Patent ID: 7753280
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A personal bank card storage device for carrying one or more bank cards, comprising: a housing for containing the one or more bank cards and for containing one or more components, a magazine contained within the housing and defined by at least one opening in said housing and having at least one set of opposing tracks for receiving an edge of said one or more bank card, at least one motor contained within the housing, the at least one motor having a shaft, and a wheel attached to the shaft, the wheel for contacting the one or more bank card while the edge of the bank card is inserted into the at least one set of opposing tracks, the wheel attached to the at least one motor via the shaft and so disposed to slide the one or more bank card along the set of opposing guide rails when the at least one motor is activated, a keypad contained within and extending through the housing for allowing a user to input information into the bank card storage device, a controller operatively connected to the keypad and the at least one motor for reading input from the keypad and operating the at least one motor, and powering means operatively connected to the controller, the keypad and the at least one motor to enable the same to operate as desired, wherein the one or more bank cards are stored for use by inserting the one or more bank card into the opening, the at least one set of opposing tracks receives the edge of said one or more bank card and the one or more bank card is engaged by the wheel attached to the at least one motor by the shaft and the at least one motor turns the wheel to take the one or more bank card into the magazine; when a one or more bank card is needed, the user inputs a code on the keypad to actuate the at least one motor to slide the one or more bank card outside of the opening of the housing.