JPH08124030A - Card with freely strippable exchange coupon and tracking system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a new card with exchange coupons which can freely be stripped off and a tracking system. CONSTITUTION: The laminated card with the exchange coupons is provided with a surface on which printed matters are printed, a base layer having a back face, a protection transparent layer coated on the surface of the base layer, a stripping liner which is coated on the back of the base layer and which can freely be removed, a stripping liner face, a coupon layer having a coupon face on which the coupons 20 are printed that have back faces with adhesive and can freely be stripped off and on which notches are made at regular and prescribed intervals so that the array body of plural coupons which can freely be stripped off is formed and a layer which can freely be scoured off coating at least one coupon that can freely be stripped off.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The fields of application of the present invention are as follows. Labels and other printed matter, hidden information that can be revealed by removing the coating layer, fraud prevention means or detection means, use prevention means or detection means, or
Identification name or code (a letter or code that represents the name of the individual or the name of the company or store) by the peelable object attached with an adhesive
Chemical relations such as printed matter having the above, printed matter such as advertisement, and adhesive coating for covering sheets and products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Price discount coupons and various other types of discount coupons are known in the sale of grocery items. Local newspapers print a variety of grocery coupons accepted by most supermarket chain stores. The coupon is
It is also published in the form of magazines, and is often mailed to each household by direct mail. The retailer that accepts these coupons must organize and send the coupons to the manufacturing company in order to receive the coupon repayment and handling fees. (Here, “accepting a coupon” means paying a contract or a gift as a gift in exchange for the coupon provided by the customer.
"Payables" are golds received from the manufacturer as payments for the golds paid to the customer by the retail store. )

Coupons of this type are issued in various shapes, sizes and conditions. The cashier must receive the coupons offered by the customer at the supermarket checkout counter, sort and process the received coupons, which is a very time-consuming task for the supermarket. The cashier must read the coupons one by one and credit the amount stated on each coupon to the customer's cash register receipt, making sure that the customer did purchase the item on the coupon Have to make sure. The cashier then puts the redeemed coupons in a special drawer for later sorting. (Here, "converting" is synonymous with "underwriting" or "exchange" and means paying a discount or a contract item as a gift in exchange for a coupon. Therefore, a convertible coupon has already been exchanged. It is a coupon.)

Redeemable stamps and stamp booklets are also well known. Green Stamp (registered trademark) became popular in the 1950s. Member retailers posted posters and signs stating that they issued green stamps. Each time a customer purchased a product at the store, the store usually gave the customer a predetermined number of green stamps based on the purchase price of the product. The green stamp was similar to a postage stamp and had a backing adhesive that could activate the adhesive force just by wetting it with water. The customer was handed a green stamp redemption booklet with a certain number of blank pages for gluing the green stamp. When several green stamp exchange booklets with a lot of green stamps were collected, customers could get those booklets to the Green Stamp Exchange Center and convert them. That is, the exchange center provided customers with free products in exchange for the number of green stamp exchange booklets that were filled with green stamps. This mechanism was funded by member retailers who purchase green stamps from the exchange center. Affiliated stores believed that customers would be more likely to shop at stores that issued green stamps than stores that did not, so issuing green stamps would increase store sales.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a novel strippable redeemable coupon card and tracking system. Here, "tracking" means that the converted, that is, redeemed, coupons are organized and stored or recorded together, and "tracking system" means that the converted, that is, redeemed, coupons are organized. It is a sheet, etc., for pasting together.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A strippable redemption coupon card and tracking system of the present invention comprises a credit card-sized redemption coupon card used by a customer and a tracking sheet used by an exchange center such as a restaurant. . Cards with free exchange coupons (“Cards with exchange coupons”, “Exchange coupon cards”, “Coupon cards”, “Exchange cards”,
A "discount card" or simply "card") has multiple redeemable mini-coupons that can be individually stripped. The stripped redeemed coupon, that is, the redeemed coupon is attached to the tracking sheet. The tracking sheet preferably has the size of a $ 1 bill so that it can be conveniently stored in a cash register drawer or a cash box. The tracking system facilitates calculation of redeemed coupons and recording of details.

This coupon card is manufactured from two layers of laminated paper or paper-like material (base layer), a transparent protective plastic film and an adhesive coating (adhesive layer). In detail, the base layer is made of special paper,
An adhesive layer is coated on one surface of the base layer. Next, a layer that constitutes the strippable coupon layer is attached to this adhesive layer. Therefore, the two-layer sheet (of the base layer and the coupon layer) thus obtained is joined by the adhesive.

