Retail packaging for transaction cards

US8181789B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Green Dot Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael L. Casella · Glendale, US
• Steven William Streit · Pasadena, US
• Eduardo A. Becerril · Lynwood, US
• Mark Troughton · Santa Monica, US
• R. Matthew Kohler · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2010
• Grant date: May 22, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D77/0413
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Retail packaging for a transaction card includes a carrier for retaining the transaction card, a transparent encasement enclosing the carrier, literature containing information associated with the transaction card placed within the encasement, and means for hanging the packaging within a retail environment. The encasement may take on a variety of forms, including having a curved outer surface forming a cavity within the encasement. The carrier may also take on a variety of forms, including forms having a main surface and a device for elevating the transaction card off the main surface to create a visual effect that the transaction card is floating within the encasement. The packaging may further include a panel that at least partially obscures the transaction card from view.