The Standard Register Company

Gerard J Maynard

David H Schnitzer

Michael D Denklau

Difficulties with removing an identification card as part of a business form and/or costs concerns in making such business forms with readily removable cards are avoided in a business form incorporating a removable identification card made by the steps of a) providing a base sheet (10) of a relatively destructible material such as paper and having an area (20) intended to be an identification card; b) adhering a laminate layer (30), (34) of relatively indestructible material to the base sheet (10) to cover the area (20) on at least the underside of the base sheet (10); c) placing a layer of adhesive (50), (52) on the laminate layer (34) and to the sides (40), (42), (44), (46) thereof to be on the base sheet (10) adjacent the laminate layer (34); d) adhering a liner layer (56) to the laminate layer (34) and the base sheet (10) with the layer of adhesive (50), (52) and e) placing a continuous, closed die cut (26) about the area with the die cut extending through the laminate layer (30), (34) and the base sheet (10) but not through the liner layer (56).

Business form incorporating a removable identification card

A business form including a unitary sheet of release liner extending in a longitudinal direction and on one face defining adjacent first and second sides parallel to one another along the longitudinal direction. A continuous first label ply is removably adhered by a first adhesive to the first side of the release liner and includes die cuts defining removable labels. A continuous second label ply is removably adhered by a second adhesive to the second side of the release liner and is made of a different material than the first ply and has die cuts therein to define removable labels. A method of making such a form is also disclosed, including the steps of a) providing a continuous release liner as described, b) releasably adhering a continuous first label ply onto the first side of the liner release face, c) applying an adhesive to a face of a continuous second label ply which is a different material than the first label ply, d) bringing the continuous second label ply into contact with the second side of the liner release face whereby the adhesive releasably adheres the liner and second label ply together, and e) die cutting labels in both the first and second label plies.

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Barrington, IL, United States of America

Gerard J Maynard