Printed matter – Having revealable concealed information – fraud preventer or... – Identifier
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-10
2001-11-20
Fridie, Jr., Willmon (Department: 3722)
Printed matter
Having revealable concealed information, fraud preventer or...
Identifier
C283S109000, C283S101000, C283S105000, C283S077000, C283S078000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318757
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a dual-laminate identification card integrally formed in a carrier sheet or a form and a method of making the card. More specifically, and not exclusively, the card carrier sheet is a voter registration sheet and i.d. card.
BACKGROUND ART
It is known in the prior art to form identification cards which are printed and die-cut in a paper carrier sheet bearing printed material and instructions to form the card. However, the majority of these cards are paper cards and they do not have a long-lasting life. In my related pending application Ser. No. 09/684,129, and entitled “Integrated Plasticized Card in a Paper Carrier and Method of Manufacture”, I disclose one method of forming a plastic laminated card wherein a plastic film sheet is disposed on both the front and rear outer surfaces of the card. The advantages of providing such cards are disclosed in that pending application. The cards formed by the invention disclosed in that pending application and in the known prior art contain solely pre-printed information on the cards and these cards have a variety of uses. U.S. Pat. No. 6,022,051 relates to a similar type from with an integrated die-cut removable card.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It is a feature of the present invention to provide another type of dual-laminated plastic card containable in a carrier sheet or form and wherein personal information may be written, printed or glued on a paper face of the card contained within the form, by a user person, and prior to detaching the card from the form to laminate the front face of the card by using the card window created when the card is detached, all this being done by the user person.
Another feature of the present invention is to provide a card product and method of making the form and integrated card for use in a secure person identification and recording system for voter registration.
Another feature of the present invention is to provide a card incorporated in a form to be used by an end user as an identification/record system such as for schools, transportation, employee, trade shows, etc. and wherein the card is personalized by the user before being laminated on both faces by the end user.
Another feature of the present invention is to provide a carrier sheet or form having a detachable totally laminatable card integrally formed therewith and wherein the end user or any other user person can affix a photograph or fingerprint on the card front face prior to laminating the front face by the use of the form and more specifically by a card window created by the removal of the card from the form.
Another feature of the present invention is to provide a carrier sheet having a detachable totally laminatable card integrally formed therewith and wherein the form and/or the card contain various security features on the paper part as well as the films containing a holographic image.
According to the above features, from a broad aspect, the present invention provides a carrier sheet having a detachable, totally laminatable card, integrally formed therewith. The carrier sheet has a clear plastic film patch secured to a rear surface thereof and overlying a card region on a front surface of the carrier sheet in which a card is to be formed. The clear plastic film patch comprises two thin plastic film sheets laminated together by an adhesive therebetween. An adhesive release agent is coated on an inner surface of an inner one of the plastic film sheets and in contact with the adhesive. A further adhesive secures the inner one of the plastic film sheets in contact with the rear surface of the carrier sheet, plastic Card information is printed on at least the card region on the front surface of the carrier sheet. The card is delineated by a die-cut extending from the front surface of the carrier sheet to the adhesive between the laminated film sheets. A perforation cut is formed in the outer one of the two thin plastic film sheets and adhesive between the film sheets and aligned with the die-cut. The die-cut card when peeled off the front surface of the carrier sheet releases the card cut portion of the inner one of the two thin plastic film sheets from the adhesive between the laminated film sheets with the card now laminated on a back face thereof by the adhesive and inner film sheet and exposing a card window across which extends the adhesive between the film sheets whereby to permit a front face of the card to be positioned top face down and pressed in the window to cause the adhesive to stick to the front face of the card to secure the outer film sheet thereto. The card is then pushed through the form to break the perforation with the outer film secured to the front face of the card to produce a card which is plastic film laminated on both faces. The information printed on the card region is in the form to receive additional personal information including a delineated area to secure a photograph and/or fingerprint.
According to a further broad aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of making a dual-laminated card from a carrier sheet. The method comprises the steps of providing a carrier sheet having a card printed and die-cut on a front surface of the carrier sheet. The carrier sheet has a clear plastic film patch secured to a rear surface thereof and overlying the die-cut card. The patch comprises two thin plastic film sheets laminated together by an adhesive therebetween. An adhesive release agent is coated on an inner surface of an inner one of the plastic film sheet and in contact with the adhesive. A further adhesive secures an inner one of the plastic film sheets in contact with the rear surface of the carrier sheet. The die-cut extends to the adhesive between the laminated film sheets. The outer one of the plastic film sheets and the adhesive between the laminated film sheets is perforated along the die-cut. The die-cut card is peeled off from the front surface of the carrier sheet to expose a card window in the carrier sheet across which extends the outer film sheet and adhesive. The card that has been peeled off is then positioned in the card window with a front face of the card against the adhesive and the card is then pressed through the carrier sheet to cause the adhesive and the outer plastic film to stick to the front face. By pushing the card through the carrier sheet the perforation of the outer plastic film is broken and the outer plastic film is stuck to the front face of the card thereby producing a card which is plastic film laminated on both faces.
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Plutino Tony
Ritchie William Dale
Crain-Drummond, Inc.
Fridie Jr. Willmon
Holman PLLC Jacobson
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