Transaction card with partial glass layer
AssigneeCompoSecure, LLC
InventorsAdam Lowe, Kristin Potocki
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Abstract
A transaction card having a partial glass layer including an interior glass member connected to a non-glass frame. The frame defines opposite planar surfaces, has an outer periphery coextensive with the outer periphery of the card, and has a frame inner periphery spaced radially inward from the frame outer periphery. The frame inner periphery defines an interior area occupied by the glass member. The transaction card further includes at least one additional layer having a periphery coextensive with the periphery of the card, and a payment module configured for contactless operation or dual interface contact/contactless operation.
Claims41
A transaction card, the transaction card having lateral dimensions that define an outer periphery and an area, the transaction card comprising:
- a partial glass layer comprising an interior glass member connected to a non-glass frame, the frame defining opposite planar surfaces, a frame outer periphery coextensive with the outer periphery of the card, and a frame inner periphery spaced radially inward from the frame outer periphery, the frame inner periphery defining an interior area occupied by the glass member;
- at least one additional layer having a periphery coextensive with the periphery of the card, the at least one additional layer comprising a booster antenna layer comprising a booster antenna;
- a payment module configured for contactless operation or dual interface contact/contactless operation, the payment module being physically or inductively connected to the booster antenna;
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- a transparent layer forming an outermost surface of the card and disposed above at least the partial glass layer, wherein at least the booster antenna is visible from the outermost surface of the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.