Informational article and an associated method
View Patent ↗The present invention is directed toward a tamper evident informational article such as a temporary vehicle registration which may be made of paper or paperboard. The informational article has a zone for inserting information and a pattern within said zone which will resist effective counterfeiting. A transparent tape which preferably has a silicone resin coating which contains a wax is adhesively secured over information contained within the zone.
1. An informational article on which variable information is inserted, said article comprising:
a substrate having a zone for inserting said variable information; and
a refractive image within said zone, said refractive image being sized and arranged such that at least a portion of said variable information is adapted to be inserted over said refractive image.
2. The informational article of claim 1 , wherein
said refractive image is a hologram.
3. The informational article of claim 1 , wherein
said informational article is a temporary vehicle registration.
4. The informational article of claim 1 , wherein
said informational article is a handicap parking placard.
5. The informational article of claim 1 , including
a covering secured to at least a portion of said zone.
6. The informational article of claim 5 , wherein
said covering is an adhesive tape.
7. The informational article of claim 6 , wherein
said adhesive tape includes a write-resistant surface.
8. The informational article of claim 7 , wherein
said write-resistant surface includes a layer of silicone resin.
9. The informational article of claim 8 , wherein
said silicone resin containing about 2½ to 10 percent by weight of a wax.
10. The informational article of claim 9 , wherein
said wax being a polytetrafluoroethylene.
11. The informational article of claim 6 , wherein
said adhesive tape is transparent.
12. A method of protecting an informational article on which variable information is inserted, said method comprising:
providing an informational article substrate having a zone for inserting said variable information and a refractive image disposed within said zone; and
inserting said variable information in said zone so that at least a portion of said variable information is disposed over said refractive image.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein
said refractive image is a hologram.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein
said informational article is a temporary vehicle registration.
15. The method of claim 11 , including
securing an adhesive tape to at least a portion of said zone.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein
said adhesive tape includes a write-resistant surface.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein
said write-resistant surface includes a layer of silicone resin.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein
said silicone resin containing about 2½ to 10 percent by weight of a wax.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein
said wax being a polytetrafluoroethylene.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein
said adhesive tape is transparent.