Assembly comprising a debit card with a magnetic strip and an envelope for the card which leaves the strip uncovered

摘要

ebit 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. The card 11 may be activated at the point of purchase without the necessity of in any 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 mounted in the package through a conventional card reader. The card is mounted between first and second 23 panels of primarily cellulose material including an area significantly greater than that of the card, with the card magnetic strip 19 completely exposed (that is uncovered by the panels or any other packaging material). The majority of the card is typically sandwiched between the first and second panels and is removably held to the panels, for example by hot melt adhesive, and the panels are affixed to each other, e.g. by staples 37.