Patent ID: 7533826
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: A45C,G06K

Abstract:
1. A case for holding a contactless smart card, the case comprising a set of plastic walls for defining a generally planar space for housing the smart card, the walls including two parallel walls each having a planar extent that corresponds to a planar extent of the generally planar space, the two parallel walls including a first wall and a second wall, the first wall having an actuation region formed therein, the actuation region for permitting a user's finger to actuate, through the first wall, a switch on the smart card, wherein the actuation region includes an aperture formed in the first wall, said aperture shaped and sized to allow a tip of the user's finger to pass through the first wall, said aperture occupying not more than substantially 100 mm 2 of area of said first wall.