EP0790140A2 - Dokument mit wenigstens einer verdeckten Oberflächenregion - Google Patents

Dokument mit wenigstens einer verdeckten Oberflächenregion Download PDF

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EP0790140A2
EP0790140A2 EP97102256A EP97102256A EP0790140A2 EP 0790140 A2 EP0790140 A2 EP 0790140A2 EP 97102256 A EP97102256 A EP 97102256A EP 97102256 A EP97102256 A EP 97102256A EP 0790140 A2 EP0790140 A2 EP 0790140A2
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Antonio Mantegazza
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/02—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B42D15/025—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets with peel-away layer hiding information

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  • the present invention relates to a document having at least one concealed surface region, particularly for using services and the like.
  • a covering strip is currently used to keep covered the region where the secret code or the like is located; the strip is placed on the card face that bears the secret code and the card is inserted in a first envelope which is in turn inserted in a second envelope, so that the user, when purchasing the intact package, can be sure that the code has not been seen by other people.
  • This type of protection i.e., the use of envelopes and covering strips, not only leads to complexity in the production of the document but also makes it impossible to distribute the document by means of conventional vending machines for cards and the like.
  • the user is not certain that the packages constituted by the envelopes have not been opened fraudulently and then cleverly resealed.
  • a principal aim of the invention is to solve the above problems by providing a document with at least one concealed surface region, particularly for using services and the like, which allows to ensure secrecy of the information provided on the document without having to resort to envelopes or the like to contain the document before sale.
  • a particular object of the invention is to provide a document which by having no apparent structural or dimensional change can be distributed by means of conventional card vending machines.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a document wherein any fraudulent attempt to view the secret code or the secret indication before the sale of the document can be detected immediately, since in order to access the region where the secret information is located it is necessary to permanently modify the document, thus clearly exposing the fraudulent attempt.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a document which can be easily obtained starting from commonly commercially available elements and materials and also has a very low cost.
  • a document having at least one concealed surface region, particularly for using services and the like which comprises a sheet-like element having, on at least one first face, at least one region where secret indications and the like are applied, characterized in that it comprises at least one covering element which is rigidly coupled to said first face, at least at said region, with the interposition of a layer of peel-off material for the separation of at least part of said covering element from said sheet-like element so that it is impossible to restore the coupling without clearly showing that separation has already occurred.
  • the document having at least one concealed surface region comprises a sheet-like element 1, advantageously provided by means of a PVC layer, which preferably but not necessarily has the typical dimensions of a card, i.e., the so-called credit-card size.
  • At least one region 3 where secret indications are printed or otherwise placed; the indications can be constituted by code numbers or by any other element.
  • a covering element 10 which is also provided by means of an optically opaque PVC layer applied to the sheet-like element by lamination.
  • the important characteristic of the invention resides in the fact that a layer 20 of peel-off material is interposed between the covering element 10 and the sheet-like element 1 and allows to provide, during lamination, merely a temporary adhesion of the covering element 10, which can be removed by a tearing action which in practice peels the document, allowing to remove the covering element 10, which is opaque and therefore permanently hide from view the region or regions 3 where the secret indications are provided.
  • a grip corner designated by the reference numeral 30, which is delimited by a scoring line 31 with respect to the remaining part of the document, so that the user, by folding the corner 30, has the grip element which allows him to separate the covering element 10 and to gain visual access to the secret indications.
  • the grip element can also be obtained by means of a median flap, designated by the reference numeral 35 in figure 7, which is semicircular but is also delimited by a scoring line, again designated by the reference numeral 31, so as to allow to perform separation.
  • the covering element 10 which as mentioned is opaque, allows to apply representations of any kind to the face that remains visible; therefore, there are in practice three usable surfaces whereon one may print, namely the face of the covering element 10, the second face of the sheet-like element 1, and the first face of the covering element 10 where the secret code is provided.
  • the covering element 10 is completely removed from the sheet-like element 1; however, as shown in figures 8 and 9, the covering element 10 may also be firmly bonded in some regions to the sheet-like element 1 and the peel-off layer 2 may be interposed exclusively at the region 3 where the secret code is provided, so that when the covering element is removed, only part of the covering element is removed, partially tearing it along lines 40 which delimit the region or regions 3.
  • a code or the like which, for example, can be used to identify the document but which most of all tears when the covering element separates from the sheet-like element, thus helping to even more clearly show that secrecy has been violated.
  • the materials employed, as well as the contingent shapes and dimensions may be any according to the requirements.

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  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
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EP97102256A 1996-02-15 1997-02-12 Dokument mit wenigstens einer verdeckten Oberflächenregion Expired - Lifetime EP0790140B1 (de)

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ITMI960291 1996-02-15
IT96MI000291A IT1282632B1 (it) 1996-02-15 1996-02-15 Documento con almeno una zona superficiale nascosta,particolarmente per la fruizione di servizi e simili

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EP0790140A2 true EP0790140A2 (de) 1997-08-20
EP0790140A3 EP0790140A3 (de) 1998-06-10
EP0790140B1 EP0790140B1 (de) 2001-11-07

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EP97102256A Expired - Lifetime EP0790140B1 (de) 1996-02-15 1997-02-12 Dokument mit wenigstens einer verdeckten Oberflächenregion

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EP (1) EP0790140B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE208287T1 (de)
DE (1) DE69707938T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0790140T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2164946T3 (de)
IT (1) IT1282632B1 (de)
PT (1) PT790140E (de)

Cited By (2)

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FR2806032A1 (fr) * 2000-03-10 2001-09-14 Leroux Gilles Sa Carte a message masquable
EP1163117A1 (de) * 1999-03-16 2001-12-19 Documotion Research Inc. Verbessertes sicherheitsformular

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US3930673A (en) * 1973-08-28 1976-01-06 Stig Emil Sanden Lottery ticket
US4740016A (en) * 1986-06-27 1988-04-26 Bingo Press & Specialty Ltd. Lottery ticket
US5257823A (en) * 1992-08-31 1993-11-02 Papercrafters, Inc. Personalizable paper product and method
FR2704182A1 (fr) * 1993-04-22 1994-10-28 Touzot Jean Marc Dispositif à surfaces d'information dont une amovible.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3930673A (en) * 1973-08-28 1976-01-06 Stig Emil Sanden Lottery ticket
US4740016A (en) * 1986-06-27 1988-04-26 Bingo Press & Specialty Ltd. Lottery ticket
US5257823A (en) * 1992-08-31 1993-11-02 Papercrafters, Inc. Personalizable paper product and method
FR2704182A1 (fr) * 1993-04-22 1994-10-28 Touzot Jean Marc Dispositif à surfaces d'information dont une amovible.

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1163117A1 (de) * 1999-03-16 2001-12-19 Documotion Research Inc. Verbessertes sicherheitsformular
EP1163117A4 (de) * 1999-03-16 2004-07-14 Documotion Res Inc Verbessertes sicherheitsformular
FR2806032A1 (fr) * 2000-03-10 2001-09-14 Leroux Gilles Sa Carte a message masquable

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DE69707938T2 (de) 2002-06-06
EP0790140B1 (de) 2001-11-07
ITMI960291A1 (it) 1997-08-15
PT790140E (pt) 2002-04-29
DK0790140T3 (da) 2002-02-25
ATE208287T1 (de) 2001-11-15
DE69707938D1 (de) 2001-12-13
ES2164946T3 (es) 2002-03-01
ITMI960291A0 (de) 1996-02-15
EP0790140A3 (de) 1998-06-10
IT1282632B1 (it) 1998-03-31

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