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US 12,645,906 B1Granted
Payment module insertion mechanism
AssigneeInterActive Cards, Inc.
InventorMichael Scruggs
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Abstract
A metal surface card in which the metal surface is formed by a metal insert configured to be retained by interlocking shapes of the metal insert and molded polymer material sandwiched between the metal insert and an opposing surface of the card which is not metal.
Claims17
A transaction card having a metal surface, comprising:
- a rear layer;
- a metal insert including a main body and a lip extending perpendicularly away from the surface of an edge of the main body;
- and
- a molded polymer material sandwiched between the rear layer and the metal insert, the molded polymer material including an edge that extends around the metal insert, such that the lip of the metal insert extends perpendicularly into an indentation of the molded polymer material that is defined by the edge of the molded polymer material;
- wherein the metal insert is configured to be retained by a planar interlocking relationship between the metal insert and the molded polymer material via the lip of the metal insert and the indentation of the molded polymer material, so as to prevent delamination of the metal insert from the molded polymer material.
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A transaction card having a metal surface, comprising:
- a rear surface;
- a metal insert including a main body and a payment module aperture extending through the main body and an aperture lip extending perpendicularly towards the payment module aperture from an edge of the payment module aperture;
- and
- a molded polymer material, wherein the molded polymer material resides between the rear surface and the metal insert, and the molded polymer material fills the payment module aperture and extends around the aperture lip.
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A transaction card having a metal surface, comprising:
- a rear surface;
- a metal insert including a main body and a payment module aperture extending through the main body and an aperture lip extending perpendicularly towards the payment module aperture from an edge of the payment module aperture;
- and
- a molded polymer material, wherein the molded polymer material resides between the rear surface and the metal insert, and the molded polymer material fills the payment module aperture and extends around the aperture lip;
- wherein the metal insert is configured to be retained by a planar interlocking relationship between the metal insert and the molded polymer material, so as to prevent delamination of the metal insert from the molded polymer material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.