Laminated article

• US 6,016,618 A
• Filed: 11/17/1997
• Issued: 01/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
• Inventors: Jackson, Blaine, Saint, Andre, Ulrich, Brett, Attia, Omar
• Primary Examiner(s): Melius, Terry Lee
• Assistant Examiner(s): Santos, Robert G.
• Application Number:
  US08/971,331
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 40/630, 40/633, 40/638, 40/665, 40/661.09, 156/256, 156/267, 156/289, 156/277, 428/42.3, 428/42.2
• US Class Current: 40/633
• 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
• 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: Y10T 428/149 Sectional layer removable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1495 Adhesive is on removable layer

Abstract

An identification wristband and corresponding adhesive identification labels are supplied by a single printed laminated sheet material. The latter comprises a paper sheet of which a wristband part has a die cut, elongated, wristband strip and a label part having a plurality of die cut adhesive labels. The die cut wristband strip and the die cut labels are printed with correlated identification indicia. The under side of the label part is releasably adhered to a release sheet. A flexible transparent film is releasably adhered to the under side of the wristband part of the paper sheet. The transparent film is die cut to form two contiguous rectangular areas, each slightly larger than the firmly adhered die cut wristband strip. These die cut film areas are separated by a longitudinally bisecting line and each has a longitudinal, integral, tabular extension at opposite ends. To form a covered wristband, the die cut strip of the paper sheet is pressed on the printed side to separate it from the sheet. The die cut section of the film is peeled from its releasable adhesion to the under side of the sheet. Then the rectangular area of the film is folded along the bisecting line and adhered to the printed side of the band strip. This forms a wristband having a laminated transparent cover for the printed strip and with exposed adhesive tabs at each end thereof. The labels with correlated indicia can be affixed to medicine containers for a patient identified by the wristband.

Claims

1. A laminated article adapted to provide at least one laminated identification band, said article comprising:

(a) a printable band sheet having a printing face and a lamination face, said lamination face having one or more elongated die cut sections that are readily removable from the rest of the printable band sheet and a releasable surface that releases readily from adhesive contact;

(b) a flexible transparent film having an adhesive-coated face and a non-adhesive coated face, said film being releasably adhered to the lamination face band sheet, said film having one or more die cut sections, in each of which a longitudinal line separates lower and upper elongated portions thereof, and one such portion of each die cut section of the film being juxtaposed to the lamination face of a die cut section of the band sheet to form a set of elements for forming an identification band, said set including said band sheet and said juxtaposed film die cut section; and

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each said set, when released from the band sheet and the film along the respective die cut sections being foldable along said longitudinal line to adhere an adhesive-coated face of the transparent film section to the printing face of the die cut section of the band sheet and thereby form a laminated identification band, and each said die cut section of the film, after having been folded and adhered to the printing face of an elongated die cut section of the band sheet providing an adhesive-coated, integral, tabular extension on at least one end of said die cut section of the band sheet, wherein the at least one tabular extension is adapted to be coupled to the opposing end of said die cut section of the band sheet to form at least one laminated identification band.

2. An article according to claim 1 wherein the releasable surface of the lamination face of the band sheet is a surface coated with a release composition.

3. An article according to claim 1 wherein each said die cut section of the printable band sheet is an elongated, generally rectangular strip.

4. An article according to claim 2 wherein the adhesive of the adhesive-coated face is a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

5. An article according to claim 2 wherein the release composition is a silicone polymer composition.

6. An article according to claim 1 wherein said printable band sheet is opaque, the adhesive is a pressure-sensitive adhesive and the releasable surface is a surface coated with a silicone polymer composition.

7. An article according to claim 6 wherein said printable band sheet is a paper sheet.

8. An article according to claim 7 which is adapted to provide a plurality of laminated identification bands.

9. An article according to claim 1 wherein said longitudinal line bisects the die cut section of the film and separates lower and upper, elongated, generally rectangular portions of said die cut section, each portion having an area that is substantially coextensive with that of a corresponding die cut section of the band sheet.

10. An article according to claim 9 wherein each of said generally rectangular portions of the die cut section of the film is slightly larger than the corresponding die cut section of the paper sheet.

11. An article according to claim 1 wherein said lower and upper portions of the die cut section of the adhesive-coated film are each generally rectangular and of substantially equal areas and each has an integral tab extending longitudinally at opposite ends thereof and wherein said integral tabs of the adhesive-coated film present the adhesive coating on opposite faces when the die cut section of the film is folded to cover the printing face of the die cut section of the band sheet, whereby the tabs can be adhered together to form a circular band.

12. A laminated article according to claim 1 which is adapted to provide a plurality of laminated identification bands, wherein

said lamination face of the printable band sheet is coated with a release composition except in a plurality of die cut sections, each of which sections is readily removable from the rest of the sheet, and wherein

said film has a plurality of die cut sections, in each of which a longitudinal line separates lower and upper elongated portions thereof and in each of which sections one such portion is firmly adhered to the lamination face of a corresponding die cut section of the band sheet and the rest of the film is releasably adhered to the lamination face of the band sheet, and wherein each of said die cut sections of the film, when released from the band sheet where the sheet is coated with a release composition, is foldable along said longitudinal line to adhere an adhesive-coated face to the printing face of the corresponding die cut section of the band sheet and thereby form a laminated identification band.

13. An article according to claim 1 wherein the article is coupled to a corresponding adhesive label sheet.

14. An article according to claim 13 wherein the adhesive label sheet has a plurality of labels.

15. An article according to claim 1 wherein said lamination face except in one or more of said elongated die cut sections has said releasable surface that releases readily from adhesive contact.

