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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Patricia L. Haugen, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Adam W. Reynolds, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ted C. Halbur, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Erin M. Borkowski, Andover, MN (US);
Timothy P. Clegg, Manhatten Beach, CA (US);
Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Ray, CA (US);
Patricia L. Haugen, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Adam W. Reynolds, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ted C. Halbur, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Erin M. Borkowski, Andover, MN (US);
Timothy P. Clegg, Manhatten Beach, CA (US);
Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Ray, CA (US);
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A transaction product includes a housing and a plurality of cards. The housing defines a storage chamber and a substantially planar exterior surface facing away from the storage chamber. The housing is configured to repeatedly open and close to selectively provide access to the storage chamber and includes a machine-readable account identifier statically secured to the substantially planar exterior surface. The machine-readable account identifier links the transaction product to an account or record remote from the transaction product and having a value available for use as payment toward a purchase. The plurality of cards is arranged in at least one stack. The at least one stack is selectively maintained within the storage chamber of the housing, and each card of the plurality of cards is substantially planar.