adhesive, wherein when said removeable wristband portion is removed from said first surface said stub portion remains adhered to said first surface and said removable portion separates from said stub portion at said line of weakness.

2. The printable form of claim 1, wherein said wristband piece comprises an upper ply and a lower ply, and a boundary of at least one detachable label is defined in said upper ply.

3. The printable form of claim 1, wherein said removeable wristband portion further comprises a tamper resistant feature, said tamper resistant feature being within an area of said removeable wristband portion to which at least one said adhesive stripe is adhered.

4. The printable form of claim 3, wherein said tamper resistant feature comprises at least one deformation in said removeable wristband portion, said at least one deformation being inboard of said leading margin, said trailing margin, and said first and second side margins.

5. The printable form of claim 4, wherein said at least one deformation is closer to said leading margin than to said trailing margin.

6. The printable form of claim 1, wherein said at least one adhesive stripe comprises a first adhesive stripe between said stub portion and said first surface, a second adhesive stripe between said removeable wristband portion and said first surface, and a third adhesive stripe between said removeable wristband portion and said first surface, and wherein said second adhesive stripe is positioned closer to said leading margin than to said trailing margin, and said third adhesive stripe is positioned closer to said trailing margin than to said leading margin.

7. The printable form of claim 6, wherein following removal of said removeable wristband portion from said first surface said second adhesive stripe and said third adhesive stripe remain adhered to said underside surface.

8. The printable form of claim 1, wherein said at least one adhesive stripe comprises a first adhesive stripe between said stub portion and said first surface and a second adhesive stripe between said removeable wristband portion and said first surface, wherein said second adhesive stripe is positioned closer to said trailing margin than to said leading margin.

9. The printable form of claim 8, wherein following removal of said removeable wristband portion from said first surface said second adhesive stripe remains adhered to said underside surface.

10. A printable form comprising:

a substrate material, said substrate material bounded by a leading edge, a trailing edge, and first and second side edges, said substrate material comprising a face ply and a liner ply, said face ply comprising a face ply surface and a second surface opposite said face ply surface, said liner ply removably adhered to said second surface of said face ply;

a wristband piece adhered to said face ply but not formed from said substrate material, said wristband piece comprising an elongate strip of a flexible material suitable for wrapping around a human limb, said wristband piece comprising a leading margin, a trailing margin, first and second side margins, a top side, an opposing underside, a stub portion, a removeable wristband portion, and a line of weakness extending across said wristband piece between said first side margin and said second side margins, said stub portion being separable from said removeable wristband portion at said line of weakness, said underside comprising an underside surface bounded by said leading margin, said trailing margin, and said first and second side margins; and

at least one adhesive stripe interposed between said face ply surface and said underside surface such that said removeable wristband portion is removably attached to said face ply surface, said stub portion is directly adhered to said face ply surface, and at least a portion of said underside surface is substantially free of said adhesive, wherein when said removeable wristband portion is removed from said face ply surface said stub portion remains adhered to said face ply surface and said removable portion separates from said stub portion at said line of weakness.

11. The printable form of claim 10, wherein said wristband piece further comprises a tamper resistant feature formed in said removeable wristband portion, said tamper resistant feature being formed in said removeable wristband portion within an area of said removeable wristband portion to which said first adhesive stripe is adhered.

12. The printable form of claim 11, wherein said tamper resistant feature comprises at least one line of weakness formed in said removeable wristband portion, said at least one line of weakness being inboard of said leading margin, said trailing margin, and said first and second side margins.

13. The printable form of claim 10, wherein said wristband piece comprises an upper ply and a lower ply, and a boundary of at least one detachable label is defined in said upper ply.

14. The printable form of claim 10, wherein said at least one adhesive stripe comprises a first adhesive stripe between said stub portion and said face ply surface and a second adhesive stripe between said removeable wristband portion and said face ply surface, wherein said second adhesive stripe is positioned closer to said trailing margin than to said leading margin.

15. The printable form of claim 14, wherein following removal of said removeable wristband portion from said face ply surface said second adhesive stripe remains adhered to said underside surface.

16. The printable form of claim 10, wherein said at least one adhesive stripe comprises a first adhesive stripe between said stub portion and said face ply surface, a second adhesive stripe between said removeable wristband portion and said face ply surface, and a third adhesive stripe between said removeable wristband portion and said face ply surface, and wherein said second adhesive stripe is positioned closer to said leading margin than to said trailing margin, and said third adhesive stripe is positioned closer to said trailing margin than to said leading margin.

17. The printable form of claim 16, wherein following removal of said removeable wristband portion from said face ply surface said second adhesive stripe and said third adhesive stripe remain adhered to said underside surface.