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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Travel Tags, Inc., North Mankato, MN (US);
Roger H. Ricketts, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Steven C. Dunn, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
David L. Williams, Prescott, WI (US);
Travel Tags, Inc., North Mankato, MN (US);
Abstract
Transaction and identification cards formed from raw bamboo assemblies including one or more raw bamboo layers optionally adhered to a paper backer. In one embodiment, a single raw bamboo assembly is adhered to a base or core substrate. Optionally, a second bamboo assembly is coupled to the first bamboo assembly, with or without a core layer sandwiched in between the bamboo assemblies, such that the card's top face includes a first bamboo layer and the card's bottom face includes a second bamboo layer. One or more image or graphic layers are then either printed directly onto the raw bamboo layer or laminated thereto. Optional protective substrates, films, or coatings are applied to or over the bamboo assembly to protect by sandwiching the one or more ink or printed layers between the protective layer and the raw bamboo layers.