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US 7,222,448 B2Granted
Thermal wristband/cinch with inboard label assembly business form and method
AssigneeLaser Band, LLC
InventorJames R. Riley
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AssigneeLaser Band, LLC
InventorJames R. Riley
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A business form particularly adapted for generalized use, although it may be used in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband that is provided with a face stock imaging area and an overlying laminate portion with each having one or more cinch slots through which the free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage. The labels and the wristband may each be imprinted with identifying indicia such as bar coding and the form is laid out to be arranged in a continuous, relatively narrow, web for convenient processing through a thermal printer. A second embodiment of the invention includes a self laminating wristband similar in construction to other embodiments and comprised of a layer of face stock and a laminate, with the laminating portion having its overlapping half adjoined at the end of the first lamination portion instead of at its side. In other words, the laminating portion includes two halves which fold together about a fold line to enclose the face stock as before, except that the halves fold over end-to-end. The cinch comprises two slots which may both be located outboard of the face stock, and in the laminate portion alone or in both the face stock and laminate portion. Any of the wristband constructions may be provided in any combination, with or without labels, on a sheetlet or a page sized sheet, in any of a number of configurations, to suit any particular application, as desired by a user.
A multi-layer business form page suitable for being processed through a printer comprising a self-laminating wristband, said wristband having a printable face ply portion comprising a thermal imaging surface, a lamination layer portion for substantially surrounding the printable face ply portion, a strap portion extending from a single side of said face ply portion for wrapping about a person's appendage, and an attachment portion for joining the strap portion to the printable face ply portion to thereby attach said wristband to said person's appendage.
A multi-layer business form page comprising a self-laminating wristband, said wristband having a printable face ply portion, a lamination layer portion for substantially surrounding the printable face ply portion, a strap portion extending from a single side of said face ply for wrapping about a person's appendage, and an attachment portion for joining the strap portion to the printable face ply portion to thereby attach said wristband to said person's appendage, said lamination layer portion comprising a first portion underlying the printable face ply portion and a second portion for folding over said first portion and face ply portion, said second portion being adjoined to an end of said face ply portion opposite from said strap portion.
A wristband business form page, said page including a wristband having a face ply suitable for accepting a thermal image, a lamination portion for laminating said printable face ply, said lamination portion including a free end extending from said face ply, and a cinch through which said free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage.
A wristband business form, said form including a wristband having a face ply suitable for accepting a printed image, said face ply portion having a sculpted shoulder on at least one end thereof, a lamination portion for laminating said printable face ply, said lamination portion including a free end extending from said face ply, and a cinch comprising at least one slot at either end of said face ply portion and lamination portion through which said free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage;
A wristband business form, said form including a wristband having a face ply suitable for accepting a printed image, said face ply portion having a sculpted shoulder on at least one end thereof, a lamination portion for laminating said printable face ply, said lamination portion including a free end extending from said face ply, and a cinch comprising at least one slot at either end of said face ply portion and lamination portion through which said free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage;
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