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US 12,670,353 B2Granted
Transaction card with hidden visual features
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsBryant Yee, Tyler Maiman, Cruz Vargas
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Abstract
Provided are approaches for concealing or obscuring transaction card numbers. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side, and a plurality of structures extending from at least one of the first or second main sides. In a bent configuration of the body, the plurality of structures separate from one another, in a substantially flat configuration of the body, adjacent structures of the plurality of structures abut one another.
Claims20
A transaction card, comprising:
- a body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side;
- an identification chip recessed into the body;
- a plurality of structures extending from at least one main side, wherein in a bent configuration of the body, the plurality of structures separate from one another to expose a trench, and wherein in a flat configuration of the body, adjacent structures of the plurality of structures abut one another to hide the trench;
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- a visual feature in the trench, wherein in the bent configuration of the body, the visual feature is visible, and wherein in the flat configuration of the body, the visual feature is hidden.
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A transaction card, comprising:
- a body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side, a first end opposite a second end, and a first side opposite a second side;
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- a plurality of structures extending from at least one main side, wherein in a bent configuration of the body, the plurality of structures separate from one another to expose a trench, and wherein in a flat configuration of the body, adjacent structures of the plurality of structures abut one another to close at least a top of the trench;
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- a visual feature within the trench, wherein when the body is bent in a first direction, the visual feature is exposed, wherein the visual feature comprises information about an account associated with the transaction card.
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A transaction card, comprising:
- a body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side, the first main side including one or more planar sections and a modification section;
- an identification chip recessed into the body;
- a plurality of structures within the modification section, the plurality of structures each including a trench formed by walls extending from a base of the modification section, wherein adjacent structures of the plurality of structures abut one another in a flat configuration of the body and separate in a bent configuration of the body;
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- a visual feature formed on at least one of the walls or the base of the modification section, wherein the visual feature is exposed in the bent configuration and hidden in the flat configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.