PREPAID CARD

摘要

Debit cards, such as long distance telephone cards, may be attractively packaged and even readily mounted for point of purchase display, in such a manner that the card is inactive until activated at the point of purchase. T he card may be activated at the point of purchase without the necessity of in a ny way opening up the attractive packaging, or moving any portion of the packaging out of the way, and by merely "swiping" the card while still mount ed in the package through a conventional card reader. The card is mounted betwe en first and second panels of primarily cellulose material including an area significantly greater than that of the card, with the card magnetic strip completely exposed (that is uncovered by the panels or any other packaging material). The majority of the card is typically sandwiched between the firs t and second panels and is removably held to the panels, for example by hot me lt adhesive, and the panels are affixed to each other.