Patent ID: 7540426
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: A45C,G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A foldable transaction card comprising: a first layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface; a second layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface; a memory configured to store account information; an internal hinge layer comprising a first surface and a second surface disposed between said first layer and said second layer such that a first portion of said first surface of said internal hinge layer is in direct contact with said lower surface of said first layer and a first portion of said second surface of said internal hinge layer is in direct contact with said upper surface of said second layer; wherein a third portion of said internal hinge layer comprises a second portion of said first surface of said internal hinge layer that is not in direct contact with said lower surface of said first layer and a second portion of said second surface of said internal hinge layer that is not in direct contact with said upper surface of said second layer; wherein said internal hinge layer comprises at least one of an elastomeric material or a thermoplastic polymeric material; wherein said third portion of said internal hinge layer is a folding locus permitting repeated folding and unfolding of said transaction card at said folding locus; and wherein said transaction card has an overall thickness in an unfolded state measured from a front surface of said card to a rear surface of said card determined by adding at least the thicknesses of each of said first layer, said second layer, and said internal hinge layer.