Identification Badge Construction

Abstract

A label badge sheet construction including a facestock sheet releasably adhered to a liner sheet. A weakened separation line in the facestock sheet defines at least one label. After the sheet construction has been passed through a printer or copier and desired indicia printed on the at least one label the printed label can be removed to be used as a visitor's badge or the like. Preferably, first and second labels are formed with a fold line separating them, and a weakened separation line through the liner sheet forms a liner panel which is adhered to the back of the first label. With the first and second labels and the liner panel removed as a label assembly and the labels folded on the fold line, through-holes through the first and second labels and the liner panel are aligned. A lanyard or clip can be passed through the aligned through-holes. The liner panel thereby reinforces the through-holes. The invention further includes the assembled label badge, the method of forming same, the method for manufacturing the sheets and the kit which includes sheets, software, hardware, etc.

1 . A construction, comprising:
 a facestock label assembly including a first label, a second label and a fold mechanism between them, at least one of the first label and the second label bearing a photograph and a machine readable code;   adhesive on a back side of the facestock label assembly;   a liner panel adhered with the adhesive to the first label; and   the label assembly being folded on the fold mechanism and the first and second labels being adhered together by the adhesive and disposed back-to-back with at least the liner panel disposed therebetween;   whereby the completed construction includes said two labels formed of facestock material with said liner panel sandwiched therebetween providing structural reinforcement for the labels, and having printing on at least one outwardly facing surface of at least one of said two labels; and   wherein the first label, the second label and the liner panel each have a through-hole, the through-holes all being aligned with one another.   
   
   
       2 . An identification badge construction comprising:
 a liner sheet;   a facestock sheet made of a flexible and printable material releasably adhered to the liner sheet;   the facestock sheet being cut to define therein a single identification badge section; and   the construction being fed into a printer for printing identification badge indicia including a photograph for exactly one identification badge onto said single identification badge section, such that after printing the identification badge section may be peeled away from the construction to define a single photographic identification badge; and   wherein the facestock sheet further has at least one weakened line disposed outside of the identification badge section, the weakened line being spaced apart from the identification badge section by at least some width of facestock material and extending from at least near a first edge to at least near a second edge of the facestock sheet to allow a leading edge of the label sheet to be more easily curled.   
   
   
       3 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  further comprising means for releasably adhering the printable material to the liner sheet such that when the identification badge is removed from the release layer the identification badge is sufficiently non-sticky for placement into a transparent sleeve, said means being selected from the group consisting of:
 adhesive applied to the liner and a release coating applied to the facestock sheet;   an ultra-removable adhesive applied to the liner; and   a non-pressure sensitive adhesive to bond said liner to said facestock sheet.   
   
   
       4 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  wherein the facestock sheet is paper. 
   
   
       5 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  further comprising means for releasably adhering the printable material to the liner sheet such that when the identification badge is removed from the release layer the identification badge is sufficiently non-sticky for placement into a transparent sleeve, said means including a release layer formed on a backside of the printable material and an adhesive applied to the liner sheet, the photographic identification badge being sufficiently non-sticky for placement into the transparent sleeve after being removed from the liner sheet. 
   
   
       6 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  further comprising means for releasably adhering the printable material to the liner sheet such that when the identification badge is removed from the release layer the identification badge is sufficiently non-sticky for placement into a transparent sleeve, said means including an adhesive selected from the group consisting of dry laminate or an ultra-removable adhesive adhering the facestock and the liner together, such that the photographic identification badge is sufficiently non-sticky for placement into a transparent sleeve after being removed from the liner sheet. 
   
   
       7 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  wherein the single photographic identification badge has a releasable adhesive layer on a backside thereon, such that the photographic identification badge can be releasably adhered to clothing. 
   
   
       8 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  wherein the single photograph identification badge has a non-releasable adhesive layer on a backside thereon, such that the photographic identification badge can be permanently adhered to a substrate. 
   
   
       9 . The identification badge construction of  claim 2  wherein said photographic identification badge has a hole therein, the hole having two elongated side portion and an expanded central portion having a curved upper portion and a hole height at the curved upper portion that is greater than heights of either of the elongated side portions. 
   
   
       10 . A method of creating a label badge comprising:
 providing a label badge sheet construction, the label badge sheet construction comprising:
 a facestock sheet having a photograph of a human face and a bar code printed on an exposed surface thereof by a desktop printer; 
 a transparent film releasably adhered to the facestock sheet; 
 a facestock weakened separation line through the facestock sheet but not through the film and defining at least a substantial portion of a perimeter of a facestock portion of a removable label assembly; and 
 a film weakened line through the film but not through the facestock sheet to define at least a substantial portion of a perimeter of the removable label assembly; 
   applying indicia on an exposed face of the label;   removing the label off of the transparent film, flipping the label over and reapplying said label in the same location on the transparent film but with the exposed face facing the transparent film such that the indicia is visible through the transparent film; and   with the label in the flipped over position, removing the label assembly including the flipped over label with indicia from the rest of the facestock sheet as a removed label assembly; and wherein:   the removed label assembly includes an adhesive border on the transparent film and around the label; and   the removed label assembly has a through-hole.   
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the film weakened line perimeter is entirely outside of the facestock weakened line perimeter. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the label badge construction further comprises adhesive between the transparent film and the facestock sheet. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the label badge construction further comprises release coating on the facestock sheet and adjacent the adhesive. 
   
   
       14 . The of  claim 10  wherein the facestock weakened separation line defines a first facestock weakened separation line, and the facestock portion defines a first facestock portion, and the label badge construction further comprises a second facestock weakened line through the facestock sheet but not through the film and defining at least a substantial portion of a perimeter of a second facestock portion. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the film includes a fold line dividing the removable label assembly in first and second label portions. 
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the removable label assembly includes first and second label portions and a fold hinge interconnecting the portions.