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US 7,124,955 B2Granted
Compact or convenient transaction cards
AssigneeAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
InventorsEllen Lasch, Lisa Ann Morrill Webb, Priscilla Gandel
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Abstract
Compact or convenient transaction cards comprising protective sleeves for full-sized and smaller-sized cards, cut lines and rotatable means for forming “fanned” cards, rollable cards, collapsible cards, cards having hinges or axes for rotating parts to form full-sized cards from smaller-sized cards, housings for having lights and sounds emanating therefrom, and the like are provided.
Claims9
A transaction card comprising:
- a first section and a second section wherein said first section is connected to said second section via a rotatable element wherein said first section rotates with respect to said second section between a first position and a second position;
- wherein said rotatable element comprises an arm having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the arm is rotatably attached to the first section and the second end of the arm is rotatably attached to the second section.
A transaction card comprising:
- a main card portion wherein said main card portion is flexible and is rollable into a tube;
- and
- a plurality of scores in a face of the main card portion wherein said plurality of scores are disposed transversely across the face of the transaction card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.