Such a two-layer sheet or laminated sheet is
It is manufactured as a large single sheet or as a sheet roll. Large format sheets or sheet rolls are sent to a printing company. A printing company applies printing ink to both sides of a sheet to form printed matter on both sides. The transfer of the printing ink prints the required identification name or advertisement text on the outer surface of the sheet, and the required individual redemption mini-coupon (also called "exchange coupon", "mini coupon" or simply "coupon") on the inner surface of the sheet. Referred to) is printed. The outer surface is then laminated with a clear plastic film for durability and protection and for good appearance. The step of laminating the transparent protective plastic film may be performed immediately after the ink application step, but in any case, it must be performed after the ink application step in order to protect the applied ink. Then, punch out the coupon layer of this laminated sheet,
Partition into individual coupons.

The individual or mini-coupons have sufficient adhesive to adhere to the tracking sheet when peeled from the redemption card. The small size of these mini-coupons makes them convenient for both cardholders and exchange centers. The present invention also eliminates the need to process customer coupons of various different sizes and shapes. The tracking system of the present invention can be used in any application that requires keeping records of various convertible coupons and the like.

The present invention is suitable for use by a charity whose youth is a member to raise funds. Such organizations include Little League, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Y. M. C. There are A etc. If so, they first contact the various fast food restaurants in the area and ask if they can participate in the fundraising campaign. The fast food restaurants that participate in it
You will be asked to redeem the coupon that the customer has given you. The cost of redeeming coupons will be borne by the fast food restaurant. In return, fast food restaurants attract new customers, prevent them from leaving,
Benefit from increasing intimacy in the community. Coupon cards are sold by manufacturers to charities for a fee, and charities sell those coupon cards to the general public for an amount higher than their purchase price. The difference between the purchase price and the selling price to the public is the charity's interests, and the money is the charity's or nonprofit's source of funding. Coupon cards are sold by charity members, so there is no fixed cost.

Such a coupon card is usually printed with the name of the restaurant or a code representing the name so that the customer can know which restaurant will accept the coupon (that is, convert the coupon). The coupon system also prevents theft of restaurant employees. That is, the system prevents a restaurant clerk from selling food, putting on the money, and reporting to the manager that the food was discounted with a coupon. This is because the food discounted by the coupon must be proved by the converted coupon attached to the tracking sheet stored in the cash box of the clerk. After converting the coupon, the clerk attaches the coupon to a blank cell of the tracking sheet and fills in the amount, assuming that the customer paid the regular price for the food.

[0012] The tracking sheet also shows the US Internal Revenue Service (IR.
S. ) Is also the evidence admitted by. The promotion of this coupon card involves a fast food restaurant, a coupon card vendor, and a non-profit organization. The restaurant is I.D. R. S. In order to get this tax deduction to be fully approved, the cooperation of these three parties must be proved. On the completed tracking sheet, the official prices of food are entered by the clerk, and these prices are checked by the accountant one by one. The total amount is I.I. R. S. Recognized by. In other cooperation for sales promotion, I. R. S. Accepts only part of the actual cost of a fast food restaurant as a tax deduction. This system is also useful when a franchise store calculates royalties for franchise membership. Franchise membership royalties are typically calculated based on total sales.

The thickness of the coupon card of the present invention is 0.4
4958-0.4826 mm (0.0177-0.01
9 in). On the other hand, the thickness of a conventional plastic credit card is 0.5334 to 0.685.
It is 8 mm (0.021 to 0.027 in). This thickness for plastic credit cards is a standard thickness specified for use with machines that accept plastic credit cards. In other words, all credit card processing machines are designed to only accept credit cards in this thickness range.
The coupon card of the present invention is less than the standard thickness range of credit cards and therefore cannot be used in credit card processing machines. Therefore, the coupon card of the present invention cannot be used even if it is used for an automatic withdrawal / deposit machine of a bank, for example, and misuse can be prevented.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It consists of two main elements. The first element is a card 10 with a freely strippable redemption coupon. The one shown in FIGS. 1, 8 and 10 can be referred to as a "double coupon card" because it has a pair of folded cards.
An example of a single-type (one-piece rather than the folded pair of cards shown in FIG. 1) card 10 is shown in FIGS. 3-7 and 11-12. The second element is the tracking sheet 100. Tracking sheets are shown in FIGS. 2, 9 and 12. The size of the tracking sheet shown in FIG. 12 is 152.4 × 63.5 (6
× 2 1/2 in). The single-type redemption coupon card 10 is a credit card size that can be easily inserted into a card holder of a user's wallet. Card 1
0 is thin and flat, 85.724 × 53.975mm
It has a size of (3 3/8 to 2 1/8 in). The four corners of the card are rounded. This coupon card is
0.444, thinner than a plastic credit card
5 to 0.4826 mm (0.0175 to 0.019i
n), but other than the thickness, it has the same size as a typical plastic credit card such as a bank card or an oil company credit card.

