Abstract: A secured message postcard mailer having a message area defined on a front surface of a postcard and covered by an obscuring layer to prevent viewing of a message in the message area, the message being imprintable within the message area through the obscuring layer by thermal electronic impulses provided by a thermal printing apparatus.

Abstract: An anti-copy film or layer for originals or documents comprises according to the invention transparent film material having a multiplicity of at least partially opaque and possibly reflective areas arranged at distances from one another which are arranged as screens on the film surfaces essentially in horizontal planes, in particular parallel to one another, but offset, so that information on an original lying under this film or layer is masked in an approximately vertical viewing direction and is visible in the direction of a predefined viewing angle. Expedient production methods enable the use of photographic techniques.

Abstract: A label assembly for a package sleeve accommodating a storage media disc in a sleeve cavity thereof. The label assembly includes a removable tear strip covering the sleeve cavity such that when the tear strip is detached along perforation lines, the disc can be removed from the sleeve cavity. The tear strip also has a deadened adhesive portion so that no adhesive can contact the disc. In this label assembly, a first face and a second face are positioned on opposite sides of the tear strip. The first face includes mailing identification information regarding the package sleeve and the second face includes disc identification information regarding the storage media disc accommodated within the package sleeve.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a radiographic marker system which includes a radiopaque marker mounted on a thin, flexible adhesive label. In one embodiment, the adhesive label has a central portion, the adhesive side of which is covered by a cut-out portion of the base tape to provide for comfortable removal of the marker after use. In another embodiment, the adhesive label has a gripping tab to facilitate removal from a base tape upon which the marker is supported before use, and to facilitate removal from a patient after use. The gripping tab is formed by a projecting tab of the label combined with a cut-out portion of the base tape which covers adhesive on the projecting tab. A method of making a radiology marker system according to the invention also is disclosed.

Abstract: A lottery card comprising a given number of fields, arranged in a successive order. Each field is divided into a given number of frames. At least one of the frames of every field contains a mark. All marks are related to each other according to a successive order, and are concealed by being coated with a removable coating.

Abstract: A break-open card with tamper proof seal (10) to prevent surreptitious tampering with and presentment of tampered game cards as valid prize winning cards by providing at least one readily frangible seal (28) to irreversibly evidence that tampering.

Abstract: Information can be retrieved from lottery tickets and lottery ticket security can be improved by printing electronic circuits or circuit elements on the ticket. Conductive or semiconductive ink can be printed on the ticket by using gravure, relief, planographic, letter press or flexographic methods to form the circuit elements. In one embodiment the circuit elements are printed over play indica and under a scratch-off coating so that they are removed when the ticket is played. An electronic verification machine can then be used to determine which portions of the scratch-off coatings coveting the play indicia have been removed. A second group of circuit elements can also be printed under the play indicia which improves security by blocking light that may be shined through the ticket and by being tested, along with the first group of circuit elements, for integrity by the electronic verification machine.

Abstract: A label assembly includes a label with a removable multi-ply insert attached thereto by at least one fastening strip. The label has an adhesive applied to one of its sides for attaching the label assembly to an article. In two embodiments, the label assembly has a pair of perforated fastening strips for removably coupling the multi-ply insert to the label, while the label remains attached to the article. In another embodiment, one edge of the top ply of the insert is secured to the label by a single fastening strip, while the other edge of the top ply of the insert extends outwardly from the remaining plies of the insert and is secured directly to the label. In yet another embodiment, a single large fastening strip overlies substantially the entire top ply of the insert, and extends outwardly from three of the peripheral edges of the insert to engage the label for peelably securing the insert to the label by a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: Cards and methods of securing hidden symbols on cards are disclosed. The cards, such as instant-win lottery tickets, utilize continuous overprint inks that mask the boundaries between their "secure" and "unsecure" portions to inhibit unscrupulous players from successfully tampering with them. By reformulating the overprint inks to permit a single set to be applied to both portions of a card, more vibrant and aesthetically-pleasing graphics may be displayed as well while utilizing fewer printing stations during the printing process.

Abstract: An anticopying film (2) for covering documents (1) appears opaque in vertical plan view (5) as a result of total reflection for protection against copying and appears transparent in the oblique viewing direction (6), the film having an irregular sawtooth structure (3). This makes it virtually impossible to produce an identical second film with the aid of which, by placing said second film on top, the effect of the anticopying film (2) might be eliminated.

Abstract: A card, such as a lottery ticket or game piece, lacking a foil laminate is disclosed. To simulate the appearance of such a laminate, however, the card includes a substrate onto which metal particles are adhered. The particles are permanently suspended in a resinous ink binder, thus forming neither a sheet of material nor a continuous, solid film. To enhance the reflectivity of the card, a clear overcoat may be applied.

