Wristband configuration for receiving an accessory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11915076-B2
Application number	US-202117388646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2021
Priority date	Jul 29, 2021
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A wristband configuration for receiving an accessory is described herein. In some implementations, a wristband includes a first side that includes a printable section of the wristband that includes a print coating. The wristband may include a second side, opposite the first side, that includes. The wristband may include may include a comfort coating, and an adhesive material on an adhesive section of the wristband. The wristband may include a receiving hole pattern that is configured to receive an accessory associated with the wristband and secure the accessory to the wristband when worn by a wearer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wristband, comprising:
a first side that includes a printable section of the wristband that includes a print coating;
a second side, opposite the first side, that includes:
a comfort coating,
a sensed region that longitudinally extends a length of the wristband, and
an adhesive material on an adhesive section of the wristband; and

a receiving hole pattern that is configured to:
receive an accessory associated with the wristband to enable the accessory to be attached to the wristband when worn by a wearer,

wherein at least one hole of the receiving hole pattern is positioned outside of the sensed region.

2. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the sensed region corresponds to a portion of the wristband that is analyzed by a sensor of a wristband printer during a printing operation.

3. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the sensed region is centered along a central longitudinal axis of the wristband.

4. The wristband of claim 3 , wherein a first one of the holes and a second one of the holes are aligned on a line that is parallel to and offset from the central longitudinal axis.

5. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the wristband has a first edge contour extending along a longitudinal direction of the wristband and a second edge contour extending along the longitudinal direction,
wherein all holes of the receiving hole pattern are at least a lateral distance threshold from the first edge contour and the second edge contour.

6. The wristband of claim 5 , wherein the distance threshold corresponds to a certain percentage of a maximum width of the wristband,
wherein the maximum width of the wristband is defined by the first edge contour and the second edge contour.

7. The wristband of claim 5 , wherein the wristband has a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end,
wherein the adhesive section is disposed at the first end, and
wherein the receiving hole pattern is positioned nearer the first end than the second end.

8. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein, to enable the wristband to be worn by an individual, the adhesive material is configured to be attached to the second side of the wristband to cause a portion of the printable section to overlap the adhesive section.

9. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the receiving hole pattern includes multiple holes that are configured within the receiving hole pattern and that are arranged to receive corresponding pegs of the accessory.

10. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the comfort coating comprises a polypropylene coating that is laminated to the wristband.

11. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the receiving hole pattern is formed by a die cast press that forms one or more edge contours of the wristband.

12. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the wristband is formed of a polyethylene material that receives the print coating and the comfort coating.

13. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the wristband is formed of a wristband material that receives the print coating and the comfort coating,
wherein the wristband material is configured to have a tensile strength of at least 1.4 kilograms of force per square centimeter.

14. The wristband of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive section includes a configuration of cuts that are configured to enable the adhesive material to be attached to the wristband only once.

15. A wristband web, comprising:
a wristband material;
a print coating on printable sections of a first side of the wristband material;
an adhesive material on adhesive sections of the first side of the wristband material;
a comfort coating on a second side of the wristband material that is opposite the first side of the wristband material; and
a sensed region that longitudinally extends a length of the wristband web;
wherein a plurality of wristbands are formed within the wristband web,
wherein an individual wristband, of the plurality of wristbands, includes a receiving hole pattern for receiving and securing an accessory to the wristband and holes of the receiving hole pattern are positioned outside of the sensed region.

16. The wristband web of claim 15 , wherein individual wristbands of the plurality of wristbands are arranged end-to-end along a length of the wristband web.

17. The wristband web of claim 15 , wherein the wristband material is formed of a polyethylene material and the comfort coating comprises a polypropylene coating.

18. The wristband web of claim 15 , wherein a first one of the holes and a second one of the holes of the receiving hole pattern are aligned on a line that is parallel to and offset from the central longitudinal axis outside of the sensed region.

19. A wristband web, comprising:
a plurality of wristbands,
wherein each wristband, of the plurality of wristbands, is formed from the wristband web to include:
a printable section that includes a print coating on a printable section of a first side of the wristband;
an adhesive material on an adhesive section of a second side of the wristband that is opposite the first side,
a comfort coating on the second side of the wristband; and
a receiving hole pattern that includes holes for receiving and securing individual accessories to each wristband,
wherein the holes extend from the first side to the second side,
wherein the second side includes a sensed region that longitudinally extends a length of the wristband web centered along a central longitudinal axis of the wristband web, and
wherein a first one of the holes and a second one of the holes of the receiving hole pattern are aligned on a line that is parallel to and offset from the central longitudinal axis outside of the sensed region.

20. The wristband web of claim 19 , wherein the offset of the first one of the holes and the second one of the holes of the receiving hole pattern from the central longitudinal axis to position the first one of the holes and the second one of the holes outside of the sensed region maintains a strength of the wristband and prevents interruption of the wristband from receiving a printing operation from printer caused by misinterpretation of at least one of the first one of the holes or the second one of the holes being detected as an end of the wristband.

Assignees

• Zebra Tech Corp

Inventors

• Hopkins Allison
• Bicek Jessica

Classifications

• G06K19/025 Primary

  the material being flexible or adapted for folding, e.g. paper or paper-like materials used in luggage labels, identification tags, forms or identification documents carrying RFIDs (methods for testing the genuineness of valuable papers, e.g. banknotes or passports G07D7/00; constructional features of booklets and the like B42D) · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J3/50

  Mechanisms producing characters by printing and also producing a record by other means {, e.g. printer combined with RFID writer} · CPC title

• G06K7/10108

  interrogating only those RFIDs that fulfill a predetermined requirement, e.g. selecting all RFIDs having the same speed and moving in a cloud like fashion, e.g. on the same train; interrogating only RFIDs having a certain predetermined temperature, e.g. in the same fridge, another possibility being the active ignoring of a group of tags that fulfill a predetermined requirement, equivalent to the Boolean NOT operation · CPC title

• G09F3/005 Primary

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