On the inner surface 15 of the card 10, a plurality of peelable exchangeable mini-coupons 20 are attached. FIG.
And 12 show the inner surface 15 of the card 10 with such a mini-coupon 20. This redemption card 10 includes 16 pieces of mini-coupons 20 that can be peeled off.
And has adjacent edges 22, 24, 2 of each coupon 20.
6 and 28 are cut by die cutting, and the coupons can be easily peeled off by peeling the corners of the coupon with a fingernail. A "corner fold" marking 29 is formed at one corner of each coupon so that the user can visually see the corner at which to begin stripping. A puller or some type of string may be provided integrally with the coupon to facilitate the stripping operation of the coupon.

The back surface of each coupon 20 is coated with a backing adhesive to bond the coupon in place. A printed matter is printed on each coupon 20 of the coupon card 10 when the coupon card is manufactured. In the preferred embodiment, the printed matter printed on each coupon 20 is, for example, a cash discount at a fast food restaurant or a "buy one-get one free meal" (one meal free if you buy one).
Is a wording that represents. This type of coupon card is shown in Figure 12.
Is illustrated in. The card illustrated in FIG. 12 has coupons that can be used at several different fast food restaurants, and the member restaurants printed on the coupons will accept the coupons (convert them into cash). ), So cardholders are given the flexibility of choosing what kind of food to eat at which shop. The cardholder may request the cashier to redeem one or several coupons when ordering at the restaurant, and give the coupon card to the cashier. The cashier strips off the required coupon for that store from the card.

The cashier has a second element or tracking sheet 100 on the tray of her cash register drawer.
Are stored. Tracking sheet 100 is almost 1
Being the size of a dollar bill, it fits in one of the compartments of the cash register drawer tray that is normally used to store bills. The cashier strips off the mini-coupon 20 from the discount card 10 and then attaches the coupon to the tracking sheet 100 stored in the cash register drawer. The stripped-off coupon permanently adheres to the tracking sheet 100, as there is sufficient backing adhesive on the back. Coupon 1 card
The above-described operation of transferring from 0 to the sheet 100 is performed by the process shown in FIG.
Is shown in.

The tracking sheet 100 has Date (date), Reg. (Register number), Location
It has an underlined space for entering information such as (location) and Shift (shift work number), and a grid that defines a plurality of square blocks underneath it, which is slightly larger than the size of the mini-coupon. Pattern. These compartments are large enough to apply the coupons at a slight distance from each other. The cashier attaches the coupon 20 (which may be a cash discount coupon or a coupon with a prize) to the tracking sheet 100, and then bills the item corresponding to the coupon in a normal manner for each item of the customer. Deduct from the calligraphy. The cashier then returns the redemption card 10 to the customer. At the end of shift work, or at appropriate time intervals, the store manager pulls cash from the cash register drawer with cash received and tracking sheet 100 with coupons attached. The tracking sheet 100 with a coupon is
It serves as a convenient reference list for counting cash and coupons in the cash register's non-withdrawal to match and clear the total cash and coupons actually received for that shift.

The redemption card 10 is manufactured from four flat sheets laminated together. The card 10 has an outer side surface 25 and an inner side surface 15. The outer surface 25 is used for printing an easily recognizable identification name (store name or a code representing the store name), a design, or an advertisement text. On the other hand, an exchangeable mini-coupon 20 that can be peeled off is attached to the inner surface 15. More specifically, the outer surface 25 of the laminated exchange card 10 is constituted by the outer surface of a paper sheet or base layer 30 referred to as a "tag 12 point" release liner. An adhesive layer 40 is coated on the inner surface of the paper sheet 30. The adhesive 40 is sold under the trade name of SP11G special liner by Fasson Rabel Supply Company and has a rubber-like base material. This adhesive has a high adhesive strength, can adhere to various kinds of substances, and does not leach or melt even when used. This feature is necessary because the coupon card is carried in a wallet. The adhesive is stable even if a male user puts the wallet containing the coupon card in his back pocket and sits on it.

