US 6,016,618 · Granted 2000-01-25

Laminated article

An identification wristband and corresponding adhesive identification labels are supplied by a single printed laminated sheet material. The latter comprises a paper sheet of which a wristband part has a die cut, elongated, wristband strip and a label part having a plurality of die cut adhesive labels. The die cut wristband strip and the die cut labels are printed with correlated identification indicia. The under side of the label part is releasably adhered to a release sheet. A flexible transparent film is releasably adhered to the under side of the wristband part of the paper sheet. The transparent film is die cut to form two contiguous rectangular areas, each slightly larger than the firmly adhered die cut wristband strip. These die cut film areas are separated by a longitudinally bisecting line and each has a longitudinal, integral, tabular extension at opposite ends. To form a covered wristband, the die cut strip of the paper sheet is pressed on the printed side to separate it from the sheet. The die cut section of the film is peeled from its releasable adhesion to the under side of the sheet. Then the rectangular area of the film is folded along the bisecting line and adhered to the printed side of the band strip. This forms a wristband having a laminated transparent cover for the printed strip and with exposed adhesive tabs at each end thereof. The labels with correlated indicia can be affixed to medicine containers for a patient identified by the wristband.

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