Patent ID: 7892371

Claim:
A method of making a transaction card comprising: laminating a first layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface to an internal hinge layer comprising a first surface and a second surface such that a first portion of said first surface of said internal hinge layer is in direct contact with said lower surface of said first layer; laminating a second layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface to said internal hinge layer such that a first portion of said second surface of said internal hinge layer is in direct contact with said upper surface of said second layer; and creating a folding locus on a third portion of said internal hinge layer that is not in direct contact with said first layer and said second layer, said folding locus permitting folding of said transaction card at said folding locus, wherein said internal hinge layer comprises at least one of an elastomeric material or a thermoplastic polymeric material.