The sheet constituting the coupon 20, that is, the coupon layer 50, is bonded to the adhesive layer 40. Seat 50
Is a product name of # 60 Blue / White Gloss White Cream Coat from Fasson Rabel Supply Company, and a registered trademark name of "Cracken Peel Plus" 292.1 × 381 mm (11.5 × 15i).
n) sheet, or about 304.8m (1,000f)
Sold in rolls t) long.

The above-mentioned liner or paper sheet 30 constituting the outer surface 25 on which the identification name of the card 10 and advertisement text and the like are printed.
The outer surface of the is usually coated with a plastic film 60 to protect those prints and to give the card durability and gloss. This outermost plastic film is called a face material, and is 0069-2
The film is preferably sold under the trade name of Mil UCL Polyolam NPL.

To manufacture the material for this card,
Five different steps are required, requiring two material companies and one laminating company to supply the card stock in sheet or roll form. Next, the printing company prints an advertisement or the like on each section of the outer surface of the laminated sheet, and prints an appropriate coupon on the inner surface of the laminated sheet. During this printing process, a punching process is performed to separate the individual coupons. When printing is completed, the outer surface of the liner 30, which is the base layer of the laminated sheet, is covered with the durable plastic film 60 as described above. The sheet can then be cut into individual cards. Thus, the printing process includes printing on the outer and inner surfaces of the card, coating the outer surface with a plastic film, and stamping the inner surface. The punching is deep enough to allow the individual coupons to be stripped.

FIG. 11 shows the side of the coupon card.
FIG. 10 shows the side surface of the double coupon card. In these figures, the thickness of each layer is exaggerated in order to clearly show the laminated mode of the card. In the double coupon card illustrated in FIG. 8, the intervals between the coupons are wide. FIG. 9 shows an example of the tracking sheet.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that materials other than those mentioned above can be used as materials for manufacturing the card of the present invention. The material for this coupon card is similar to a strip label sold at an office supply store, an expanded label, but modified to form a coupon card. The above-mentioned coupon sheet 50 and base sheet 30 are
It can be manufactured from any suitable material. Adhesive layer 40 may also be any suitable material already commercially available. Also, the plastic film 60 described above may be any suitable material already commercially available.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a modified example of the tracking sheet as seen from above.
Shows the front side. The redeemed coupons, that is, the redeemed coupons that have been stripped from the redemption coupon-equipped card, can be collectively attached to the front surface of the tracking sheet shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a plan view showing the back surface of the tracking sheet 110 of FIG. The backside of the tracking sheet 110 can record the amount of each redeemed coupon that has been stripped from the card.

The cashier at the checkout counter strips off the coupon 20 from the coupon card and displays the coupon in FIG.
And 18, it is attached to one of the boxes 115 of the tracking sheet 110. 17 and 18 show an operation of transferring the stripping coupon 20 to a tracking sheet. Then, the sales amount of the coupon is entered in the frame 120 immediately above the box 115 to which the coupon is attached, following the $ sign. When the tracking sheet is full of coupons, the cashier sums up the sales amount of each coupon on the front side of the tracking sheet to calculate the total sales amount at the end of the coupon transfer operation or before that. , The total sales amount is entered in the total registration sales amount field 125 indicated by reference numeral 115 in FIG.

