Stored-value card with housed object

US7591418B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ted C. Halbur · Lino Lakes, US
• Travis M. Robertson · Minnetonka, US
• David B. Smith · Hinsdale, US
• Erin M. Borkowski · Andover, US
• Primoz Samardzija · Chino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2009
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/42
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stored-value card including a housing and an object. The housing defining a storage cavity and including a door and an account identifier signifying a financial account or record linked to the stored-value card. The door is configured to transition between a closed position where the door covers an opening to the storage cavity and an open position where the opening is uncovered. The object stored within the housing is at least partially removable from the housing when the door is in the open position. Stored-value card assemblies, methods of promoting sales of stored-value cards, methods of using a stored-value card and other embodiments are also disclosed.