Easily fastening identification band

Abstract

A hospital identification band includes a wrist band adapted to be wrapped on a patient's arm or wrist, a label having the patient's data written or printed on the wrist band; and a control sleeve formed on a head portion of the wrist band for adjustably jacketing a tail strip of the wrist band through the control sleeve to form a loop wrapping the patient's arm or wrist, having adhesive coated on an inside surface of the control sleeve, whereby upon a proper adjustment of the tail strip in the control sleeve for snugly fastening the wrist band around the patient's arm or wrist, the control sleeve is firmly pressed to bond the tail strip with an adhesive-coated inside surface of the control sleeve, and an insertion of the tail strip through a concealing slot transversely formed in the head portion of the wrist band to conceal the tail strip beneath the wrist band, thereby easily fastening an identification band on a patient or wearer.

1 . An identification band comprising: 
 a wrist band for writing or printing a patient's data thereon having a head portion formed on a first end portion of said wrist band and a tail strip formed a second end portion of said wrist band opposite to said head portion, and having a concealing slot transversely formed in said wrist band adjacent to said head portion; and    a control sleeve formed on said head portion of said wrist band for passing said tail strip through said control sleeve, whereby upon an adjustment of a loop of said wrist band for snugly wrapping a patient's wrist or arm, said control sleeve is actuated to fasten said tail strip with said control sleeve and said band, and said tail strip is inserted into said concealing slot to conceal said tail strip beneath said wrist band to thereby firmly wrap said wrist band on the patient's wrist or arm.    
   
   
       2 . An identification band according to  claim 1 , wherein said wrist band includes a wide band portion in between said head portion and said tail strip, having a label for writing or printing a patient's data on said label adhered on said wide band portion adjacent to said control sleeve.  
   
   
       3 . An identification band according to  claim 2 , wherein said band adjacent to said control sleeve further includes a transparent film coated on said label for protecting the patient's data thereon.  
   
   
       4 . An identification band according to  claim 1 , wherein said control sleeve has its inside surface coated with adhesive and covered with a releasing paper piece on said inside surface as coated with adhesive thereon, having an adhesive-free tunnel formed in between the releasing paper piece and said head portion of said wrist band for smoothly passing said tail strip within said tunnel for adjusting a loop of said band for snugly wrapping said band around a patient's wrist.  
   
   
       5 . An identification band according to  claim 3 , wherein said transparent film has a releasing paper adhered on an adhesive coated on an inside surface of said transparent film, whereby upon removal of said releasing paper, said transparent film coated with adhesive thereon will be adhered on said band having a patient's data written or printed thereon.  
   
   
       6 . An identification band according to  claim 3 , wherein said transparent film and said control sleeve are integrally formed, and secured on said wrist band.  
   
   
       7 . An identification band according to  claim 4 , wherein said releasing paper piece includes: an upper adhering section releasably secured to an inside surface of the control sleeve by adhesive coated between the inside surface of the control sleeve and the upper adhering section; an elbow portion connected to the upper adhering section and slightly protruding rearwardly beyond a rear opening of the control sleeve; and a lower releasing section juxtapositionally formed below the upper adhering section and connected to the elbow portion, and defining the tunnel between the lower releasing section and the head portion of the band, and having a pulling edge portion formed on a free end of the lower releasing section and protruding outwardly beyond a front opening of the control sleeve adapted to be pulled outwardly when tearing the releasing paper piece for bonding the tail strip in between the control sleeve and the head portion of the band.  
   
   
       8 . An identification band according to  claim 2 , wherein said wide band potion has a width larger than a width of said tail strip.