Card object carrier
AssigneeWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
InventorsRikuno Shimizu, Ifeoma M. Metu
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Abstract
A card carrier includes a presentation substrate, a pocket layer connected to an interior side of the presentation substrate, and a notification carrier configured to fit within a receiving pocket. The presentation substrate defines a presentation address window. The receiving pocket is defined by the pocket layer and the presentation substrate. The pocket layer defines an interior display window configured for displaying card object data and is connected to the presentation substrate such that the interior display window is positioned in a top half of the presentation substrate. When the notification carrier is positioned within the receiving pocket, an address on the notification carrier is visible through the presentation address window.
Claims18
A card carrier, comprising:
- a presentation substrate having a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the presentation substrate in the unfolded configuration extending from a first edge to a second edge along an elongate first dimension of the presentation substrate and between a third edge and a fourth edge of the presentation substrate along a second dimension of the presentation substrate that is perpendicular to, and shorter than, the elongate first dimension, the presentation substrate being configured to be folded at fold lines into the folded configuration and inserted in the folded configuration into an envelope, the presentation substrate defining a presentation address window in an exterior side of the presentation substrate, the presentation address window being fully enclosed by the presentation substrate, the fold lines being parallel to the second dimension,
- a pocket layer positioned entirely between the fold lines, the pocket layer being connected to an interior side of the presentation substrate, thereby defining a receiving pocket positioned entirely between the fold lines and bounded by the pocket layer and the presentation substrate, the pocket layer extending from a fifth edge to a sixth edge along a third dimension of the pocket layer that is parallel to the elongate first dimension, and from a seventh edge to an eighth edge along an elongate fourth dimension of the presentation substrate that is parallel to the second dimension, the fifth edge and the sixth edge both being positioned between the first edge and the second edge, the fifth edge of the pocket layer being secured to the third edge of the presentation substrate, the sixth edge and the seventh edge of the pocket layer also being secured to the presentation substrate, the receiving pocket being open at the eighth edge of the pocket layer and the fourth edge of the presentation substrate;
- the pocket layer defining an interior display window configured for displaying card object data, the interior display window being fully enclosed by the pocket layer;
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- the pocket layer being connected to the presentation substrate such that the interior display window is positioned in a top half of the presentation substrate;
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- a notification carrier configured to fit within the receiving pocket,
- wherein, when the notification carrier is positioned within the receiving pocket, an address on the notification carrier is visible through the presentation address window;
- wherein a center of the presentation address window is offset from a center of the interior display window along at least one of the elongate first dimension and the second dimension;
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- wherein the presentation address window only partially overlaps the interior display window.
A method for assembling a card carrier, the method comprising:
- providing an outer carrier, the outer carrier defining an outer carrier address window;
- providing a presentation substrate having a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the presentation substrate in the unfolded configuration extending from a first edge to a second edge along an elongate first dimension of the presentation substrate and between a third edge and a fourth edge of the presentation substrate along a second dimension of the presentation substrate that is perpendicular to, and shorter than, the elongate first dimension, the presentation substrate defining a presentation address window in an exterior side of the presentation substrate, the presentation address window being fully enclosed by the presentation substrate, the presentation substrate including a receiving pocket positioned entirely between fold lines that are parallel to the second dimension, the receiving pocket including a pocket layer positioned entirely between the fold lines, the pocket layer extending from a fifth edge to a sixth edge along a third dimension of the pocket layer that is parallel to the elongate first dimension, and from a seventh edge to an eighth edge along an elongate fourth dimension of the presentation substrate that is parallel to the second dimension, the fifth edge and the sixth edge both being positioned between the first edge and the second edge, the fifth edge of the pocket layer being secured to the third edge of the presentation substrate, the sixth edge and the seventh edge of the pocket layer also being secured to the presentation substrate, the receiving pocket being open at the eighth edge of the pocket layer and the fourth edge of the presentation substrate, and the receiving pocket defining an interior display window that is fully enclosed by the pocket layer;
- providing a notification carrier, the notification carrier including a mailing address and a card object;
- inserting the notification carrier into the receiving pocket such that the mailing address is viewable through the presentation address window and such that the card object is viewable through the interior display window;
- folding the presentation substrate at the fold lines to generate the folded configuration of the presentation substrate;
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- inserting the presentation substrate in the folded configuration into the outer carrier such that the mailing address is viewable through the outer carrier address window,
- wherein a center of the presentation address window is offset from a center of the interior display window along at least one of the elongate first dimension and the second dimension;
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- wherein the presentation address window only partially overlaps the interior display window.
A card carrier system, comprising:
- an outer carrier, the outer carrier defining an outer carrier address window;
- a presentation substrate having a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the presentation substrate in the unfolded configuration extending from a first edge to a second edge along an elongate first dimension of the presentation substrate and between a third edge and a fourth edge of the presentation substrate along a second dimension of the presentation substrate that is perpendicular to, and shorter than, the elongate first dimension, the presentation substrate being configured to be folded at fold lines into the folded configuration and inserted in the folded configuration into the outer carrier, the presentation substrate defining a presentation address window in an exterior side of the presentation substrate, the presentation address window being fully enclosed by the presentation substrate, the fold lines being parallel to the second dimension, wherein the presentation address window aligns with the outer carrier address window when the presentation substrate is positioned in the outer carrier in the folded configuration;
- a pocket layer positioned entirely between the fold lines, the pocket layer being connected to an interior side of the presentation substrate, thereby defining a receiving pocket positioned entirely between the fold lines and bounded by the pocket layer and the presentation substrate, the pocket layer extending from a fifth edge to a sixth edge along a third dimension of the pocket layer that is parallel to the elongate first dimension, and from a seventh edge to an eighth edge along an elongate fourth dimension of the presentation substrate that is parallel to the second dimension, the fifth edge and the sixth edge both being positioned between the first edge and the second edge, the fifth edge of the pocket layer being secured to the third edge of the presentation substrate, the sixth edge and the seventh edge of the pocket layer also being secured to the presentation substrate, the receiving pocket being open at the eighth edge of the pocket layer and the fourth edge of the presentation substrate;
- the pocket layer defining an interior display window fully enclosed by the pocket layer;
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- the pocket layer being connected to the presentation substrate such that the interior display window is positioned in a top half of the presentation substrate;
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- a notification carrier configured to fit within the receiving pocket, the notification carrier including an address and a card object removably secured thereto;
- wherein, when the notification carrier is positioned within the receiving pocket, the address on the notification carrier is visible through the outer carrier address window and at least a portion of the card object is viewable through the interior display window;
- wherein the address is visible through the presentation address window from the exterior side of the presentation substrate;
- wherein a center of the presentation address window is offset from a center of the interior display window along at least one of the elongate first dimension and the second dimension;
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- wherein the presentation address window only partially overlaps the interior display window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.