Patent ID: 8181883
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. A method of protecting a magnetic strip, said method comprising the steps of: providing a card having a magnetic strip thereon containing encoded information readable by a magnetic strip reader; providing a sleeve having a bottom edge, a top edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said top edge being open and defining an access opening into said sleeve, said access opening extending from said first lateral edge to said second lateral edge, said access opening comprising an only opening extending into said sleeve, each of said bottom, first lateral and second lateral edges being closed; providing a border member being attached to said sleeve and being coextensive with said top edge, said border member comprising a material having greater rigidity than said sleeve; positioning said card in said sleeve; and sliding said sleeve through a magnetic strip reader such that said border member is positioned in parallel spaced relationship to said magnetic strip reader while said sleeve is sliding through said magnetic strip reader.