Transaction card with attached auxiliary member
OwnerEric Blankinventor
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Abstract
A transaction card assembly and method for forming a transaction card assembly. The transaction card assembly may include a transaction card and an auxiliary member attached to the transaction card. The transaction card and the auxiliary member may be formed from a same piece of material and may include a machine-readable feature, such as a barcode, magnetic strip or electronic device. The transaction card and/or the auxiliary member may meet ANSI and ISO specifications.
Claims74
A transaction card assembly comprising:
- a transaction card having a long edge and a short edge that is shorter than the long edge, the transaction card configured to meet ANSI and ISO specifications for transaction cards;
- and
- at least one auxiliary member attached in an edge-to-edge fashion at a long edge of the transaction card;
- wherein the transaction card meets ANSI and ISO specifications for edge roughness when separated from the at least one auxiliary member without the use of a tool.
A transaction card assembly comprising:
- a transaction card having a machine-readable feature, a long edge and a short edge that is shorter than the long edge;
- and
- at least one auxiliary member attached to the card in an edge-to-edge fashion, the transaction card and the at least one auxiliary member arranged to allow the at least one auxiliary member and the transaction card to be separated without tools, the transaction card meeting ANSI and ISO specifications for edge roughness for a transaction card after being separated from the at least one auxiliary member.
A method for forming a transaction card assembly having a transaction card and at least one auxiliary member, comprising:
- providing a single sheet of material;
- cutting at least a transaction card and an auxiliary member from the sheet of material;
- providing a line of weakness between the transaction card and the auxiliary member so that the transaction card meets ANSI and ISO specifications for edge smoothness after being separated without tools from the auxiliary member;
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- providing a machine-readable feature on at least one of the transaction card and the auxiliary member.
A transaction card assembly comprising:
- two transaction cards each having a magnetic strip and meeting ANSI and ISO specifications for transaction cards that are joined along short edges of the transaction cards, the transaction cards being separable from each other without tools and meeting ANSI and ISO specifications for edge smoothness after separation.
A transaction card assembly comprising:
- a transaction card portion including indicia used to associate a transaction with an issue of the transaction card assembly, the indicia on the transaction card portion uniquely identifying the transaction card assembly from other transaction card assemblies in a plurality of transaction card assemblies;
- an auxiliary member portion that is attached to the transaction card portion in an edge-to-edge fashion and includes a keytag portion, the keytag portion and transaction card portion being separable without the use of tools;
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- a removable element attached to one of the transaction card portion and the auxiliary member portion, the removable element including indicia that corresponds to the indicia on the transaction card;
- wherein the transaction card portion and the auxiliary member portion are not connected to any other transaction card portion that includes indicia different from the indicia on the transaction card portion, and the transaction card portion meets ANSI and ISO transaction card specifications for edge smoothness after being separated from the auxiliary portion without tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.