Transaction Card with Three-Dimensional Tipping Guide

• US 20110073659A1
• Filed: 04/05/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matthew Lawyer
• Original Assignee: Matthew Lawyer
• Inventors: Lawyer, Matthew Carl, Wagda, Donald Cloyce
• Granted Patent: US 8,740,087 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/488
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a transaction card with a three-dimensional tipping guide and techniques for using the card. The transaction card includes a base with a front and a back card surface wherein sets of indicators are visible along the outer areas of the front and back card surfaces. The card is configured to be rotated during usage. Also disclosed herein are accessory devices that support the transaction card.

Claims

1-26. -26. (canceled)

27. A transaction card, comprising:

a first film with a first planar surface lying substantially in a first plane;

a second film with a second planar surface lying substantially in a second plane that is parallel to the first plane; and

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a core layer disposed between the first film and the second film and comprising a plurality of indicators displayed along a perimeter of the core layer, each of the plurality of indicators extending at least partially between a textual indicator representative of a financial amount displayed on the first surface and a textual indicator representative of a predetermined percentage of said financial amount displayed on the second surface,

wherein said first and second film comprise plastic, at least a portion of said transaction card is configured to contain machine readable information, and said indicators displayed on the core layer, the first surface and the second surface comprise printed indicia visible to a card user to facilitate visual association of each said financial amount to said corresponding predetermined percentages of said financial amount.