Patent ID: 7905348

Claim:
A card assembly comprising a cover and a data storage means, wherein the cover comprises a back cover sheet, a front cover sheet and an intermediate sheet, which are integral and connected by one folding line area respectively, the intermediate sheet has a through hole adapted to fit the data storage means placed in the through hole, the back sheet, the front sheet and the intermediate sheet are adapted to be folded together along the folding line areas, such that the back sheet and the front sheet overlap the intermediate sheet on either side thereof, and are adapted to be permanently attached together to form a closed pocket for the data storage means, wherein the back sheet is foldably connected to one side of the front sheet and the intermediate sheet is foldably connected with an opposite side of the front sheet, and wherein the back sheet has a tear portion, the tear portion being sized, configured and adapted to open the pocket and expose only a minor part of the data storage means when fully opened for enabling removal of the data storage means from the pocket and reinsertion thereof into the pocket and to extend in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane in which the back sheet is located, when the tear portion is opened and rotated away from the back sheet, the opened and rotated tear portion is adapted to support the card assembly in substantially upright orientation.