Tamper evident card package and method
AssigneeCpi Card Group—Minnesota, Inc.
InventorsPaul William Boge, Michael Leuthard Dewulf, Thanh Quang Chu
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Abstract
A tamper evident card package includes a first portion comprising plastic polymer and defining a cavity extending from a base surface of the first portion. A second portion comprises a flat sheet of plastic polymer joined to the first at a seal extending around an entirety of a perimeter of the tamper evident card package, where the first portion and the second portion form a unitary structure at the seal. An insert contained between the first portion and the second portion includes a point-of-sale activated card and machine readable activation information for the point-of-sale activated card from an exterior of the tamper evident card package.
Claims20
A method of constructing a tamper evident card package comprising:
- locating a first portion of the tamper evident card package on a plate using a blister formed in the first portion by aligning the blister with a locating aperture of the plate, wherein the blister and the first portion are a unitary structure forming a single, continuous piece comprised of a first material;
- placing an insert in the blister of the first portion, the insert comprising a point-of-sale activated card and machine readable activation information for the point-of-sale activated card;
- verifying contents of the insert by checking that the machine readable activation information corresponds to the point-of-sale activated card;
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- bonding a second portion of the tamper evident card package directly to the first portion using radiofrequency (RF) sealing such that the insert is contained between the first portion and the second portion by the bond between the first portion and the second portion, an RF seal formed by the bond between the first portion and the second portion extends around an entirety of a perimeter of the tamper evident card package, and the machine readable activation information is visible from an exterior surface of the second portion, wherein there is no adhesive disposed between the first portion and the second portion.
A method of constructing a tamper evident card package comprising:
- locating, via a blister formed in a first portion of the tamper evident card package, the first portion on a plate, wherein the blister is placed on the plate by aligning the blister with a locating aperture of the plate;
- positioning a point-of-sale activated card and machine readable activation information for the point-of-sale activated card into the blister;
- analyzing the machine readable activation information to verify the point-of-sale activated card positioned within the blister;
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- bonding a second portion of the tamper evident card package directly to the first portion using radiofrequency (RF) sealing forming a single, continuous piece comprised of a first material, wherein the point-of-sale activated card is captured between the first portion and the second portion and an RF seal free of adhesive and formed by the bond between the first portion and the second portion extends around a perimeter of the tamper evident card package.
A method of constructing a tamper evident card package comprising:
- locating a first portion of the tamper evident card package on a plate by aligning a blister that forms a unitary structure with the first portion with a locating aperture of the plate, wherein the first portion and the blister form a single, continuous piece comprised of a first material, wherein the first portion is placed on the plate and the blister extends through the plate with edges of the blister extending through and contacting the plate;
- placing an insert in the blister of the first portion, the insert comprising a point-of-sale activated card and machine readable activation information for the point-of-sale activated card;
- verifying contents of the insert by checking that the machine readable activation information corresponds to the point-of-sale activated card;
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- bonding a second portion of the tamper evident card package directly to the first portion using radiofrequency (RF) sealing such that an RF seal is formed by the bond between the first portion and the second portion and the insert is contained between the first portion and the second portion by the bond between the first portion and the second portion, and the machine readable activation information is visible from an exterior surface of the second portion, wherein there is no adhesive disposed between the first portion and the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.