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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266918 | Yard sign with trimmed edges A yard sign includes a planar sign member and upper and lower trim members. The trim members are formed from complementary trim elements that are mirror images of each other and snap fit over the upper and lower edges of the sign. The trim members have openings in t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266917 | Image/advertising apparatus and method An advertising system and method in which an advertising mural is segmented and portions of the advertising mural are formed on each one of a plurality of laterally aligned overhead stowage bin doors in a commercial aircraft. Each segment of the advertising mural is... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7143533 | Motor vehicle decal display system A display device for a motor vehicle may comprise at least one housing configured to be disposed within an interior of the motor vehicle and at least one support removably mountable relative to the at least one housing and configured to support an item for display f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7032285 | Mounting an OLED donor sheet to frames A method of securing a flexible donor sheet, before or after organic material has been transferred to such sheet to facilitate its mounting, includes forming a plurality of spaced apart openings in the sheet adjacent to opposite edges of the sheet, and providing a r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014061 | Glass receptacle for household use A household-use receptacle has a one-piece glass body having a side wall forming an annular upper edge defining an upwardly open mouth and having an inner surface and an outer surface and a floor unitarily joined to a lower edge of the side wall and forming with the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6860045 | Method and system of manufacturing special event mementos A memento and a process for manufacturing mementos is disclosed wherein a rectangular laminated sheet is created by face-mounting a color graphic print to an acrylic sheet with an optically-clear adhesive. Then, the laminated sheet is precision-divided into a plural... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6541091 | Secure sticker and integrated label/form A secure sticker is provided comprising a waterproof base portion including a paper ply, static printed matter, and a resin, wherein the paper ply and the static printed matter are sealed within the resin, and wherein the resin is substantially transparen... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6494491 | Object with an optical effect An item with a surface area creating an optical effect is such that the surface area with the optical effect exhibits at least two images (12, 14) separated a distance (d) from each other by means of a transparent layer of material (10). The distance (d) ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6482495 | Information carrier and process for production thereof The present invention provides an information carrier which has flat surfaces, is excellent in beautiful appearance and permits beautiful necessary printing, and a production process which permits easy and inexpensive production of such an information car... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6409871 | Method of making a business form including a label A business form includes a carrier sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a die cut opening there through, with a patch of liner material mounted on the lower surface of the carrier sheet. The patch extends over the opening. The l... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6322655 | Self-laminating integrated card and method A planar form or structure is used to create a laminated card or other planar article. The structure and related method allow the carrier surface of the laminated article to be customized or personalized, before it is laminated, such as by adding to the c... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6303202 | Secure sticker and integrated label/form A secure sticker is provided comprising a waterproof base portion including a paper ply, static printed matter, and a resin, wherein the paper ply and the static printed matter are sealed within the resin, and wherein the resin is substantially transparen... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6260886 | Device for displaying and/or transporting an item This invention relates to a device for displaying and/or transporting an item, where the device comprises a transparent front that forms a sealable pocket with a substantially solid surface, such as a card.... | 07/17/2001 |
| 5882118 | Plastic bag with promotional strip Gusseted plastic bags and methods of making the same in either rolls or stack packs, each bag having at least one plastic promotional strip extending along a side edge of the bag and secured adjacent to top and bottom edges. The promotional strip may be d... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5572741 | Firefighter's garment with label protector A label having indicia thereon is attached to the shell of a firefighter's garment by stitching which passes through the label and the shell, with portions of the stitching extending outwardly of the label. A transparent protective layer is adhesively sec... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5562962 | Extrudable film labelstock for in-mold labeling Labelstock for in-mold labeling purposes which is characterized by a tensile ultimate elongation per ASTM D-882 of at least about 10% in one or both of the machine and transverse directions, and which contains a sufficient amount of one or more slip addit... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5534320 | ID cards for impact and non-impact printers An identification card assembly, made from an intermediate, comprises a carrier sheet with at least one ID card mounted on, and having smaller dimensions than, the carrier sheet. The ID card is connected to repositional adhesive, which in turn is connecte... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5509992 | Method of manufacturing a lithographically printed product A method of making a printed product comprising a photographic print on a substrate, a border printed on the substrate around the print and a transparent film coated on the substrate, overlying and in registry with the print.... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5398435 | Plastic plate with graphics A do-it-yourself kit enables an end user to make his own graphics. A printer points graphics on the back of a transparent mylar tape. The tape has a pressure sensitive adhesive which is pressed on over a textured surface that enables air to escape at the ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5240789 | Multi-layer labels A multi-layered corrosion-resistant label comprising a printed layer of a first corrosion-sensitive material, a transparent second layer of a second material different from the printed layer covering the front surface of the printed layer, and being of a ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5236766 | File folder edge reinforcement A file folder edge reinforcement for the free edge of a file and having, and elongated reinforcement panel of flexible polyester film to overly the front and back sides of a free edge of the file, notches formed in the ends of the panel, an adhesive layer... