Rack-hung loadable debit card package
AssigneeWow! Technologies, Inc.
InventorRick Willard
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Abstract
A dual card package having cards secured within. A first panel of the package includes an access flap that is pivotal about a fold line. A second panel is also foldable along a fold line substantially corresponding to the fold line of the access flap. One card is accessible by the access flap so that the package is selectively movable from a closed position in which an magnetic strip on the card is covered and an open position in which the access flap and the second panel is swung out from the card such that the magnetic strip is exposed for activation purposes.
Claims20
A debit card package, comprising:
- a first panel defining a first plane and including an access flap joined to said first panel along a score line, said access flap being selectively pivotal in a single direction about said score line such that said package is selectively movable between a closed position in which said access flap is in substantial alignment with said first plane and an open position in which said access flap is swung out and away from said first panel along said score line so that said access flap is substantially outside of said first plane and defines a second plane distinct from said first plane;
- said access flap having an interior surface including identification indicia on said interior surface, said identification indicia being exposed and observable when said package is in said open position;
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- a debit card removably secured within the debit card package, said debit card having a activation portion, said activation portion being exposed and capable of being activated when access flap package is in said open position.
A method for activating a packaged debit card, comprising the steps of:
- providing a package with a debit card disposed on a panel, the panel including a access flap that is pivotal about a fold line, the package including retention means for temporarily retaining the access flap in a plane defined by the first panel, the card being secured within said package, the card including an identification means for identifying the card for activation purposes;
- applying a force to the access flap to overcome the retention means;
- swinging the access flap into an open position out of the plane defined by the first panel;
- reading the identification means while the access flap is in the open position and while the card remains within said package;
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- activating the card in an activation device based on the identification means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.