Abstract: A credit/service card with expanded surface area comprises a first card member, a second card member and a hinge connecting the two card members. The credit/service card also comprises a fastener for holding the first and second card member together when the credit/service card is in the closed position.

Abstract: A lottery ticket is described having a front sheet which defines a plurality of windows and includes a plurality of bars separating said windows from one another and a plurality of closure panels closing the windows, a rear sheet and an intermediate layer for selectively bonding the front sheet and the rear sheet together. The side of the rear sheet which faces the front sheet bears a plurality of game symbols arranged in sets of symbols, with each set of symbols located within a respective window and including a set of winning symbols located in a winning window. The lottery ticket incorporates a first security indicia which comprises the occurrence in a set of winning symbols of all but one symbol of a uniform size and one symbol of a visibly larger or smaller size. This security indicia may be used alone or in combination with a second security indicia, for example, a printed word indicating that the ticket is a winning ticket.

Abstract: A window sticker for pricing and fuel economy information about a motor vehicle can be readily positioned and repositioned on a motor vehicle window, and finally removed from the window without leaving an adhesive residue, and in integral form so that it serves as a customer receipt. A continuous web of bond paper with an adhesive-coated backing is moved in a first direction to a press where fixed indicia, including fuel economy and price related word indicia, is applied to a first face of the front web sheet. A record sheet web is applied to the dual ply-web of bond paper and backing. The front web sheet has a release coating on a second face that releasably adheres to the backing sheet. The front web sheet also includes a removable boarder surrounding the window sticker. Removal of this border exposes a corresponding border section of the adhesive coated backing which secures the window sticker to a vehicle window.

Abstract: A label-equipped ply with readable liner and method, the ply having a label diecut therein which constitutes only a portion of the ply area, a release backer adhered to the ply back surface and which has an exposed face, the backer being adapted for carrying reverse orientation data imaging on its exposed face and composed of a material capable of being read through the backer.

Abstract: Flexible composite material is provided upon which a facsimile message containing both confidential and non-confidential information can be recorded. In general, the composite material comprises a recording layer and a cover layer. The cover layer is disposed over a substantial portion of the recording layer to define a confidential message recording area and a non-confidential message recording area. The cover layer has a plurality of transverse perforation lines formed along the longitudinal extent of the cover layer. The transverse perforation lines are spaced apart in parallel fashion, and each pair of adjacent perforation lines forms a cover layer strip that can be selectively removed. One or more of the cover layer strips bear preprinted instructions as to how to reveal the non-confidential area without revealing the confidential message.

Abstract: A bingo-game marker comprises revealable, concealed imprints of symbols or indicia covered with an opaque coating which is removable to reveal imprints which provide a sweepstakes-play mechanism for enhancement of the attraction of the game and for promotional purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new lottery ticket paper for the manufacture of different kinds of lottery tickets, especially of the "instant lottery ticket" type, and a method of manufacturing said tickets. The lottery ticket paper is characterized in that it comprises a colored, opaque base paper coated on both sides with a composition comprising at least one pigment, a filler, a binder solution, and optionally viscosity regulating agents and some kind of security element. The lottery ticket paper is protected against see-through and various kinds of forgery. It is an environmentally pleasing, nonexpensive and from the production-technical point of view suitable alternative to existing foil-laminated lottery ticket papers.

Abstract: A paper card for providing a simulated fortune telling experience having a plurality of differing indicia printed thereon arranged in a defined pattern and having an opaque coating of material overlying the differing indicia sufficient to block the indicia from view without obstructing the defined pattern of arrangement of the indicia. The card further includes instructions printed thereon sufficient to instruct a reader regarding removal of the opaque coating from only certain portions within the defined pattern, to expose only the indicia in those limited areas, which the reader can interpret as he or she chooses for a simulated fortune telling experience.

Abstract: A credit/service card with expanded surface area comprises a first card member, a second card member and a hinge connecting the two card members. The credit/service card also comprises a fastener for holding the first and second card member together when the credit/service card is in the closed position.

Abstract: Color change devices which are capable of undergoing a color change on bending. The devices comprise a flexible substrate having a color generating metal (e.g. a valve metal such as Ta or Nb) at at least one surface and an intimately contacting optically thin anodic film covering the color generating metal and generating a visible color by light interference and absorption effects. The thin anodic film is produced by anodizing the color generating metal in the presence of an adhesion-reducing agent (e.g. a fluoride) for weakening the normally tenacious bond between the anodic film and the metal. Devices of this kind capable of being activated by bending, as well as by separation of the constituent layers, are produced by carrying out the anodization step in the presence of a particular concentration of the adhesion reducing agent from a narrow range (e.g. 40-350 ppm of fluoride).

