Sheeted medical articles with adhered wristband

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10475356-B2
Application number	US-201615568922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2016
Priority date	Apr 24, 2015
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

Various sheeted articles are described. The articles include one or more banding products such as wristbands or ankle bands. The banding products are securely retained within the sheet articles prior to use by one or more regions of adhesive. Upon removal of the banding products from the sheet, one end of the band (an attachment end) comprises an adhesive to allow attachment to the other end, and the second end including the strap portion is generally free of any adhesive or liner material and the under surface of the second end is substantially formed by the material of the face layer. The articles can also include a collection of removable adhesive backed labels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheeted article providing at least one identification band comprising:
a face layer having an upper surface and a lower surface and defining at least one identification band, the at least one identification band having a first region proximate a first end, and a second region defined by a second end and a strap extending between the first and second end;
a dry peel release coating disposed on the lower surface of the face layer within the second region;
a liner layer;
a release material disposed on a first region of the liner layer proximate and in contact with the region of pressure sensitive adhesive; and
a region of pressure sensitive adhesive overlying the release material;
a permanent adhesive disposed on a second region of the liner extending along at least a majority of the strap and the second end of the band defined by the face layer, the permanent adhesive being chosen from a hot melt adhesive.

2. A sheeted article providing at least one identification band comprising:
a face layer having an upper surface and a lower surface and defining at least one identification band, the at least one identification band having a first region proximate a first end, and a second region defined by a second end and a strap extending between the first and second end;
a liner layer;
a release material disposed on the liner layer in an area corresponding to the first region of the band;
a first adhesive overlying the release material;
a second adhesive disposed on the liner extending along at least a majority in an area corresponding to the second region of the band, the second adhesive being chosen from a hot melt adhesive; and
a deadener disposed on the second adhesive; wherein upon removal of the identification band from the sheeted article, the first region of the identification band comprises the region of pressure sensitive.

3. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein upon removal of the identification band from the sheet, the second region is free of deadener.

4. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the first adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.

5. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the second adhesive is a permanent adhesive.

6. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the release material first adhesive is substantially coextensive with the release material.

7. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the deadener is substantially coextensive with the second adhesive.

8. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the face layer is formed from paper, a woven material, a non-woven material, a spun material, a polymer film, or a combination of two or more thereof.

9. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the face layer comprises a material chosen from a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polyethylene terephthalate, a polyvinyl chloride, or a combination of two or more thereof.

10. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the face layer comprises a non-woven polyester material laminated to a polyester film.

11. The sheeted article of claim 10 , wherein the non-woven polyester film forms the lower surface of the face layer.

12. The sheeted article of claim 10 , wherein the non-woven polyester material has a thickness of from about 1 mil to about 4 mils, and the polyester film has a thickness of from about 0.5 mils to about 4 mils.

13. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein the first adhesive comprises a first permanent adhesive and the second adhesive comprises a second permanent adhesive.

14. The sheeted article of claim 13 , wherein the first permanent adhesive is different than the second permanent adhesive.

15. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein (a) the face layer comprises (i) a label region with at least one label defined therein, and (ii) a third adhesive on the lower surface of the face layer along the label; and (b) the liner layer comprises a release material in an area corresponding to the label region.

16. The sheeted article of claim 2 , wherein upon removal of the wristband from article, the second region of the band is free of deadener, and the deadener overlies the second adhesive disposed on the liner.

17. A method of forming a sheeted article having a removable identification band, the method comprising:
providing a face layer having an upper surface and a lower surface;
die cutting a band in the face layer, the band having a first region proximate a first end, and a second region defined by a second end and a strap extending between the first and second end;
providing a liner layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface;
applying a release coating on the upper surface of the linear in a region corresponding to the first region of the band;
applying a first adhesive over the release agent;
applying a second adhesive on the upper surface of the liner in a region corresponding to the second region of the band, the second adhesive being chosen from a hot melt adhesive;
applying a deadener over the second adhesive; and
mating the face layer with the liner layer.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second adhesive is a permanent adhesive.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein mating is performed by aligning the face layer with the liner layer and contacting the lower surface of the face layer with the upper surface of the liner layer.

21. The method of claim 17 further comprising die cutting at least one label in a label region of the face layer.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising applying a pressure sensitive adhesive along the lower surface of the label region of the face layer.

23. The method of claim 21 further comprising applying a release agent to the upper surface of the liner layer in a region that will register with the label region of the face layer.

24. The method of claim 17 , wherein the face layer is formed from paper, a woven material, a non-woven material, a spun material, a polymer film, or a combination of two or more thereof.

25. The method of claim 17 , wherein the face layer comprises a material chosen from a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polyethylene terephthalate, a polyvinyl chloride, or a combination of two or more thereof.

Assignees

• Ccl Label Inc

Inventors

• Becker William
• Krauze Zbigniew

Classifications

• G09F3/005 Primary

  Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person · CPC title

• G09F2003/0239

  Permanent adhesive · CPC title

• A61B90/94

  coded with symbols, e.g. text · CPC title

• C09J2467/006

  in the substrate · CPC title

• C09J2203/334

  as a label · CPC title