Transaction product with selectively illuminated buttons

US8647203B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jessica A. Albrecht · Woodbury, US
• Madelaine Ann Hague · Windom, US
• Aaron Muther · Crystal, US
• Allan Peters · Cranbrook, GB
• Robert J. Weaver · Kirkland, US
• Timothy P. Clegg · Manhattan Beach, US
• Primoz Samardzija · Chino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2014
• Expiry date: May 18, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2009/2489
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.