Abstract: A heat-sensitive adhesive sheet for bonding a pair of information-recorded faces, belonging to the same sheet or two different sheets of recording material, together by application of heat thereto, which comprises three or more layers, including a support and a synthetic resin layer coated on either side of the support, having a peeling resistance ranging from 10 to 150 g/50 mm between the support and each synthetic resin layer in the T-peel test performed at a peeling speed of 300 mm/min. in the atmosphere of 20.degree. C.

Abstract: A combination game tag holder and game kill tag, the game kill tag having printed information in segments along at least one marginal edge thereof, selected segments of the printed information being adapted to be removed following a game kill. The game tag holder has first and second parallel and transparent sheets conforming in dimension to the game kill tag and closely spaced from one another to contain the game kill tag therebetween. The transparent sheets are made of a material that is more resistant to cutting than the game kill tag. Plural and separate notches are provided in at least one marginal edge of the game tag holder, the notches and segmented printed information being aligned when the game kill tag is between the aforesaid sheets so that the segmented printed information is exposed through the notches.

Abstract: Value token chip carrier, preferably of credit card format, comprising a card body (11), provided with a plurality of embossed rebates (12), into which value token chips (13) are integrated, detachably held by connection means. The value token chips (13) and the card body (11) are provided with a continuous, flush advertising carrier surface (20).

Abstract: An emergency medical card includes a first location for displaying a reduced-sized medical data transparency with a detachable lens element for separation from the card to view the medical data contained on the transparency. In a first embodiment, the hinge member secures the periphery of a first card with the periphery of a reduced-size lens card, with the hinge permitting the lens card to be bent back adjacent to the first card so that its profile remains that of a typical credit card. In a second embodiment, the lens is secured by a perforation within the profile of the same card.

Abstract: A listing apparatus, comprising, in its broadest aspects, a transparent plastic coverplate, a rigid backplate, and a spring punch assembly. The rigid, transparent, plastic coverplate includes a coverplate slot system comprising a plurality of interconnected coverplate listing slots being connected by at least one coverplate connecting slot. The rigid backplate has a plurality of backplate slots disposed therein, the rigid backplate being securely disposed in a spaced relationship with the clear plastic coverplate. The backplate slots are aligned with the coverplate listing slots. The spring punch assembly, which includes a punch rod, is located within the coverplate slot system and slidable therethrough. Connectors provide the spaced relationship between the clear plastic cover and the rigid backplate so as to accommodate a list to be inserted therebetween.

Abstract: A method of simultaneously encoding successive groups of printed paper sheets or mass distributable material wherein the sheets are provided with unperceptable and virtually invisible common code pattern by laser means which is supplied with a distinct series of coded pulse signals in synchronism with control pulses to produce a different optically-scannable coded hole pattern on each group of printed sheets.

Abstract: A matchmaking or personal compatibility indicating device including a base member, a plurality of visually sensible indicator locations formed on the base member for indication of characteristics by the user of the device and apparatus cooperative with the first and second plurality of visually sensible indicator locations for permitting a user to indicate his and his potential partner's desired characteristics. The base member is configured to permit base members of a user and of a potential partner to be mutually arranged in an arrangement so that the plurality of visually sensible indicator locations on one base member is positioned in registration with the plurality of visually sensible indicator locations on the other base member, such that the coincidence between the characteristics of one person and the characteristics of another person may be visually sensed.

Abstract: The invention includes methods of secure redemption for use with and without automation, such that the redemption system is resistant to a dishonest redemption clerk using the system in reverse to locate a correct answer and use that information to defraud the game sponsor.

Abstract: Flexible composite material is provided upon which a facsimile message containing both confidential and nonconfidential information can be recorded. In general, the composite material comprises a recording layer and a cover layer. The recording layer has a predetermined width and a longitudinal extent which varies in length consistent with the length of the recorded message. The cover layer is disposed over the recording layer to define a confidential message recording area and at least one non-confidential message recording area. Both message recording areas extend along the longitudinal extent of the recording layer. The cover layer permits recording upon the non-confidential area and confidential area, while concealing the confidential message prior to the cover's removal.

