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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
E Douglas Ramsburg, Thurmont, MD (US);
Gerald C Krahn, Burshe Prairie, MD (US);
Jeffrey S Walter, Thurmont, MD (US);
Ralph F Irelan, Jr, Emmitsburg, MD (US);
John L Wantz, Thurmont, MD (US);
Eric Patterson, Waynesboro, PA (US);
Moore Business Forms, Inc., Grand Island, NY (US);
Abstract
A card package assembly and method of manufacture thereof allow simple and inexpensive production of desirable products, particularly useful for telephone debit cards. A web of card stock is imaged on both first and second faces with indicia (preferably variable and non-variable), and the faces are spot coated with plastic at spaced locations equal to the length of card package ultimately separated from the web. A card is formed from or out of each of the spot coated plastic locations, by die cutting, or with lines of weakness such as perforations. The form is narrower at the card, and adhesive patterns outside the card portions hold other panels of the package together once folded over to sandwich the card between other panels. The cards may be produced from a web one package wide, or from a web two or even more packages wide. A bang tail is preferably provided connected to the card, and of the same width, with a perforation separating the bang tail from the card and coupon indicia imaged on the bang tail.