The tracking sheet 11 shown in FIG.
Four rows of cells are provided on the back surface of 0. The cashier is
Enter the total number of stripped coupons received for sales promotion in the first cell 130 in the first column. For example, if a regular purchase of one hamburger is provided with a service that allows you to receive one free of charge, the cashier will
Enter the amount of money per coupon in the second box 135 in the row,
The total number of coupons in the first cell 130 is multiplied by the price per coupon in the second cell 135, and the product (total sales promotion cost displayed in $) is entered in the third cell 140 in the first column. Next, the percentage (ratio) of the cost required for sales promotion is calculated and entered in the fourth cell 145. In the left column 150 on the back side of the tracking sheet 110, enter% of the product cost (ratio), then enter the% of the raw material cost, and enter the% of the total labor cost (labor) for manufacturing the product. . These numbers are given by the store owner. Add these numbers up and fill in box 155. Enter the same value in the box 145 in the first column. From the value of Masu 140, Masu 1
The number of 45 is subtracted to obtain the cost of sales promotion, and the number is entered in the box 160 in the first column. The following three rows of squares are
Used when the promotion extends to other items such as free Coca-Cola® or potato fries. The total sales promotion cost is calculated by summing up the numerical values of the cells 160 on the right end, and this is entered in the column 165.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the front surface of a variation 200 of the basic stripping coupon card. Figure 17
FIG. 17 is a plan view showing the back side of the strippable coupon card of FIG. 16 and showing a basic strippable coupon tracking system having a strippable concealment cover or layer 205 and a barcode 210 printed on another strippable coupon. Here is a modified example of. The concealable cover 205 that can be scraped off is
Hot printed on one or more coupons after printing one or more coupons. The coupon hidden under the scrapable concealable cover 205 (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “concealed coupon”) is a coupon that provides a special prize to the holder of the coupon card. For example, a concealed coupon may provide the cardholder with a hamburger, coca cola or fries free of charge.

Also shown in FIG. 17 is a bar code 215 that represents a medium sized pizza. Such bar codes can be machine read by a wand type bar code reader or a fixed bar code scanner. By adding a barcode to the strippable coupon, the tracking ability (ability to organize and store or record the redeemed coupons) of the coupon redemption center (usually a fast food restaurant) can be increased. Once the tracking sheet as shown in FIGS. 14 and 1 is full of redeemed coupons, scan the tracking sheet with a bar code reader to read,
The data can be sent to a computer, the converted coupons can be tabulated for quick tracking operations, and mistakes due to human work can be reduced. This method also reduces the man-hours required to manually render a full tracking sheet. FIG. 18 shows a front surface of a tracking sheet that is very similar to the front surface of the tracking sheet of FIG. The converted mini-coupon 20 from the card 200 shown in FIG. 17 can be attached to this front surface.

FIG. 19 is a side view of the left side of FIG. 17, showing a scrapable cover or foil layer 205. This scrapable foil layer 205 is foil-pressed,
Can be clearly seen with the eyes. The stacks that make up the coupon card body and the scrapable foil layers are exaggerated in the figures to clearly show each layer.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the front side of a pair of collapsible vaccination tracking recording cards or tracking sheets 250,255. Each mini coupon 265 on this card has a bar code 260
Is printed. FIG. 20 shows the pair of cards in the open state without folding. FIG. 21 shows
FIG. 21 is an enlarged side view of the pair of cards of FIG. 20 as viewed from the side. Thus, the present invention can be applied to a vaccination card for tracking vaccinations of children. The method of applying the invention for this purpose can be carried out by issuing a vaccination card with a series of mini coupons 265 each having a barcode. These mini coupons with barcode 26
5 represents required vaccinations required for children 2 months to 16 years of age. Many community schools do not allow admission unless their parents can present a certificate certifying that their child has already received some vaccine. The present invention can be used to verify this information. In addition, local, state, and federal health department officials should check if young children and adults with children are migrating to their children to see if they have the necessary vaccines, such as the DTP vaccine. I understand that it creates a unique problem in keeping track of my child's records. Failure to properly administer vaccination to these young, migrating children will result in the spread of illnesses that could be prevented by proper vaccines.

The cards shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 can be made for each child. Column 266 can be used to describe information about the child. The child's name and social security number are entered into some type of database maintained by the government. The child's parents keep this vaccination card and present it to their doctor whenever the child receives the proper vaccine. The doctor strips off the strippable coupon 265 corresponding to the administered vaccine and attaches it to the tracking sheet. The doctor will mail the tracking sheet to the government department responsible for keeping the child's vaccine record.
The ministry reads the bar code 260 on the tracking sheet with a bar code reader and inputs the information above the bar code into the computer. The computer can keep a record of a child who has not been vaccinated and send a reminder to his parents or doctor that the child needs to receive a particular vaccine.

FIG. 22 is a view similar to FIGS. 4, 12 and 17 showing the backside of the strippable redemption coupon card 300, showing the backside of another variation of the basic strippable coupon card. This card 300 is made of vinyl or PV
It can be manufactured from C (polyvinyl chloride), and the card is provided with not only a strippable mini-coupon 315 but also a magnetic tape 305 and a bar code 310 for identifying the entire card.

