Integrated card form with intermittent securement
US6340512B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/22
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A business form is provided which provides improved securement of a card inlaid within an opening of a surrounding ply. The card is inlaid within the opening whereby it is substantially coplanar to the ply, providing decreased thickness, and is temporarily held therein by a pair of elongated strips along respective and spaced edges of each opening and borders of each card, and also by patches applied intermittently between said strips and along other borders of each card. The application of the patches provides improved retention of the cards within their openings during processing such as printing, without substantially inhibiting the ability to print indicia on the back side of the cards intermediate the patches and the strips. The application of small, intermittent patches to hold the inlaid cards within the surrounding ply substantially increases the available area on the back side of the card while improving retention of the card during manufacturing.
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