Patent ID: 8807338

Claim:
A package for mailing of a card reader, comprising: a compressible body having a front face and a back face on a side of the body opposite the front face, the compressible body having a top face and a bottom face on a side of the body opposite the top face, the front face having a cutout shaped to receive the card reader; and a sheet that is less compressible than the body, the sheet having a planar first panel, a planar second panel, and a planar third panel, an inside face of the first panel secured to the back face of the compressible body, the second panel foldably connected to a first edge of the first panel and movable between a folded configuration in which the second panel covers the front face of the compressible body and an unfolded configuration in which the front face of the compressible body is uncovered and an inside face of the second panel is exposed, the third panel foldably connected to a second edge of the first panel, the second edge on an edge of the first panel opposite the first edge, the third panel movable between a folded configuration in which the third panel covers the front face of the compressible body and an unfolded configuration in which an inside face of the third panel is exposed, wherein the folded configuration of the second panel abuts the front face of the compressible body and the third panel covers the second panel, and wherein the sheet does not cover the top face and the bottom face of the compressible body, wherein the sheet comprises a first strip between the first panel and the second panel and a second strip between the first panel and the third panel, the first strip and the second strip having a length about equal to a depth of the compressible body, wherein the sheet comprises a tab projecting from the second panel and a slot to receive the tab, the slot positioned at an edge between the third panel and the second strip, wherein an outside face of the second panel comprises an image of the card reader, the card reader comprising a connector, wherein the image includes a portable electronic device into which the connector of the card reader is to be inserted, wherein the image on the outside face of the second panel shows an alignment of the connector of the card reader with an audio input jack of the portable electronic device for inserting the connector of the card reader into the portable electronic device, and wherein the image of the card reader has a same orientation as the cutout shaped to receive the card reader, and wherein upon transitioning the second panel to the unfolded configuration, a card reader placed in the cutout is visible alongside an inside face of the third panel, the inside face of the third panel comprising instructions for inserting the connector of the card reader into the audio input jack of the portable electronic device and transferring card information between the card reader and the portable electronic device.