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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1995
Michael G Lalonde, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An improved information card having a plurality of information sets on a single, single piece card. The information card is in one preferred embodiment a single, single piece, plate member which is operable to contain two discrete sets of embossed information such as for two credit card accounts, each on a separate section of one side of the card. The information card also preferably includes two magnetic strips on the reverse side of the card, which may preferably correspond to the two sets of embossed information. In the method of the present invention, a conventional sized plate member is embossed to form two discrete information sections, with the indentations in the rear of the embossed characters optionally filled with a suitable compound before affixing two magnetic strips on the reverse side of the plastic member. In an alternative embodiment, the information card is a composite of two bonded plate members, each having an embossed section and a magnetic strip. An alternative method utilizes two plate members, each member embossed on one side. A magnetic strip is affixed to the same side as the embossed characters, and the two plate members are thereafter adhesively bonded to form a composite information card. In yet another alternative embodiment, the information card is made from two plate members laminated together, each plate member having one or more magnetic strips located on one side, with a plurality of alphanumeric characters embossed directly over each magnetic strip. In yet another alternative embodiment, the information card and method for making includes sets of oppositely embossed projections upon a single plate member and corresponding magnetic strips on opposite sides of the plate member.