Title: Multiple ply adhesive business form

I claim:

1. A business form comprising:

first and second superimposed plies of paper each including information receiving portions;

image transfer means at the interface of said first and second plies;

pressure sensitive adhesive on the face of one of said plies opposite said image transfer means;

a release liner releasably adhered to said pressure sensitive adhesive and removable therefrom to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive so that said one ply may be adhered to another object;

a slit extending through said one ply, but not through said release liner, severing the same into a gripping portion in addition to the associated information receiving portion; and

means securing the other ply to said one ply information receiving portion in close adjacency to said slit, said securing means having greater strength than the adhesion between said release liner and said pressure sensitive adhesive;

whereby said release liner may be removed from said one ply information receiving portion by separately grasping said gripping portion and said other ply and separating the same.

2. A business form comprising:

first and second superimposed plies of paper each having a control punched margin along one edge thereof and an information receiving portion;

image transfer means at the interface of said first and second plies;

pressure sensitive adhesive on substantially the entirety of the face of one of said plies opposite said image transfer means;

a release liner releasably adhered to said pressure sensitive adhesive and removable therefrom to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive so that said one ply may be adhered to another object;

a slit extending through said one ply, but not through said release liner, completely severing the corresponding control punched margin from the associated information receiving portion; and

glue means securing the other ply to said one ply information receiving portion in close adjacency to said slit, said glue means not being located in the control punched margin of either of said plies and having a greater strength than the adhesion between said release liner and said pressure sensitive adhesive;

whereby said release liner may be removed from said one ply information receiving portion by separately grasping each of said control punched margins and separating the same.

3. A business form comprising:

first and second superimposed plies of paper, each including information receiving portions;

image transfer means at the interface of said first and second plies;

pressure sensitive adhesive on substantially the entirety of the face of one of said plies opposite said image transfer means;

a release liner releasably adhered to and covering said pressure sensitive adhesive and removable therefrom to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive so that said one ply may be adhered to another object;

a slit extending through said one ply, but not through said release liner, in close adjacency to an edge of said one ply to sever the same into a gripping portion in addition to the associated information receiving portion; and

means inwardly of an edge of said other ply and securing said other ply to said one ply information receiving portion in close adjacency to said slit, said securing means having greater strength than the adhesion between said release liner and said pressure sensitive adhesive;

whereby said release liner may be removed from said one ply information receiving portion by separately grasping said gripping portion and said edge of said other ply and separating the same.

4. A business form comprising:

first and second superimposed plies of paper, each including information receiving portions, said second ply underlying said first ply and defining an edge spaced inwardly from an edge of the first ply to define an access position under the first ply at said edge thereof;

image transfer means at the interface of said first and second plies;

pressure sensitive adhesive on the face of said second ply remote from said first ply;

a one piece release liner of a size and shape corresponding to that of said first ply adhered to said pressure sensitive adhesive and removable therefrom to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive so that said second ply may be adhered to another object, said release liner having a grasping portion extending beyond said second ply edge to be disposed at said access position for manual grasping thereof; and

adhesive means securing said first ply to said second ply information receiving portion inwardly adjacent said edge, said adhesive means having greater strength than the adhesion between said release liner and said pressure sensitive adhesive, whereby said release liner may be removed from said second ply information receiving portion by separately grasping the portions of said first ply and said release liner that extend substantially beyond said second ply edge and separating the same.

Other info:


Inventors: Fitzgibbons, Gary W. (Prairie View, IL)

Application Number: 06/297438
Filing Date: 1981-08-28
Publication_date: 1982-08-10
Assignee: UARCO INC

Primary Class(es): 462/55 229/74, 462/901
Other Classes: B41L1/22; B41L1/00; B41L1/24; B65D27/00
US Patent Ref:

3987960	October, 1976	Gardiner	282/22R	Shipping forms and envelope
4153163	May, 1979	Alderman	229/74	Envelope and form assembly

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Bell, Paul A.
Assistant Examiner: Brown, John S.
Attorney: Wegner, McCord, Wood & Dalton