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INTEGRATED DUAL-LAMINATE IDENTIFICATION CARD 1N A FORM
AND METHOD OF MAKING THE CARD
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a dual-laminate identification card
integrally
formed in a carrier sheet or a form and a method of making the card. More
specifically, and not exclusively, the card Garner sheet is a voter
registration sheet and
i.d. card.
BACKGROUND ART
It is known in the prior art to form identification cards which are printed
and
die-cut in a paper Garner sheet bearing printed material and instructions to
form the
card. However, the majority of these cards are paper cards and they do not
have a
long-lasting life. In my related Canadian pending application Serial No.
2,351,448,
filed on June 22, 2001, and entitled "Integrated Plasticized Card in a Paper
Carrier and
Method of Manufacture", I disclose one method of forming a plastic laminated
card
wherein a plastic film sheet is disposed on both the front and rear outer
surfaces of the
card. The advantages of providing such cards are disclosed in that pending
application. The cards formed by the invention disclosed in that pending
application
and in the known prior art contain solely pre-printed information on the cards
and
these cards have a variety of uses. U.S. patent No. 6,022,051 relates to a
similar type
form with an integrated die-cut removable card.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It is a feature of the present invention to provide another type of dual-
laminated plastic card containable in a carrier sheet or form and wherein
personal
information may be written, printed or glued on a paper face of the card
contained
within the form, by a user person, and
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prior to detaching the card from the form to laminate the
front face of the card by using the card window created when
the card is detached, all this being done by the user
person.
s Another feature of the present invention is to
provide a card product and method of making the form and
integrated card for use in a secure person identification
and recording system for voter registration.
Another feature of the present invention is to
~o provide a card incorporated in a form to be used by an end
user as an identification/record system such as for schools,
transportation, employee, trade shows, etc. and wherein the
card is personalized by the user before being laminated on
both faces by the end user.
15 Another feature of the present invention is to
provide a carrier sheet or form having a detachable totally
laminatable card integrally formed therewith and wherein the
end user or any other user person can affix a photograph or
fingerprint on the card front face prior to laminating the
zo front face by the use of the form and more specifically by a
card window created by the removal of the card from the
form.
Another feature of the present invention is to
provide a carrier sheet having a detachable totally
zs laminatable card integrally formed therewith and wherein the
form and/or the card contain various security features on
the paper part as well as the films containing a holographic
image.
According to the above features, from a broad
so aspect, the present invention provides a carrier sheet
having a detachable, totally laminatable card, integrally
formed therewith. The carrier sheet has a clear plastic
film patch secured to a rear surface thereof and overlying a
card region on a front surface of the carrier sheet in which
35 a card is to be formed. The clear plastic film patch
comprises two thin plastic film sheets laminated together by
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an adhesive therebetween. An adhesive release agent is
coated on an inner surface of an inner one of the plastic
film sheets and in contact with the adhesive. A further
adhesive secures the inner one of the plastic film sheets in
s contact with the rear surface of the carrier sheet. The
front surface of the card region is adapted to receive
printed card information thereon. The card is delineated by
a die-cut extending from the front surface of the carrier
sheet to the adhesive between the laminated film sheets. A
to perforation cut is formed in the outer one of the two thin
plastic film sheets and adhesive between the film sheets and
aligned with the die-cut. The die-cut card when peeled off
the front surface of the carrier sheet releases the card cut
portion of the inner one of the two thin plastic film sheets
is from the adhesive between the laminated film sheets with the
card now laminated on a back face thereof by the adhesive
and inner film sheet and exposing a card window across which
extends the adhesive between the film sheets whereby to
permit the front surface of the card to be positioned top
2o face down and pressed in the window to cause the adhesive to
stick to the front surface of the card to secure the outer
film sheet thereto. The card is.then pushed through the
form to break the perforation with the outer film secured to
the front face of the card to produce a card which is
2s plastic film laminated on both faces. The information to be
printed on the card region is in the form to receive
additional personal information.
