Holder for rfid enabled cards
OwnerJoseph James Strong, Robert Robertson, IIIinventors
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Abstract
A holder for cards providing RFID protection is disclosed herein. The holder comprises multiple sheaths, where each sheath has a card position adjacent a protective assembly and a means for holding the card adjacent the protective assembly. Each protective assembly comprises a conductive layer and an absorbing layer adjacent the card position. The sheaths are hingedly connected to enable the user to select a single card for desired use without the need to remove the card from the holder. Once the desired card read has been completed, the cards within the holder are shielded from unauthorized or malicious card reads.
Claims16
A holder for RFID activated cards comprising:
- at least a first sheath and a second sheath, said first and second sheaths forming the outer most sheaths of said holder;
- each said sheath comprising a front and a back where each has a perimeter, a protective assembly, a card position adjacent said protective assembly, and means for positioning a card adjacent said protective assembly;
- said protective assembly comprising a conductive layer adjacent an absorbing layer, wherein said absorbing layer is also adjacent said card position, and wherein said protective assembly has a perimeter;
- and wherein said sheaths are hingedly connected so as to enable relative motion between said sheaths and to enable a card within said holder to be isolated from other cards within said holder and at least one side of the isolated card to be read by a card reader while said isolated card is adjacent said protective assembly, said hinged connection further enabling said sheaths to be stacked in a first position when the cards are not in use.
A method of making a holder for RFID activated cards, said method comprising:
- providing a first sheet of sheath material having a perimeter;
- providing a first and second protective assembly, each comprising an absorbing layer and a conductive layer;
- placing a first protective assembly on a first half of said first sheet of material so that said absorbing layer is adjacent said material;
- placing a second protective assembly on a second half of said first sheet of material so that said conductive layer is adjacent said sheath material;
- placing a second sheet of sheath material having a perimeter on top of said protective assemblies;
- joining said first and second sheets of sheath material about a portion of their perimeters so as to create a slot between the first sheet of sheath material and the first protective assembly, and to create a slot between the second sheet of sheath material and the second protective assembly, wherein at least one side of a card within one of said slots can be read by a card reader while said card is adjacent said protective assembly;
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- hingedly connecting said first and second sheets of sheath material along their center axis creating the two outermost sheaths of said holder.
A method of making a holder for RFID activated cards, said method comprising:
- providing a first sheet of sheath material having a perimeter;
- providing a first and second protective assembly, each comprising an absorbing layer and a conductive layer;
- placing a first protective assembly on a first half of said first sheet of material so that said conductive layer is adjacent said material;
- placing a second protective assembly under a second half of said first sheet of material so that said conductive layer is adjacent said sheath material;
- placing two means of positioning a RFID activated card, one atop the first protective assembly and one below the second protective assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.