Drill gauge and financial transaction assembly
View Patent ↗A financial transaction card assembly is described. Specifically, the financial transaction card assembly comprises a drill gauge, at least one drill bit, and a substrate. The drill gauge and the drill bit may be removably coupled to the substrate. The drill gauge may be used to measure a plurality of drill bit sizes, and to purchase retail goods and services. The drill bit may be coupled to a drill to make holes in metal, wood, and plastic materials.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a flat substrate;
a financial transaction card coupled to the substrate, wherein the financial transaction card defines a plurality of through holes to measure drill bit sizes, wherein each of the plurality of through holes has a unique diameter;
a drill bit coupled to the substrate, wherein the drill bit has a diameter that is approximately equal to the diameter of one of the plurality of through holes.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is comprised of paper.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is comprised of plastic.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the financial transaction card has an account identifier imprinted on a surface of the financial transaction card.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of through holes has a corresponding bit size label.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each bit size label is in metric units.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each bit size label is in imperial units.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the financial transaction card comprises an advertising label.
9. A method, comprising:
adhesively coupling a drill gauge to a flat substrate, wherein the drill gauge defines a plurality of through holes to measure drill bit sizes, wherein each of the plurality of through holes has a unique diameter;
printing an account identifier on a surface of the drill gauge;
coupling at least one drill bit to the substrate wherein the drill bit has a diameter that is approximately equal to the diameter of one of the plurality of through holes.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
activating an account identified by the account identifier.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
selling a retail product to a customer, wherein payment from the customer is received via the account identified by the account identifier.
12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
displaying the substrate having the drill gauge and drill bit in a retail store.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
charging an account identified by the account identifier at a point of sale.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the retail store sells hardware goods.