FIG. 23 shows the card 300 shown in FIG.
Shows the front side. 22 and 23 show 215.9 × 3.
A card formed on 55.6 mm (8 1/2 × 14 in) large paper is shown in full size. Printed matters such as advertising phrases and card articles are usually printed on the front surface of the card shown in FIG. The magnetic tape 30 shown in FIGS.
5 may be, for example, a special tape manufactured by 3M Company. 3M Company has designated this tape as magnetic tape material number 31.
It is sold under the name of 5 84 98011 4811. This tape can be applied directly to the paper and can function as a magnetic tape. Credits from banks and gasoline companies are well known, and their cards are almost as shown in Figure 2.
It has an appearance as shown in FIG. Magnetic tape 30
5 can be attached to one side or both sides of the card 300 along the longitudinal direction, and the magnetic tape is blank when manufacturing the card. Any message can be electronically encoded on this magnetic tape using a commercially available encoder.

In connection with the present invention, FIGS.
The card 300 shown in 3 can be activated with an encoder so that it can be used in various applications. This type of card can be manufactured in large quantities for sale to the final convertor of the card, such as a coupon redemption center. Such convertors can use commercially available encoders to encode the blank magnetic tape 305 of the card at the request of the card purchaser. The front surface of the card 300 shown in FIG. 23 can be made of vinyl or PVC (polyvinyl chloride). Appropriate thickness of the card is 0.1778-0.508
mm (0.007 to 0.020 in). 22,
The card shown at 23 is of a preferred form, but the size and shape of the card can be determined arbitrarily.

FIG. 24 is a plan view similar to FIGS. 4, 12, 17 and 22, showing a modified coupon side of a basic strippable mini-coupon card with free coupons for use in a gambling casino. Show.

25 to 29 show another modified example of the special coupon and the card with the coupon. FIG. 25 is a plan view of a foldable double flap card 420 with a stamp or mini coupon card, shown in the open position. The individual strippable redemption coupons 400 are 25.4 x 20.6375 mm (1 x 13 /
16 inches). The overall size of the double flap card 420 with stamp or mini coupon card is 168.275 x 60.325 mm (65
/ 8 × 2 3/8 in). The release liner 405 indicated by reference numeral A in FIG.
Alternatively, the thickness may be 12 tags. tag is
It is a unit used in the label manufacturing industry to represent thickness. The front side of the release liner A is the front side for printing and coating, and the back side is the front side for releasing the releasable liner B for the face material. The epithelial layer 410 represented by the symbol C is a face material having an adhesive on one surface.

The bar code 402 of the coupon 400 shown in FIG. 27 may have a width of 6.35 mm (1/4 in). Further, the coupon 400 shown in FIG. 28 has a magnetic tape 401 formed of the above-mentioned special paper magnetic tape material 315 84 98011 4811 manufactured by 3M Company, and can be attached to paper. This magnetic tape 401 has a width of 6.35 mm (1/4
in), it can be attached along the lower edge of the freely strippable exchange coupon 400.
It is possible to leave sufficient room for printed matter above 01. The coupon 400 shown in FIG. 29 is a normal coupon and has a width of 20.6375 mm (13/16 in).
, And the length is 25.4 mm (1 in). 25, 2
The coupons shown in 6, 27 and 28 can also have the same dimensions.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the structures and modes of the embodiments illustrated herein, and deviates from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be understood that various embodiments are possible and that various changes and modifications can be made.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an open state of a pair of folded strippable redeemable coupons according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a tracking sheet to which each convertible coupon peeled off from a card can be attached.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an outer surface (back surface) of a credit card-sized strippable redemption coupon-equipped card according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an inner surface (front surface) of the card of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the card of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the card of FIG. 3 as viewed from the left side.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an inner surface of a modified example of the coupon card shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an inner surface of a modified example of the tracking sheet shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged side view of the card of FIG. 1 as viewed from the left side, clearly showing the laminated material constituting the card.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the card of FIG. 6, clearly showing the laminates that make up the card.

FIG. 12 shows the back side of one redemption card with 16 mini coupons printed with the names of various fast food restaurants.

FIG. 13 shows a typical tracking sheet used by a redemption center such as a fast food restaurant.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a modified example of the tracking sheet seen from above, showing the front surface of the tracking sheet to which the converted coupons can be attached.

