Patent ID: 7900827
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: A63H,B42D,B42P,G09F

Abstract:
1. A transaction card comprising: a subject portion defining a first slot; a stand portion coupled to the subject portion along a line of weakness and readily separable from the subject portion along the line of weakness without using tools, wherein the stand portion defines a second slot having a similar width as the first slot; and an account identifier fixedly connected to one of the subject portion and the stand portion, the account identifier linking the one of the subject portion and the stand portion to at least one of an account and a record, wherein the account identifier is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal; wherein when the subject portion and the stand portion are separated from one another along the line of weakness, the subject portion and the stand portion are configured to be reassembled by turning one of the subject portion and the stand portion substantially 90° with respect to the other of the of the subject portion and the stand portion and sliding the subject portion and the stand portion toward one another such that the first slot receives a thickness of the stand portion and the second slot receives a thickness of the subject portion.