Secure package for transaction card assembly
OwnerStephen E. Schmittinventor
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Abstract
A package assembly contains a transaction card coupled to a tamper indicator where the tamper indicator is bonded to the package assembly in a manner that tampering will cause visible damage or deformation to the tamper indicator. The tamper indicator may be an account activation element uniquely correlated with the transaction card.
Claims20
A transaction device assembly package comprising:
- a transaction device comprising a unique usage element having a unique account associated therewith;
- an activation device removably coupled to the transaction device, the activation device comprising a unique activation element associated with the transaction device;
- a carrier package comprising a front carrier and a back carrier and at least one bond between the first front carrier and second front carrier forming an enclosure between the front carrier and the back carrier containing said transaction device and activation device;
- wherein at least one of said interior surface of said front carrier and interior surface of said back carrier is bonded to the activation device.
A transaction device assembly a transaction device comprising a unique usage element having a unique account associated therewith;
- a tamper indication structure removably coupled to the transaction device,
- a carrier package comprising a front carrier and a back carrier and at least one bond between the first front carrier and second front carrier forming an enclosure between the front carrier and the back carrier containing said transaction device and tamper indication structure;
- wherein at least one of said interior surface of said front carrier and interior surface of said back carrier is bonded to the tamper indication structure.
A method of packaging a third party transaction device assembly comprising a transaction device and an tamper indication structure coupled to the transaction device comprising:
- providing a package comprising a front carrier and a back carrier and providing at least one of an inside surface of front carrier and an inside surface of a back carrier with an adhesive thereon
- sealing the transaction device and tamper indication structure between the front carrier and the back carrier;
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- bonding the package to the tamper indication structure in a manner that tampering will cause visible damage or deformation to the bonded activation device or packaging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.