Debit card package assemblies

• US 20070090184A1
• Filed: 10/24/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IDT Corporation
• Original Assignee: IDT Corporation
• Inventors: Mayer, Daniel, Lockwood, Margaret
• Application Number:
  US11/585,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20070090184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 73/00 Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs B65D85/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06196 Constructional details

Abstract

The present invention relates to card packaging assemblies that have removable portions: a card portion and a carrier portion. Machine readable indicia for activating the card at the point of sale can be located on either portion and such indicia is adapted to be easily readable by such point of sale device. Each of the card and carrier portions can be made selectively removable from one another so as to use the machine readable indicia for activation.

Claims

1. A debit card packaging assembly comprising:

a card portion selectively removable from a carrier portion, wherein said carrier portion includes a first machine readable indicia for activating said card portion.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said card portion does not have machine readable indicia thereon.

3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said first machine readable indicia is useable to activate said card portion.

4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said card portion comprises a second machine readable indicia thereon.

5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein said second machine readable indicia is useable to recharge said card portion.

6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said first machine readable indicia comprises a magnetic strip, a bar code, a radio-frequency identification tag, and any combinations thereof.

7. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a hanger portion selectively removable from said card portion.

8. The assembly of claim 7, further comprising an aperture defined in said hanger portion.

9. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising an aperture defined in said card portion.

10. A debit card packaging assembly comprising:

a card portion;

a carrier portion; and

a first machine readable indicia for activating said card portion, said card and carrier portions being selectively removable from one another so that said first machine readable indicia is disposed on said card portion longitudinally with respect to the assembly.