Abstract: A label having a sublimation transferred image constituted of an image-receiving sheet, comprising a tacky layer, a sheet substrate and an image-receiving layer laminated in this order on a peeling sheet. The tacky layer, sheet substrate and image-receiving layer form a label portion, and the image-receiving sheet has a structure peelable between the label portion and the peeling sheet. The label has one or more frames of sublimation transferred images formed by transfer of a sublimable dye in a colorant layer of a heat transfer sheet by heating according to an image information. The label portion is applied with half-cut treatment with cutting lines for sectionalizing every frame of the sublimation transferred image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a patch which is easily applied to motion picture film, a jig and a method for using the same. The patch may act as a splice to connect two lengths of film which require repair or which must be joined together to produce a complete presentation. The patch may also be applied along a predetermined position of the film to carry control information which may be used to control the sequence of events in a movie theater. In some applications, the patch may serve both a splicing as well as an information-carrying function. The patch can be rapidly and accurately positioned and attached to the film by use of a novel splicing jig and results in a splice which does not leave any adhesive residue about the film sprocket holes or on the jig.

Abstract: A process for preparing a confidential postcard contains dehydrating a starting paper material containing 25 to 45% by weight of fibers of a thermoplastic resin and 55 to 75% by weight of fibers of a natural plant to thereby form a paper layer, heating, during or after drying, the paper layer at a temperature not lower than a softening point of the thermoplastic resin fibers to thereby obtain a paper sheet in which the fibers of the thermoplastic resin retain fiber shape and are entangled with the fibers of the natural plant, inscribing a statement to be kept confidential on the paper sheet, superposing the paper sheet to conceal the statement and attaching provisionally the superposed paper sheet by heating under pressure at a temperature not lower than a softening point of the thermoplastic resin fibers to obtain the confidential postcard. The confidential postcard is capable of being peeled off with the statement on the paper sheet being left intact.

Abstract: A flat paper sheet advertising sampler has a base panel with a thin readily removable rub-off transfer layer, a spacer panel overlying the base panel and having an access opening in registry with the transfer layer, and a moveable cover panel hingedly connected along a common edge with the base panel which overlies the spacer panel and its access openings when the cover panel is in a closed position.

Abstract: A self-adhesive label has a label base secured by pressure sensitive adhesive to release backing material. A portion of the upper surface of the label base is provided with a layer of varnish, and a label is adhesively secured in releasable fashion to the upper surface of the varnish layer.

Abstract: A multiple ply label assembly intended to be removably adhered to the surface of a sheet (e.g. a sheet of paper stationery) to be printed upon. A printer apparatus (e.g. computer printer or typewriter) is then controlled to concurrently print onto both the sheet surface and label assembly in the same operation. The removably adhered label assembly can then be removed from the sheet without leaving any discernible residue thereon and a label portion of the label assembly can be separated therefrom and affixed to an end use sheet (e.g. an envelope for mailing).

Abstract: A label assembly includes a base label, informational material, and a clear over-laminate sheet. The informational material is completely encased between the clear over-laminate sheet and the base label by sealing the marginal edges of the sheet to the outer portions of the base label. The front sheet of the informational material and the front surface of the base label are provided with identical indicia. In use, the label is attached to the product such that the front sheet of the informational material is clearly visible through the clear over-laminate sheet to properly mark the product before its sale. After the product is sold, the end user may remove the clear over-laminate sheet to gain access to the information material provide therein. Once the over-laminate sheet and informational material have been removed, the indicia printed on the base label functions to properly mark the product.

Abstract: A label having a sublimation transferred image constituted of an image-receiving sheet, comprising a tacky layer, a sheet substrate and an image-receiving layer laminated in this order on a peeling sheet. The tacky layer, sheet substrate and image-receiving layer form a label portion, and the image-receiving sheet has a structure peelable between the label portion and the peeling sheet. The label has one or more frames of sublimation transferred images formed by transfer of a sublimable dye in a colorant layer of a heat transfer sheet by heating according to an image information. The label portion is applied with half-cut treatment with cutting lines for sectionalizing every frame of the sublimation transferred image.

Abstract: An airline luggage tag and jacket therefor and method wherein a central claim check is removable leaving a generally U-shaped remainder, this U-shaped remainder having arm portions that are equipped with slits for capturing the remainder of the tag when the tag is looped around the handle of a piece of luggage, the check having transversely extending ears for insertion into slits in the jacket.

Abstract: A skill game for home or promotional use in stores or in fast food restaurants that provides a player with a degree of self-determination and provides an inducement to perspective customers. The score is dependent on the player's skill and his confidence in his answer. This game provides a variable scoring system where each additional clue which is revealed reduces the score of a correct answer.