FIG. 15 is a diagram of the tracking sheet of FIG.
It is a top view which shows the back surface on which the amount of the converted coupon can be recorded.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of a front surface of a modified example of the basic stripping coupon card.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing the back side of the strippable coupon card of FIG. 16, showing a basic strippable with a scrapable concealment cover and a barcode printed on another strippable coupon. The modification of a flexible coupon tracking system is shown.

FIG. 18 shows the front side of a tracking sheet very similar to FIG. On this front side, as shown in FIG.
A converted mini-coupon from the card shown in can be attached.

FIG. 19 is a side view from the left side of FIG. 17, showing the scrapable layer.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the front side of a pair of foldable vaccination tracking tracking coupon cards with a printed barcode.

21 is an enlarged side view of the pair of preventive injection cards shown in FIG. 20 as seen from the side.

FIG. 22 is a view similar to FIGS. 4, 12 and 17 showing the back side of a strippable voucher coupon card, showing the backside of another variation of the basic strippable coupon card.

23 shows the front side of the card 300 shown in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a view similar to FIGS. 4, 12, 17 and 22, showing a modified couponed side of a basic strippable mini-coupon card with free coupons for use in a gaming casino. Show.

FIG. 25 is a view similar to FIGS. 1, 8 and 20 and is a plan view of a foldable double flap card with stamp or mini coupon card, shown in the open position.

FIG. 26 is a perspective view of the edge of the card shown in FIG. 25.

FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram of FIGS. 1, 4, 8, 12, 17, 20;
26 is a perspective view of an example of a mini coupon or stamp with a barcode that can be used in the manner shown in FIG.

FIG. 28 is a schematic diagram of FIGS. 1, 4, 8, 12, 17, 20.
26 is a perspective view of an example of a mini-coupon or stamp with a magnetic tape that can be used in the mode shown in FIG.

FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of FIGS. 1, 4, 8, 12, 17, 20.
FIG. 26 is a perspective view of an example of a typical mini-coupon or stamp that can be used in the mode shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: exchange coupon card 15: inner surface 20: coupon 25: outer surface 30: base layer (paper sheet) 35: inner surface of base layer 50: coupon layer (sheet) 60: protective plastic film 100: tracking sheet 110: tracking Sheet 200: Card with peelable exchange coupon 205: Scrapable concealment cover (layer) 210: Bar code 250, 255: Vaccine tracking tracking coupon card or sheet 260: Bar code 265: Coupon 300: With peelable exchange coupon Card 305: Magnetic tape 310: Bar code 315: Coupon 400: Coupon 401: Magnetic tape 402: Bar code 420: Strippable double flap card with exchange coupon

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method of redeeming a coupon affixed to an redemption card and tracking the redeemed coupon, the redemption card carrying at least one strippable coupon covered with a scrapable layer. Present to the center, remove the scrapable layer from the strippable coupon, read the message on the coupon made visible thereby, strip the visible coupon from the redemption card, strip the strippable strip. Transferring the coupon to a tracking sheet, stating the amount of the coupon as a credit to the coupon redeemer, and returning the redemption card to the coupon redeemer. 2. A laminated card with an exchange coupon, comprising a base layer having a front surface printed with a printed matter, a back surface, and a protective transparent layer coated on the front surface of the base layer. Printed strippable coupons with a removable release liner coated on the backside of the base layer, a release liner surface, and a backside with adhesive to form an array of individual strippable coupons. An exchange coupon card comprising: a coupon layer having a regular, regularly-spaced coupon surface, and a scrapable layer covering at least one strippable coupon. 3. The overall size of the coupon is 25.4 ×
20.6375 mm, the base layer is 6, 8,
Manufactured from 10 or 12 tag thick paper, 16
The exchange coupon card according to claim 2, wherein the exchange coupon card is a double flap card having an overall size of 8.275 × 60.325 mm. 4. A laminated hotel casino card, comprising a base layer having a front surface printed with printed matter, a back surface, and a protective transparent layer coated on the front surface of the base layer. A strippable coupon having a removable release liner coated on the backside of the base layer, a release liner surface, and a backside with an adhesive is printed to form an array of individual strippable coupons. And a scrapable layer that covers at least one strippable coupon, each strippable coupon comprising: , A hotel casino card, which is exchanged for various gifts at the hotel in accordance with the items printed on the coupon.