Identification card pouch
AssigneeGeneral Binding Corporation
InventorsHenry N. Staats, Jerome J. Wiermanski
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Abstract
An identification card pouch is disclosed for use with a paper stock card having a photograph positioned thereon. The pouch has front and back covering leaves which are placed against the front and back surfaces of the identification card. A heat reactivatible adhesive is coated on the inside surfaces of the front and back leaves to permit lamination of the covering leaves to the identification card. A bond promoting patterned layer is arranged on the heat reactivatible adhesive on the front leaf to form treated and untreated areas. The treated areas adhere to the photograph while the untreated areas adhere to the paper card stock.
Claims21
A card covering for use with a paper stock card having a photographic image placed over a portion thereof, comprising:
- a. polyethylene terephthalate front and back covering leaves each having an inside surface for contacting front and back surfaces of the card;
- b. a heat reactivatible adhesive on said inside surface of said front and back leaves for adhesion to said paper stock or to itself but which does not substantially adhere to the photographic image;
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- c. a bond promoting patterned layer for adhesion to the photographic image on said heat reactivatible adhesive distributed over a major portion of the surface of said front leaf to form treated and untreated areas on said adhesive;
- wherein the treated areas of the front covering leaf adhere to the photographic image and the untreated areas to the paper stock card.
A card covering for use with a paper stock card having a photographic image placed over a portion thereof, comprising:
- a. polyethylene terephthalate front and back covering leaves each having an inside surface for contacting front and back surfaces of the card;
- b. a heat reactivatible polyethylene adhesive on said inside surface of said front and back leaves for adhering to the paper stock card but substantially not to the photographic image;
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- c. a bond promoting patterned layer on said heat reactivatible, adhesive on said front leaf, said patterned layer comprising evenly distributed untreated apertures surrounded by treated areas, said treated areas being spaced from outer edges of said front leaf by an untreated boundary zone, said patterned layer treated areas adhering to the photographic image, and the patterned layer having no less than approximately four untreated areas per square inch and the ratio of untreated areas to treated areas being greater than approximately 1:5.
An identification card comprising:
- a. a paper stock card having a photographic image variably positioned on a front surface thereof;
- b. polyethylene terephthalate front and back covering leaves;
- c. a heat reactivatible adhesive on one surface of each of said front and back leaves and in binding contact with said paper stock card but which does not substantially bind to the photographic image;
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- d. a bond promoting patterned layer on said heat reactivatible adhesive to form treated and untreated areas on said adhesive, said treated areas adjacent said photographic image adhering thereto.
An identification card comprising:
- a. a paper stock card having a photographic image attached on a front surface thereof;
- b. polyethylene terephthalate front and back covering leaves for contacting front and back surfaces of the card;
- c. a heat reactivatible polyethylene adhesive on said inside surface of said front and back leaves which adheres to the paper stock card but which does not substantially adhere to the photographic image;
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- d. a bond promoting patterned layer on said heat reactivatible adhesive on said front leaf, said patterned layer comprising evenly distributed untreated apertures surrounded by treated areas, said treated areas being spaced from outer eedges of said front leaf by an untreated boundary zone, said patterned layer treated areas adhering to the photographic image, and the patterned layer having no less than approximately four untreated areas per square inch and the ratio of untreated areas to treated areas being greater than approximately 1:5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.