Abstract: Removal of a window display sticker without partial or entire mutilation or distortion is facilitated in a business form display including a first sheet 30 of label stock having one side 32 coated with pressure sensitive adhesive 34, a second sheet 36 of release liner material having a size and shape corresponding to the first sheet 30 and with a coated surface 38 removably adhered to the adhesive 34 and an opposed surface 42 for receiving variable information to be displayed. Cuts 58, 60, 62, 64 in the sheet 36 near at least two opposed edges 50, 52, 54, 56 are provided so that parts of the sheet 36 between the opposed edges 50, 52, 54, 56 may be removed from adhesion to the first sheet 30 to expose adhesive 34 at at least two opposed edges 50, 52, 54, 56 in flanking relation to the surface 42 and any variable information that may be received thereon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a story book that has two pages, with the first page having the beginning part of a story displayed therein; and with the second page having the ending of the story located beneath a food tray, which when filled with food hides the story but when emptied of food reveals the story or theme ending.

Abstract: A passbook is provided that substantially prevents alteration or counterfeiting. The passbook is formed from a plurality of sheets of flexible material that are bound to one another at selected locations thereon by welding to define a substantially integral stub. The free edges of the welded pages are then folded back over the welded stub such that the stub is disposed interiorly. The welded stub is difficult to disassemble and reassemble without providing some indication of tampering. Furthermore, the disposition of the welded stub enables the passbook to be laid flat without creating stresses on the stub that could result in separation or delamination.

Abstract: A releasable self-adhesive film laminate designed for a sealed label or card comprises a pair of transparent films made of a thermoplastic EVA composition mainly comprising about 3 to 18% by weight of vinyl acetate and about 97 to 82% by weight of ethylene formed through a thermoforming process, for example, blow-molding and urging facing inner walls of the molded tubular film to each other, while hot, under pressure. A sealed label or card can be made easily and simply by using the releasable self-adhesive film laminate.

Abstract: A vehicle location aid for use with a parking lot divided into areas comprising a disposable card containing unique designations for each parking lot area. The vehicle's driver records the area in which a vehicle is parked by marking, punching out, or removing a removable coating off the portion of the card containing the appropriate designation. Also, the vehicle location aid may contain the date and time of the vehicle's arrival and departure, advertising information, or the other desired information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for the disclosure of medical test results or other medical or personal information, with features to maintain the security of the physician-patient relationship. An elongated card having a center portion and opposite, separable wing portions is supplied to the testing physician with patient information encoded on the center section. The physician records the pertinent medical information or test results by severing one of the wing portions to indicate the appropriate information by the presence of the remaining wing portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to one-time use parking cards for cashless parking for a predetermined period of time. The card bears a number of parameters of day of the week, date of the month, a.m. or p.m., and a clock-face-like pattern of hours and clock-face-like pattern of a certain number of minutes each, each of the parameters on the card being provided witih a pattern of at least 3 cuts defining a closed geometrical shape, the uncut portions of said shape holding such area in place, such cuts making possible the easy tearing out of such area of the paper at the beginning of the parking period indicating the parking period.

Abstract: A postal card having a cover sheet releasably bonded to the printed surface of a card substrate, comprising a card substrate on which secret contents are printed, a transparent protection film made of a thermoplastic resin bonded by means of adhesive layer to the printed surface of the card substrate, a cover sheet applied with a lamination film made of a thermoplastic resin different from the thermoplastic resin for the protection film, and a coupling layer made of the same kind of the thermoplastic resin as that for the lamination film and supplied between the protection film and the lamination film while heated to a temperature within a range from the softening point to the melting point of the resin for releasably coupling the protection film and the lamination film, in which the protection film, the coupling layer and the lamination film are firmly secured with each other at a fixing area and a releasing area is formed at another portion of the outer peripheral region.

Abstract: An identification card having information applied in the form of patterns, letters, numbers and/or images, formed by interruptions in the homogeneity of different colored layer areas arranged superjacently on the identification card. The colored information can be produced by selectively removing the color layers by means of a controlled laser beam or by blurring or other chemical reactions induced by said beam. Thus identification cards can be produced having a high standard of security in spite of the simplicity of their production.

Abstract: A label to be affixed to a container is disclosed. The label includes a longitudinal strip divided into two or more panels by one or more transverse fold lines. An end panel of the strip forms a front cover for the remaining panel or panels when the remaining panel or panels is or are folded behind the front cover panel. The front cover panel has a folded edge defined by the fold line between the front cover panel and the adjacent panel and a free outer edge which is opposite the folded edge and extends beyond the remaining panel or panels of the strip when folded. The extending part of the front cover panel has one or more holes, a support web for the longitudinal strip and a layer of pressure sensitive self-adhesive material which is adhered by the self-adhesive surface thereof over the front cover panel.