Wallet card package
AssigneesBarry Fiala, Inc., Moore North America, Inc.
InventorsRoger P. Hansen, Nicholas J. Malone
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Abstract
A wallet card package having a wallet card secured to a panel. The panel includes a card flap that is pivotal about a fold line. The card is secured to and carried by the card flap so that the package is selectively movable from a closed position in which an magnetic strip on the card is covered and an open position in which the card is swung out from the panel while remaining secured to the card flap such that the magnetic strip is exposed for activation purposes. The card may be disposed between a pair of panels, with the front panel defining an opening permitting viewing of the front surface of the card and the rear panel including a cover flap that covers the magnetic strip when the package is in the closed position.
Claims29
A wallet card package, comprising:
- a first panel (12c) defining a first plane and including a card flap (60c) joined to said first panel (12c) along a score line (106), said card flap (60c) being selectively pivotal in a single direction about said score line (106) such that said package is selectively movable between a closed position in which said card flap (60c) is in substantial alignment with said first plane and an open position in which said card flap (60c) is swung out and away from said front panel (12c) along said score line (106) so that said card flap (60c) is substantially outside of said first plane and defines a second plane distinct from said first plane;
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- a wallet card (16) removably secured to said card flap (60c) and moveable in conjunction with said card flap (60c) between said first plane and said second plane, said wallet card having a front surface (70) and a rear surface (72) including identification means (74) on said rear surface (72), said identification means (74) being exposed and capable of being activated when said package is in said open position.
A method for activating a packaged wallet card, comprising the steps of:
- providing a package with a wallet card disposed on a panel, the panel including a card flap that is pivotal about a fold line, the package including retention means for temporarily retaining the card flap in a plane defined by the first panel, the card being secured to and carried by the card flap, the card including an identification means for identifying the card for activation purposes;
- applying a force to at least one of the card and the card flap to overcome the retention means;
- swinging the card and the card flap into an open position out of the plane defined by the first panel;
- reading the identification means while the card and the card flap are in the open position and while the card remains attached to the card flap;
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- activating the card in a central computer based on the identification means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.