16. A laminated article adapted to provide at least one laminated identification wristband and a plurality of corresponding adhesive identification labels which comprises

a printable paper sheet having a lamination face and a printing face, and comprising a label part and a band part, the lamination face of said label part having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is releasably adhered to a release sheet, said label part further having one or more die cut label sections that are releasable from the release sheet to provide adhesive labels,

said band part comprising one or more die cut, elongated paper strips, the lamination face of said band part being coated with a release composition,

a flexible transparent film having an adhesive-coated face and a non-adhesive-coated face, said adhesive coated face being adhered to the lamination face of said paper sheet, said film having one or more die cut sections in each of which sections a longitudinally bisecting line separates lower and upper elongated portions thereof, one such portion being adhered on its adhesive coated face to the lamination face of a corresponding die cut strip of the paper sheet and the rest of said die cut section of the film being releasably adhered to the paper sheet.

17. An article according to claim 16 wherein said die cut strips of the band part and the die cut sections of the film are adapted to form a printed identification bracelet having a transparent film covering a printed paper strip and said label sections of the paper sheet are adapted to serve as adhesive labels printed with indicia correlated to indicia on the identification bracelet.

18. An article according to claim 17 wherein said die cut label sections and said die cut strips are preprinted, with correlated bar codes.

19. The method of forming a printed identification wristband and correlated printed labels which comprises subjecting to a sheet-fed printing process a laminated sheet comprising a paper sheet having a printing face and a lamination face and further having a label part and a band part, the label part having one or more die cut label sections and the band part having one or more die cut band strips, said label part being releasably adhered on its lamination face to a release sheet and said band part being adhered on its lamination face to a flexible transparent film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating, said film being firmly adhered to the die cut band strip or strips and releasably adhered elsewhere to the band part, said film having one or more elongated die cut sections in each of which a longitudinal line separates lower and upper elongated portions thereof, one such portion of each die cut section being releasably adhered to the band part, and at least one of such film portions having a longitudinal tabular extension,

after printing correlated indicia on said label section or sections and on said band strip or strips by said sheet-fed printing process, pushing on the printed face of a die cut band strip to separate said strip from the rest of the paper sheet, peeling said die cut section of film from the lamination face of the band part of the paper sheet and thereby separating the resulting assembly from the rest of the laminated sheet, folding said adhesive coated film along said longitudinal line into adhesive contact with the printed face of the band strip to form a transparent protective cover over said printed face and to provide an integral adhesive film tab on at least one end of the covered band strip.

20. A wristband comprising:

a generally rectangular and elongated paper strip having a printed face and a non-printed face, the non-printed face being adhered to a substantially coextensive portion of an adhesive-coated film, the printed face of the paper strip being firmly adhered to and covered by a folded over portion of the adhesive-coated film and wherein at least the portion of said film adhered to the non-printed face or said folded over portion has an integral tab that extends longitudinally from the film adhered to the paper strip; and

both the portion of the film adhered to the non-printed face of the paper strip and the folded over portion adhered to the printed face have integral tabs extending longitudinally at opposite ends of the paper strip, said tabs having pressure-sensitive adhesive coatings on opposite faces thereof.

21. A wristband according to claim 20 wherein the portion of the film to which the non-printed face of said paper strip is adhered and the folded-over portion of the adhesive-coated film are each slightly larger in area than the paper strip.

22. A laminated article adapted to provide at least one laminated identification band, said article comprising:

(a) a printable band sheet having a printing face and a lamination face, said lamination face having one or more elongated die cut sections that are readily removable from the rest of the printable band sheet and a releasable surface that releases readily from adhesive contact;

(b) a flexible transparent film having an adhesive-coated face and a non-adhesive coated face, said film being releasably adhered to the lamination face band sheet, said film having one or more die cut sections, in each of which a longitudinal line separates lower and upper elongated portions thereof, and one such portion of each die cut section of the film being juxtaposed to the lamination face of a die cut section of the band sheet to form a set of elements for forming an identification band, said set including said band sheet and said juxtaposed film die cut section; and

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each said set, when released from the band sheet and the film along the respective die cut sections being foldable along said longitudinal line to adhere an adhesive-coated face of the transparent film section to the printing face of the die cut section of the band sheet and thereby form a laminated identification band, and each said die cut section of the film, after having been folded and adhered to the printing face of an elongated die cut section of the band sheet providing an exposed adhesive-coated, integral, tabular extension on at least one end of said die cut section of the band sheet, wherein the one or more elongated die cut sections of the printable band sheet are at least several times longer than the tabular extension.

23. A wristband comprising a generally rectangular and elongated paper strip having a printed face and a non-printed face, the non-printed face being adhered to a substantially coextensive portion of an adhesive-coated film, the printed face of the paper strip being firmly adhered to and covered by a folded over portion of the adhesive-coated film and wherein at least the portion of said film adhered to the non-printed face or said folded over portion has an integral tab that extends longitudinally from the film adhered to the paper strip, wherein both the portion of the film adhered to the non-printed face of the paper strip and the folded over portion adhered to the printed face have integral tabs extending longitudinally at opposite ends of the paper strip, said tabs having pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on opposite faces thereof.

24. A wristband according to claim 23 wherein the portion of the film to which the non-printed face of said paper strip is adhered and the folded-over portion of the adhesive-coated film are each slightly larger in area than the paper strip.

25. A wristband according to claim 23 wherein the wristband has substantially constant thickness.