	US 7,571,861 B2
	Embossing systems and methods
Daniel A. Eke, Andover, Minn. (US); Michael G. Veehoff, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Duncan A. McCannel, Eagan, Minn. (US); and William Cahill, Eagan, Minn. (US)
Assigned to Travel Tags, Inc., North Mankato, Minn. (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/475,728.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/695042, filed on Jun. 29, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0095920 A1, May 03, 2007
Int. Cl. G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 5/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 235—487 [235/375; 235/380]

9 Claims

1. A method of making embossed cards comprising:

a) optionally printing static information on a sheet of material;

b) embossing the sheet in a pattern of rows and columns with information that comprises alphanumeric characters having linguistic content, such that the information: (i) is embossed in the same position on each card, but (ii) differs from one row of cards to the next due to changes in the characters without changes in the linguistic content of the characters;

c) cuffing cards from the sheet; and

d) stacking the cards.