According to a further broad aspect of the present
invention there is provided a method of making a dual
30 laminated card from a carrier sheet. The method comprises
the steps of providing a carrier sheet having a card
die-cut on a front surface of the carrier sheet. The
carrier sheet has a clear plastic film patch secured to a
rear surface.thereof and overlying the die-cut card. The
3s patch comprises two thin plastic film sheets laminated
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together by an adhesive therebetween. An adhesive release
agent is coated on an inner surface of an inner one of the
plastic film sheet and in contact with the adhesive. A
further adhesive secures an inner one of the plastic film
s sheets in contact with the rear surface of the carrier
sheet. The die-cut extends to the adhesive between the
laminated film sheets. The outer one of the plastic film
sheets and the adhesive between the laminated film sheets is
perforated along the die-cut. The die-cut card is peeled
~o off from the front surface of the carrier sheet to expose a
card window in the carrier sheet across which extends the
outer film sheet and adhesive. The card that has been
peeled off is then positioned in the card window with a
front face of the card against the adhesive and the card is
75 then pressed through the carrier sheet to cause the adhesive
and the outer plastic film to stick to the front face. By
pushing the card through the carrier sheet the perforation
of the outer plastic film is broken and the outer plastic
film is stuck to the front face of the card thereby
zo producing a card which is plastic film laminated on both
faces.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
A preferred embodiment of the present invention
2s will now be described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a front view of a carrier sheet or
form having a detachable totally laminatable card integrally
formed therewith in accordance with the present invention;
3o FIG. 2 is a front view, partly fragmented,
showing the rear surface of the carrier sheet in the lower
region thereof containing the card to be formed;
FIG. 3 is a section view, in exaggerated form,
to illustrate the construction of the detachable and
35 laminatable card integrally formed with the carrier sheet
and wherein an adhesive patch is optionally secured to the
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front surface of the card whereby to affix a photograph
thereon;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the card
being detached from the form;
s FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the card
being repositioned in a card window but the with the front
face of the card facing the window;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the card
being pushed through the form with the front face laminated;
and
FIG. 7 is a front view showing the front face of
the card laminated with the outer plastic film sheet
attached to the rear surface of the carrier sheet or form.
~5 DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the drawings and more
particularly to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a carrier
sheet 10, formed of paper or synthetic material, having a
detachable and totally laminatable identification card 11
2o integrally formed therewith. As hereinshown the card 11 is
formed in a detachable lower portion 12 of the carrier sheet
10. The upper portion 13 of the form is hereinshown as
constituting a secure identification and recording sheet for
a voter registration system. In the upper portion there is
2s provided printed material 14 wherein to incorporate personal
data 15 of a person whose identity is revealed by a
photograph 16 or a thumb print 17.
In the detachable lower form there is also
provided printed information 14' and printed card
3o information 18 in which personal data 15' is printed or
written. The personal data 15 and 15' also includes a
signature of the person made by the user person.
If the embodiment of form, as illustrated in
Figure l, is utilized in a voter registration data keeping
3s system, a photo 16' or a finger print (not shown) may be
affixed at the time that the form is filled and the form
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user can then laminate the card 11 in the presence of a
person during the completion of the form and in accordance
with the method as will be described later. Alternatively,
for a multitude of other uses such as school identification
s cards, transportation identification cards or employee
identification cards, or trade show registration
identification cards, etc., the detachable lower portion 12
can be detached along the straight perforation line 19 and
mailed to the intended person who would then affix his own
~o photograph to the front face of the card and produce the
dual laminated card. How the dual laminated card is
produced will now be described.
As shown in Figure 2, a clear plastic film patch
20 is secured to a rear surface 21 of the detachable lower
15 portion 12 and overlying a card region 22. Of course,
depending on the intended use of the form, this card region
could be located anywhere or there may be two or more cards
formed in the same carrier sheet. It is to be understood
that the carrier sheet with the card may be a single sheet
zo with no detachable portions.
With further reference now to Figure 3, it can be
seen that the clear plastic film patch 20 comprises two thin
plastic film sheets, namely an outer plastic film sheet 23
and an inner plastic film sheet 24 laminated together by an
2s adhesive 25. An adhesive release agent coating 26, such as
a silicone coating, is applied on an inner face 27 of the
inner plastic film sheet 24. The patch 20 is formed of poly
plastic film material and an adhesive 25' is utilized to
bond the patch 20 to the rear surface 21 of the carrier
so sheet .
The card 11 is delineated on the front surface 28
of the paper sheet by a die-cut 29 which extends from the
front surface 28 of the carrier sheet 10 to the adhesive 25.
