Patent ID: 8523058
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A45C,B42D,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A transaction product comprising: a housing defining a substantially planar panel and an internal chamber, the substantially planar panel defining an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, wherein the interior surface is directly adjacent the internal chamber; a tray selectively enclosed within and readily removable from and replaceable within the internal chamber of the housing, the tray defining two or more indentations; a plurality of articles each selectively maintained within a corresponding one of the two or more indentations of the tray, wherein each of the plurality of articles is readily removable from the tray; and an account identifier fixedly coupled to the exterior surface of the substantially planar panel and linking the housing to an account or record having a monetary value configured to be used toward a price of one or more of a purchase and a use of goods or services; wherein each of the two or more indentations defines a cross-sectional shape similar to at least a portion of a cross-sectional shape of a corresponding one of the plurality of articles, and the cross-sectional shape of the corresponding one of the plurality of articles is defined in a direction substantially transverse to an elongated axis of the corresponding one of the plurality of articles.