US 2024/0176978 A1 · Transaction Card Assembly

Abstract

A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. The combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card secured in the receptacle is also capable of performing contact data transactions. The transaction card and/or the card frame may include one or more visual or tactile regions that allow the transaction card and card frame to be distinguished from other cards and/or to be properly oriented and aligned with one another when combined to form the card assembly.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A card assembly, comprising:

a transaction card comprising an integrated circuit and a first alignment region that comprises one or more of:
a first portion of a logo, or
a first textured portion;
and
a card frame comprising a receptacle and a second alignment region that comprises one or more of:
a second portion of the logo, or
a second textured portion,
wherein the receptacle is configured to secure, enable removal of, and resecure the transaction card in the card frame;
and
wherein, when the transaction card is secured in the receptacle, the first alignment region is aligned with the second alignment region to form a combined alignment region to indicate a correct orientation of the transaction card with the card frame.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/435,493Filed 7 Feb 2024

Priority

1 Dec 2021

Published

30 May 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06K 19/07747
Mounting details of integrated circuit chips: at least one of the integrated circuit chips being mounted as a module
G06K 19/07722
Physical layout of the record carrier: the record carrier being multilayered, e.g. laminated sheets
G06K
Graphical data reading

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