Appeal No. 97-1440
Application 08/187,838
[w]hile this lack of bonding is necessary at
the locus of the cover portion to permit that
portion to be moved to expose the underlying
area of adhesive, it can cause problems with
respect to the remaining non-cover-portion of
the backing paper layer. For example, any or
all of the remaining backing paper layer may
be inadvertently removed while applying the
bracelet to a person. The remaining portions
of the backing layer may even be
intentionally and/or surreptitiously removed
subsequent to its proper application, such as
by the patient or other wearer, such as a
child or event-attendee fiddling with the
bracelet. Even without removal of the non-
cover portion of the backing paper, the
adhesive can become soft especially, for
example, when the bracelet has been warmed by
the wearer’s normal wrist temperature; in
this soft condition, the adhesive can ooze
from between the primary paper layer and the
remaining backing paper onto the sides of the
bracelet.
Any of the foregoing situations expose the
adhesive in an undesirable manner and cause
the bracelet to undesirably, messily and/or
uncomfortably adhere to the wearer or object
to be identified.
As indicated on page 6 of the specification, an object
of appellant's invention is to provide an improved identification
bracelet which can be utilized in "on-demand," on site printing
situations. The preferred embodiment of the invention is then
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