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5213648 | Method of producing a tamper-proof laminate and product obtained thereby In a laminated product wherein at least one supported information-containing hydrophilic colloid layer is adhesively bonded on at least one of its surfaces to a protective hydrophobic resin sheet, improved adherence is achieved by using as the bonding adh... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5173080 | Multiple part identification card production An identification card intermediate is constructed so that it has a multi-part construction overlying the base stock of the intermediate. The basic web, comprising a transparent plastic substrate with a base stock covering the first side and a release lin... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5148618 | Sealed tag A label in accordance with the present invention includes a base having a transparent window and an adjacent frame at least substantially surrounding the window, the frame being at least somewhat thicker than the window; a locating projection on the base ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149571 | License plate A multi ply laminae which provides weather resistance, tamper resistance and is a sturdy and legible temporary license plate. A printed serialized plate is affixed by a pressure sensitive adhesive to the upper portion of a transparent polymeric sheet by r... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5073221 | Apparatus and process of making magnetically readable cards Magnetic stripes are applied to magnetically readable credit cards by incorporating the magnetic stripes in a cover sheet and laminating this cover sheet to a core stock sheet and then severing the laminated assembly into individual cards. The magnetic ma... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5011570 | ID card, ID booklet, and manufacturing method thereof An identity card in which a first image recording layer comprising a colorant capable of absorbing light of a visible wavelength region provided on a first support and a second image recording layer comprising a colorant capable of absorbing light of an i... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4999065 | Method of making an identification card A high-security identification card is produced in a system in which a photograph from a video camera is converted to digital data and reproduced with high-fidelity on a video display screen. Other images, such as signatures and fingerprints, can be treat... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4991336 | Photographic composite board A photographic composite laminate board for mounting graphic material such as a series of photographs and descriptive graphic material. The board is formed with a transparent cover, a masking layer having openings for the graphics and a thin plastic backi... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4992130 | Process for the production of a laminate A laminate is produced by bonding together two hydrophobic thermoplastic resin sheets at least one of which carries at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a photograph and/or other information on its inner side, by the steps comprising: (1) tre... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4971646 | Method for forming a hologram film laminate and the hologram laminated product formed thereby The method for creating a hologram film laminated product comprises the steps of: applying a thermoplastic adhesive material to one side of a hologram film; feeding a substrate to a heat activated dry film thermo laminator and simultaneously feeding the h... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4938830 | Plastic card and method of fabrication thereof A method of fabricating a plastic card including the steps of printing on the rear surface thereof, laminating a sheet of clear plastic to the rear surface while simultaneously polishing the front surface, laminating a metal layer to the front surface of ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4896027 | Portable detachable data record A compact auxiliary data record storing at least one quarter megabyte of data in card size and detachably adherable to a support surface. The support surface may be an eye-readable primary record, such as a sheet of X-ray film or a book. The data card may... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4879161 | Method for printing a double-sided display on transparent film A process for printing a two-sided visual display for attachment to a window, screen or object is provided which can be identically viewed from either side of the support surface. The carrier sheet is of the electrostatic adhesion type which clings to the... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4854064 | Integrated article bearing indicia and manufacturing processes therefor A hard enclosing container which is transparent at least at its front wall, has a metallic plate bearing indicia contained therein. An enclosing layer of a viscous adhesive agent is stuck to all surfaces of the plate and fills the container. The layer inc... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4809426 | Information processing apparatus of tool holder A memory is built in a tool holder to which a working tool such as drill or the like is attached. Various tool information such as kind of tool, dimensions of tool, tool use time, and the like is written into the memory. The tool holder having the memory ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4722376 | Dual purpose pouches for identification cards A dual purpose pouch, laminated under heat and pressure to provide permanent sealed protection for a permanent identification card and a protective receptacle for a temporary identification card, is cut from a sheet of transparent plastic having a hard, s... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4687526 | Method of making an identification card A high-security identification card is produced in a system in which a photograph from a video camera is converted to digital data and reproduced with high-fidelity on a video display screen. Other images, such as signatures and fingerprints, can be treat... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4648189 | Laminated medical data card An internally-illuminated medical data card in a credit card format containing a summary of the medical history of the bearer germane to his existing medical condition. The card, which is of laminated construction, includes a plastic core panel having lig... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4592976 | Identification card Provided is an identification card having a photographic image support, the lower layer of which is impregnated with a hot-melt type thermoplastic adhesive, and a laminable indicia bearing layer and a durable resilient backing to which the support and bea... | 06/03/1986 |
