Abstract: A transaction card assembly may be constructed and arranged for use in a transaction by an issuee of the transaction card assembly. The transaction card assembly may include a first layer including a sheet of material, a second layer including a sheet of material, and an adhesive foam material between the first and second layers that expands to fill a space between the first and second layers and to define, at least in part, a finished thickness for the transaction card assembly and bonds the first and second layers together. Indicia, such as information representing an account number, biometric data representing a feature of the issuee, etc., may be included with the assembly for use in a transaction.

Abstract: An electronic cover for a passport, booklet or the like includes an electronic device and a layer of cover material that are bonded together by a fill-up adhesive layer, the electronic device preferably being in the form of an RFID inlay that includes a substrate, an antenna coupled to the substrate and an integrated circuit (IC) chip module conductively coupled to the antenna. During manufacture of the cover, the fill-up adhesive layer is applied to at least one of the electronic device and the layer of cover material. Immediately thereafter, the electronic device and the layer of cover material are held spaced apart from one another a predefined distance so as to define a void therebetween. Through a suitable trigger, the fill-up adhesive layer expands to fill in the entire void and subsequently cures to bond the electronic device to the layer of cover material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite containing a first plastic layer, a second plastic layer and a sprayable elastomeric polyurethane foam made from the reaction product of at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol and water, optionally at least one of blowing agents, surfactants, cross-linking agents, extending agents, pigments, flame retardants, catalysts and fillers, wherein the sprayable elastomeric polyurethane foam is sprayed onto one surface of the first plastic layer and expands to contact and adhere to one surface of the second plastic layer which is oriented parallel to the one surface of the first plastic layer and wherein the sprayable elastomeric polyurethane foam has a free rise density of from about 5 lb/ft3 to about 25 lb/ft3, a reactive cream time of from about 10 seconds to about 120 seconds, an elongation of from about 30% to about 300%, a molded density of from about 25 lb/ft3 to about 65 lb/ft3 and a peel strength of greater than about 2.0 lb/in2.

Abstract: A transaction card assembly may be constructed and arranged for use in a transaction by an issuee of the transaction card assembly. The transaction card assembly may include a first layer including a sheet of material, a second layer including a sheet of material, and an adhesive foam material between the first and second layers that expands to fill a space between the first and second layers and to define, at least in part, a finished thickness for the transaction card assembly and bonds the first and second layers together. Indicia, such as information representing an account number, biometric data representing a feature of the issuee, etc., may be included with the assembly for use in a transaction.