Tamper evident holographic devices and methods of manufacture

Abstract

A method for producing a tamper evident security holographic label and overlaminate using UV casting techniques, and a security device so produced, comprising a clear protective layer; a thin layer of clear UV cured resin cast partly onto the protective layer following a designed pattern; another layer of UV cured resin bearing a cast holographic image, wherein the bond of the holographic image layer is stronger toward the surface of the protective layer than it is toward the surface of the pattern layer; a reflective layer strongly attached to the adjacent holographic layer; and an adhesive layer bonded to the reflective layer. Such a composite product when adhered to a base substrate via the adhesive layer will show no visible security feature to the unaided eye due to the thin nature of the clear security pattern. But upon delamination attempts, the ultra-thin holographic image layer will be broken at the weakest interfacial bond which is between the two UV cured resin surfaces, providing visible evidence of tampering in the form of a break pattern identical to that of the clear pattern layer.