A perforation cut 30 is made in the outer plastic film sheet
35 23 and adhesive 25 and aligned with the die-cut, as shown in
Figure 2. The double laminated poly patch is applied
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through known manufacturing equipment and the die-cut and
perforation cut is also made by known manufacturing
equipment using a double height die and perforation
combination cylinder.
s If the detachable lower portion of the form is
sent to an end user without a photograph affixed thereto,
then a delineated area is provided to identify where a
photograph has to be secured. Alternatively, a silicone
liner covered adhesive patch 31 containing an adhesive 32
~o secured to the photo area and a silicone release cover paper
33 may be applied to the front surface 28 of the carrier
sheet 10 whereby removal of the silicone liner would expose
the adhesive 32 to permit ease of securement of the
photograph 16 thereon. It is also pointed out that the rear
surface 21 of the form may have printed material and
graphics 34 printed thereon in the card region 22 so that
the card has printed material on both sides. Also,
holographic images 35 may be contained in one or both of the
plastic film sheets 23 and 24, to prevent forgeries. These
zo plastic film sheets are also of a specification capable of
withstanding a predetermined range of temperatures for
processing in heat generating equipment, i.e., laser
printers.
With reference now to Figures 4 to 7, there will
zs be shown the manner in which the card is laminated by a user
person. If it is required to add personal data onto the
card as well as a photograph or fingerprint, this is done by
the user person or by an attendant at the time of
registration, in accordance with instructions, such as the
3o printed information 14' provided on the form adjacent the
card. As shown in Figure 4, the user person 40 peels the
die-cut card 11 from the front surface 28 of the form,
thereby exposing a card window 41 which is the same size as
the card 11. When the card is removed from the window 41,
3s the inner plastic film sheet 24 is adhesively secured to the
rear surface 42 of the card 11 due to the die-cut 29
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extending through the adhesive 25'. Accordingly, the rear
surface 42 of the card is now laminated, as shown in Figure
5. The adhesive 25 is now exposed in the card window 41 as
well as the outer plastic film sheet 23 carrying the
s adhesive. By inverting the card with the front face 43
facing the window 41, as shown in Figure 5, and positioning
it in the window and pressing the card with the form
disposed on a support surface, the front face 43 of the card
is permanently stuck to the adhesive 25 and accordingly
~o stuck to the outer film sheet 23. The card is then pushed
through the carrier sheet against the outer film sheet 23,
in the direction of arrow 44, as shown in Figure 3, that is
to say from the form front surface 28 to the rear surface
21, wherein the perforation lines 30 will break thus
is releasing the die-cut portion of the outer plastic film
sheet 23 which is now laminated to the front surface 43 of
the card. If a picture was present on the front surface it
is now laminated. There is thus formed a double surface
laminated identification card in accordance with the present
zo invention.
As previously described, various security features
may be incorporated in the carrier sheet as well as in the
plastic film sheets. Also, as shown in the voter
registration form of Figure 1, an identification number 45
z5 may also be printed on the upper portion 13 of the form as
well as in the card region 12 and preferably under the photo
area.
Briefly summarizing the method of making a dual-
laminated card from a carrier sheet, there is provided the
3o following steps. Firstly, a carrier sheet having a card
printed on a front surface of the carrier sheet is provided.
The carrier sheet has a clear plastic film patch secured to
a rear surface thereof, as above-described, and overlying a
pre-printed card which is formed on the front surface of the
35 carrier sheet. The patch comprises two thin plastic film
sheets 23 and 24 which are laminated together by an adhesive
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25 therebetween and a release coating 25. The inner one of
the plastic film sheets has an adhesive 25' in contact with
the inner surface of the carrier sheet 11. The die-cut 29
extends to the adhesive 25 and accordingly severs the inner
s plastic film sheet 24 along the die-cut. The outer plastic
film sheet 23 is perforated in line with the die-cut. To
produce the card, the integral card is simply peeled off the
front surface 28 of the form to expose a card window 41
exposing the adhesive 2 and it is then inverted and press-
~o fitted into the window to secure its outer face 43 to the
adhesive and then pushed through the form whereby to detach
the outer plastic film sheet 23 along its perforation and
thereby laminating the front surface 43 of the card 11
therewith. A photograph 16 or fingerprint is simply glued
75 or printed onto the printed card while it is still in the
form and personal information can be inscribed thereon prior
to laminating the front face.
It is within the ambit of the present invention to
cover any obvious modifications of the preferred embodiment
zo described herein, provided such modifications fall within
the scope of the appended claims.
