Laminate sheet for security booklets and method for making same

A method for making a hard laminate sheet having a flexible band at one side thereof for use in incorporating said sheet into a security booklet, said method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing one or more hard core sheets as hard core layer(s) of a lower section of said laminate sheet;
• (ii) providing a flexible sheet over at least a portion of said lower section of hard core layer(s) whereby a portion of said flexible sheet extends beyond an outer edge of said lower section to provide said flexible band, said flexible sheet comprising a plurality of apertures in an area of said flexible sheet over said lower section;
• (iii) providing one or more hard core sheets over both said lower section and said flexible sheet portion there over, as hard core layers of an upper section of said laminate sheet, whereby said upper and lower sections are positioned for lamination together;
• and,
• (iv) laminating said hard core layers to produce core-to-core bonds between adjacent hard core layers and within said apertures of said flexible sheet,
• whereby said core-to-core bonds within said apertures affix said flexible sheet to said laminate sheet, and the outer edges of said upper and lower sections of said laminate sheet are aligned so as to together define the outer edges of said laminate sheet.