Patent ID: 6076296
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A card holder for a card having an edge portion encoded with machine readable information comprising a card receiving pocket for retaining the card with the encoded edge portion thereof protruding out of the pocket clear of the holder, thereby exposed, for free insertion in a slot of a reading head of a card reader by a person gripping the card holder, enabling the card to be machine read without removal from the card holder and, releasable securing means comprising one of a hook and eye attached to the pocket for securing the card holder retaining the card to one of a user's pocket and bag strap, wherein the card receiving pocket comprises two rectangular panel portions having adjacent longitudinally extending sides joined together at an edge so that the panel portions extend in parallel, overlying relation for retaining a card between them with the encoded edge portion protruding transversely out of the pocket remote from said sides, wherein the securing means is located spaced apart from said edge.