Patent ID: 7793834

Claim:
A financial transaction card comprising: a thin, planar body having a first major surface and a second major surface on an opposite side of the planar body from the first major surface, wherein: a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge each extend between the first and second major surfaces; and each of the first major surface and the second major surface has a respective data region: between the first edge and the second edge that is not less than about 6.05 mm from the first edge and not less than about 6.05 mm from the second edge; and in a range from about 2.54 mm to about 17.07 mm from the third edge; a first set of raised indicia within the respective data region of the first major surface, with each indicium denoting an alphabetic letter or a number and projecting outwardly away from the first major surface; and a second set of raised indicia within the respective data region of the second major surface, with each indicium denoting an alphabetic letter or a number and projecting outwardly away from the second major surface, wherein: at least one of the indicium in the second set is directly contralateral with at least one of the raised indicium in the first set; the first major surface is devoid of any indication of the second set of raised indicia; and at least one of the first set of raised indicia and the second set of raised indicia comprises Braille characters.