Payment card with removable insert and identification elements
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsJeremy Goodsitt, Melissa A. Crawford, Micah Price
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Abstract
Aspects described herein may allow for a payment card assembly including a payment card having a first surface, an opposed second surface, and an aperture extending through the payment card from the first surface to the second surface. An insert may be removably received in the aperture. Each of a plurality of identification elements may be configured to be removably received in the aperture and have an identification characteristic different than an identification characteristic of each of the other identification elements.
Claims20
A payment card assembly comprising:
- a payment card having a first surface and an opposed second surface;
- at least one of a magnetic strip and a Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip positioned on the payment card;
- an aperture extending through the payment card from the first surface to the second surface;
- an insert removably received in the aperture;
- and
- a plurality of identification elements, each identification element being configured to be removably received in the aperture and having an identification characteristic different than an identification characteristic of each of the other identification elements.
A card assembly comprising:
- a card having a first surface and an opposed second surface;
- at least one of a magnetic strip and a Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip positioned on the card;
- a circular aperture extending through the card from the first surface to the second surface;
- a first set of circular identification elements, each identification element of the first set having a color different than a color of every other identification element of the first set;
- a second set of circular identification elements, each identification element of the second set having a shape different than a shape of every other identification element of the second set;
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- a third set of circular identification elements, each identification element of the third set having a texture different than a texture of every other identification element of the third set,
- wherein each identification element is configured to be removably received in the aperture in snap-fit fashion.
A kit comprising:
- a card having a first surface and an opposed second surface;
- at least one of a magnetic strip and a Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip positioned on the card;
- a circular aperture extending through the card from the first surface to the second surface;
- a plurality of circular identification elements;
- a first set of circular identification elements, each identification element of the first set having a color different than a color of every other identification element of the first set;
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- a second set of circular identification elements, each identification element of the second set having a shape different than a shape of every other identification element of the second set,
- wherein each identification element includes a first surface, an opposed second surface, a first flange extending about a periphery of the first surface, and a second flange extending about a periphery of the second surface, and
- wherein the first flanges are configured to extend along the first surface of the card and the second flanges are configured to extend along the second surface of the card when the identification elements are engaged with the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.