Patent ID: 7549244

Claim:
A payment card comprising: a first surface and a second surface; a magnetic stripe extending along the first surface in a first direction; and an outer peripheral edge, the edge comprising: a first point thereon and a second point thereon spaced apart from said first point, said first and second points being along a first line substantially parallel to said first direction and tangent to the card at the first and second points, each of said first and second points spaced perpendicularly from said magnetic stripe by a first distance; a segment between the first and second points, at least a point of the segment being spaced perpendicularly from said magnetic stripe by less than said first distance; and a third point thereon, said third point being along a second line substantially parallel to said first direction and tangent to the card at the third point, the third point spaced perpendicularly from said magnetic stripe by greater than said first distance.