Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
Reexamination Certificate
1998-06-23
2001-05-08
Ahmad, Nasser (Department: 1772)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
C040S299010, C283S081000, C428S041700, C428S041800, C428S041900, C428S042100, C428S042200, C428S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06228451
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to cards, and in particular, to advertising cards having an adhesive layer for removably attaching the card to a structure and a method of manufacturing the same.
It is well known that consumer wastes time going through a drawer or folder in order to find a card, for example, a coupon card, only to find that the coupons on the card are expired. A solution is to provide a card that can be attached to a surface so that the card can be displayed in front of the consumer so that the consumer can readily access the card.
Up to now, there a few examples of such cards exist. One example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,458,282 to Martin, discloses a card having a magnetic sheet secured to one surface of the card. The card includes a section of the card having a layer of material containing the magnetic particles can be secured to a metal object for displaying the card. The section of the card with the layer of magnetic particles can be separated from the rest of the card to attach other sheets of paper to the magnetic surface. However, the card can only be attached to a metallic surface, and cannot be attached, for example, to a window, a wooden surface, a plastic surface, or any other non-metallic surface. Further, the section of the card with the magnetic particles increases the cost and complicates the manufacturing of the card. Thus, it would be desirable to provide a card that can be removably attached to any desired surface and is relatively cost-effective and less complicated to manufacture.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a card having an layer of adhesive material that allows for the card to be removably attached to any desired structure. In a first embodiment of the invention, the card includes a blank or coupon portion. The blank has an upper or top surface and a lower or bottom surface. The blank has at least one line of perforations dividing the blank into a top section and a bottom section. A layer of adhesive material is disposed over at least a portion of the bottom surface within the top section. A layer of liner material is disposed over the layer of adhesive material. A portion of the layer of adhesive material is exposed by removing at least a portion of the layer of liner material. The card can be removably attached to any desired structure by pressing the exposed layer of adhesive material against the structure.
In a second embodiment of the invention, the card includes a blank portion and a label portion. The blank portion has an upper or top surface and a lower or bottom surface. The label portion includes a layer of sheet material, a layer of liner material, and a layer of adhesive material disposed between the layer of sheet material and the layer of liner material. Either the layer of sheet material or the layer of liner material has a length or a width less than the layer of adhesive material to expose at least a portion of the layer of adhesive material. The label portion can be removably attached to the blank portion by pressing the exposed portion of the layer of adhesive material against the blank portion.
In both embodiments, the card may include a layer of permanent adhesive material disposed over the layer of liner material and a second layer of liner material disposed over the layer of permanent adhesive material. The card can be fixedly attached to any desired structure by removing at least a portion of the second layer of liner material from the layer of permanent adhesive material and pressing the exposed permanent layer of adhesive material against the structure. In addition, a variety of indicia, such as coupon and advertising indicia, can be printed on the card.
The invention also includes a preferred method of manufacturing the card. In the preferred method, the blank portion of the card may be ordered and received, the pressure sensitive construction material or label portion may be ordered and received, and the electronic art of images or indicia to be printed on the top surface of the card can be created. Next, film can be made from the electronic art of the images or indicia. Using the film, printing plates can then be made for printing the images or indicia on the card. Next, a press is set up with the printing plates. Next, the blank portion and the label portion are “married together” by pressing the exposed portion of he layer of adhesive material against the blank portion by using the press. After “marrying” the blank portion and the label portion together, the images or indicia are then printed on top or bottom surface of the card. Next, the card is cut to a final size while remaining on the press. Finally, the card is boxed and shipped.
Various objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, when read in light of the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4188427 (1980-02-01), Grass
patent: 5458282 (1995-10-01), Martin
Boudouris Randall A.
Napierala, II Robert E.
Ahmad Nasser
MacMillan Sobanski & Todd LLC
True Label, Inc.
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