# US 2014/0196820 A1 · Removable cover for cards bearing magnetic strips and bar codes on a rear surface of the card

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- Number: US 2014/0196820 A1
- Document ID: US20140196820A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/742,423
- Filed: 2013-01-16
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-16
- Inventors: Robert J. Gray; O'Neal A. Isaac
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196820A1

## CPC

- A45C 11/182: {Credit card holders}
- A45C 2011/186: {with protection from unauthorised reading by remotely readable data carriers}
- A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

## Abstract

A protective cover for cards that can conveniently be snapped into place on the back of the card and readily removed and replaced any number of times for convenience. Such a protective cover does not interfere with the use of the card. in addition, the protective cover protects the magnetic strip of the card or the bar codes of the card such that attempts to retrieve the information on the magnetic strips and the bar codes by radio frequency use is prevented.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A removable cover for cards bearing magnetic strips and bar codes on a rear surface of the card, comprising:
a. a snap on edging, said snap on edging having a side wall with a top edge and a bottom edge;
b. said bottom edge having an interior surface, said interior surface having a plurality of perpendicular lipped protrusions extending therefrom;
the top edge having fixedly surmounted thereon, a clear plastic cover.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clear plastic cover is colorless.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clear plastic cover is colored.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the snap on edge is colorless.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the snap on edge is colored.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plastic cover is a security cover that limits radio frequency identification access.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plastic cover has a security strip placed thereon that is a security strip that limits radio frequency identification access.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the perpendicular lipped protrusions extending from the bottom edge of the side wall is in the range of from 0.010 to about 0.020 inches.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the perpendicular lipped protrusions extending from the bottom edge of the side wall is in the range of from about 0.08 to about 0.12 inches.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the removable cover is in the range of about 0.045 to about 0.050 inches, including the clear plastic cover.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the clear plastic cover is in the range of about 0.001 to about 0.003 inches.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein the security strip is aluminum.

### Claim 13 (depends on 7)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein the security strip is lead.

### Claim 14 (depends on 7)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein the security strip is a polymeric plastic containing aluminum.

### Claim 15 (depends on 7)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein the security strip is a polymeric plastic containing lead.

### Claim 16 (depends on 7)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein the security strip is a coating containing aluminum.

### Claim 17 (depends on 7)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein the security strip is a coating containing lead.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clear plastic cover is imprinted.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

A removable cover for cards as claimed in claim 18, wherein the imprinting is advertising.