Transaction card having features for easy removal from wallet
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsDaniel Herrington, Scott McClellan
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Abstract
A transaction card includes a first full thickness portion and a second, reduced thickness portion. Each of the first and second portions includes a top surface and an opposing bottom surface spaced from the top surface by a thickness of the card. The first, full thickness portion includes an extent of the card that remains exposed when the card is inserted into a pocket of a card-carrying case, and a feature deviating from a flat region along at least one of the top surface and the opposing bottom surface of the card. The feature is configured for tactile engagement to facilitate removal of the card from the pocket.
Claims17
A transaction card, comprising:
- a first, full thickness portion;
- and
- a second, reduced thickness portion;
- each of said first and second portions comprising a top surface and an opposing bottom surface spaced from the top surface by a thickness of the card;
- the first, full thickness portion comprising
- a feature deviating from a smooth, flat area along at least one of the top surface and the opposing bottom surface of the card and configured for tactile engagement to facilitate removal of the card from a pocket of a card carrying case;
- and
- the second, reduced thickness portion of the card comprising a stepped profile with multiple, successively thinner portions of the card at successively decreasing distances from an outer edge of the card configured to be inserted into the pocket before other portions of the card.
A bank card, comprising:
- a first extent comprising a gripping feature configured for tactile engagement to facilitate removal of the card from a pocket of a card carrying case;
- and
- a second extent contiguous with the first extent and configured to be inserted into the pocket;
- each of said first and second extents comprising a top surface and an opposing bottom surface spaced from the top surface by a thickness of the card;
- and
- the second extent comprising a stepped profile with multiple, successively thinner portions of the card at successively decreasing distances from an outer edge of the card configured to be inserted into the pocket before other portions of the card.
A financial transaction card, comprising:
- a first extent comprising a gripping feature configured for tactile engagement to facilitate removal of the card from a pocket of a card carrying case;
- and
- a second extent contiguous with the first extent and configured to be inserted into the pocket;
- the financial transaction card being substantially rectangular in shape with first and second parallel sides being longer than third and fourth parallel sides, and with the first extent and the second extent each extending substantially parallel to the first and second parallel sides;
- each of said first and second extents comprising a top surface and an opposing bottom surface spaced from the top surface by a thickness of the card;
- and
- the second extent comprising a stepped profile with multiple, successively thinner portions of the card at successively decreasing distances from an outer edge of the card configured to be inserted into the pocket before other portions of the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.