Transaction card with three-dimensional tipping guide

• US 8,740,087 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2010
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matthew Lawyer
• Original Assignee: Matthew Lawyer
• Inventors: Lawyer, Matthew Carl, Wagda, Donald Cloyce
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Thien T
• Application Number:
  US12/753,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20110073659A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/492, 235/487, 235/379, 705/2, 705/17, D19/10, D19/9
• US Class Current: 235/487
• 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. 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.

2. A transaction card, comprising:

a base having a front card surface comprising a first outer area at an edge of the base, the first outer area having a first set of a plurality of different financial amount indicators on the first outer area, and the base having a back card surface comprising a second outer area at the edge of the base, the second outer area having a second set of a plurality of different financial amount indicators that are aligned with the first set of the plurality of different financial amount indicators, the financial amount indicators of the second set being predetermined percentages of the financial amount indicators of the first set of which they are aligned with; and

a region configured to carry machine readable information.

3. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said first and second outer areas are oppositely facing outer areas.

4. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said region includes at least one of a magnetic stripe, a compound, a plurality of punched holes, and an RFID tag.

5. The transaction card of claim 2, where said first and second sets of financial amount indicators are applied by a card manufacturer.

6. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said first and second sets of financial amount indicators are applied during manufacture of said card.

7. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said first and second sets of financial amount indicators are printed indicators and are applied after manufacture of said card.

8. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said first and second sets of financial amount indicators are printed indicators.

9. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein the transaction card is configured to facilitate at least one of a financial transaction, an identity transaction, and a transaction for admittance to a secured area.

10. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said first set of financial amount indicators on the front card surface are associated with lines that are aligned with lines associated with the second set of financial indicators on the back card surface.

11. The transaction card of claim 2, comprising a plurality of the financial amount indicators of the first set each being in a plane with a corresponding financial amount indicator of the second set of indicators.

12. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said card is one of a solid card, semi-solid card, opaque card, semi-opaque card, lucid card, transparent card, clear card, rigid card, and flexible card.

13. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said card is one of a plastic card, graphite card, metal card, and lucite card.

14. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein said first and second sets of financial amount indicators are at least one of etched indicators, and affixed indicators.

15. The transaction card of claim 2, wherein at least one of the first and second set of financial amount indicators is included on a sticker that is adhered to the transaction card.

16. The transaction card of claim 15, wherein said first set of financial amount indicators on the front card surface are associated with lines that are aligned with lines associated with the second set of financial amount indicators on the back card surface.

17. The transaction card of claim 15, comprising a plurality of the financial amount indicators of the first set each being in a plane with a corresponding financial amount indicator of the second set of indicators.