Novel I.D. cards

A protective laminar assembly for lamination to an information-bearing document, said assembly comprising a plastic sheet material carrying a layer of adhesive and a pattern comprising a light-transmissive pigment material coated on said adhesive layer, said pigment being dispersed in a binder material which is at least water swellable, said light-transmissive pigment material having a particle size between about 1 to about 25 microns and a dry brightness value no greater than about 95.

A protective laminar assembly for lamination to an information-bearing document, said assembly comprising in order, a sheet of a cellulose tiracetate having a hydrolyzed surface, and adhesive layer comprising a mixture of a low molecular weight polyvinyl acetate and a hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol coated on the hydrolyzed surface and a pattern of light-transmissive pigment material having a particle size between about 1 to about 25 microns and a dry brightness value no greater than about 95, said pigment being dispersed in a binder material which is at least water swellable coated on said adhesive layer.

A protective laminar assembly for lamination to an information-bearing document, each assembly comprising in order, a polyester sheet material, and adhesive layer comprising an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer, and a pattern of light-transmissive pigment material having a particle size between about 1 to about 25 microns and a dry brightness value of no greater than about 95, said pigment being dispersed in a binder material which is at least water swellable or water soluble coated on said adhesive layer.

A protective laminar assembly for lamination to an information bearing document, said assembly comprising in order, a polyester sheet material, an adhesive system comprising a layer which comprises an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer coated on the polyester sheet material and a layer of mixture of a polyvinyl alcohol and a polyvinyl pyridine coated on the copolymer containing layer, and a pattern of light-transmissive pigment material having a particle size between about 1 to about 25 microns and a dry brightness value of no greater than about 95, said pigment being dispersed in a binder material which is at least water swellable coated on said layer of said mixture.