Wristband

• US 9,126,453 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Takashima, Tetsuya, Honda, Satoru, Watanabe, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US13/819,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20130161937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• Field of Search: 283/75, 406/33
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0015 providing information, e.g. bracelets with calendars identification bracelets G09F3/005
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/28 for use in medical treatment or therapy
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person

Abstract

In a wristbhaving a label-like structure, fracturing notches for preventing unauthorized use are positioned where the two ends of the band are to be glued together. If temporary peeling of the glued ends is attempted, the wristband breaks reliably and it is difficult to return it to the original state. If fracturing notches (11) are formed on either a first winding region (6) or a second winding region (7), which are positioned at left and right ends of the printing region (5). The wristband is configured so that a ring shape can be formed by overlapping and adhering the adhesive layer on the rear surface of one of shape, the first winding region (6) or the second winding region (7) onto the other winding region. An adhesion position check mark (15, 16) is formed on either the first winding region (6) or the second winding region (7).

Claims

1. A wristband comprising:

a band base material in a belt shape having a first rear surface;

an adhesive layer formed on the first rear surface of the band base material, the adhesive layer having a second rear surface;

a mount temporarily attached to the second rear surface of the adhesive layer;

the band base material comprising;

a printing region printable thereon with specific information;

a first winding region and a second winding region located, respectively, at a left and a right end of the printing region, the winding regions are configured to be wound around a subject wrist or an ankle together with the printing area;

at least one of the first winding region and the second winding region including a fracturing region including at least one cut line that facilitates breaking and extends transverse to a longitudinal extent of the wristband, the at least one cut line comprising at least one of a perforation, a full cut line and a notch;

the mount is located on the adhesive layer of at least one of the first and second winding regions;

the adhesive layer is exposed when the mount located on the rear surface of the first winding region or the second winding region is peeled off the rear surface;

the exposed adhesive layer is adhered to the band base material side of the second winding region or the first winding region to form a ring shape winding on the subject wrist or ankle by overlapping each of the first and second winding regions; and

at least one of the first winding region and the second winding region includes a protrusion comprising an adhesion position check mark positioned distal to the fracturing region and being free of any cut line,

wherein the protrusion is distinct in shape from adjacent portions of the wristband, and provides a visual indication as to where to align the first winding region with the second winding region.

2. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the fracturing region is located in an overlap region of the first winding region and the second winding region as the wristband forms a ring shape.

3. The wristband according to claim 2, wherein the fracturing region comprises a plurality of cut lines that each facilitate breaking and that extend across the wristband, the plurality of cut lines arrayed along the length of the wristband.

4. The wristband according to claim 2, wherein the cut line a zigzag with a tip portion in a forward and/or reverse direction along the wristband.

5. The wristband according to claim 2, wherein the cut line extends in a width direction across at least one of the first winding region and the second winding region.

6. The wristband according to claim 2, wherein the mount is formed with a second cut line located for enabling peeling off the mount from the rear surface of the first winding region or the second winding region.

7. The wristband according to claim 2, wherein the fracturing region is formed on the wristband adjacent the adhesion position check mark.

8. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the band base material band is formed with a half-cut shaped and configured for enabling removal of the band base material.