IP Library Granted Patent US 11,673,715
Granted Patent B1
US 11,673,715 · App. 17/661,667 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Card object carrier

Inventors: Rikuno Shimizu (Walnut Creek, CA); Ifeoma M. Metu (Brentwood, CA)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
B65D27/04B42D5/025B65D27/14
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Patent No.
US 11,673,715
App. No.
17/661,667
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A card carrier includes a presentation substrate, a pocket layer connected to an interior side of the presentation substrate, and a notification carrier configured to fit within a receiving pocket. The presentation substrate defines a presentation address window. The receiving pocket is defined by the pocket layer and the presentation substrate. The pocket layer defines an interior display window configured for displaying card object data and is connected to the presentation substrate such that the interior display window is positioned in a top half of the presentation substrate. When the notification carrier is positioned within the receiving pocket, an address on the notification carrier is visible through the presentation address window.

Claims (29)

1. A card carrier, comprising:

a presentation substrate having an interior side, an exterior side, a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the presentation substrate in the unfolded configuration extending from a first edge to a second edge along an elongate first dimension of the presentation substrate and between a third edge and a fourth edge of the presentation substrate along a second dimension of the presentation substrate that is perpendicular to, and shorter than, the elongate first dimension, the presentation substrate being configured to be folded at fold lines into the folded configuration and inserted in the folded configuration into an envelope, the presentation substrate defining a presentation address window in an exterior side of the presentation substrate, the presentation address window being fully enclosed by the presentation substrate, the fold lines being positioned between the first edge and the second edge and extending parallel to the second dimension, the presentation substrate defining a pocket in the folded configuration and the unfolded configuration, the pocket being positioned entirely between the fold lines, the pocket defining a fully enclosed interior display window; and

a notification carrier positioned within the pocket, the notification carrier including a first side and a second side opposite the first side,

wherein when the presentation substrate is in the unfolded configuration, the first side of the notification carrier is displayed through the fully enclosed interior display window and, simultaneously therewith, the second side of the notification carrier is displayed through the presentation address window.

2. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the fully enclosed interior display window is positioned in a top half of the presentation substrate.

3. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein a center of the presentation address window is offset from a center of the fully enclosed interior display window.

4. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the presentation address window only partially overlaps the fully enclosed interior display window.

5. The card carrier of claim 1 , further comprising a pocket layer secured to the presentation substrate.

6. The card carrier of claim 5 , wherein the pocket layer includes four edges, and wherein the pocket layer is secured to the presentation substrate along two of the four edges.

7. The card carrier of claim 6 , wherein the pocket layer is secured to the presentation substrate along three of the four edges.

8. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the pocket is defined between the interior side and the exterior side.

9. The card carrier of claim 1 , further comprising another pocket positioned on the interior side of the presentation substrate.

10. The card carrier of claim 9 , wherein an edge of the another pocket coincides with the second edge of the presentation substrate.

11. The card carrier of claim 10 , wherein an insert is positioned in the another pocket.

12. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the notification carrier is folded along two notification carrier fold lines.

13. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the notification carrier is not folded.

14. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the notification carrier includes a card recipient address.

15. The card carrier of claim 14 , further comprising a card object secured to the notification carrier.

16. The card carrier of claim 15 , wherein the card object is displayed through the fully enclosed interior display window and, simultaneously therewith, the card recipient address is displayed through the presentation address window.

17. The card carrier of claim 16 , further comprising the envelope, wherein the presentation substrate is in the folded configuration and positioned in the envelope.

18. The card carrier of claim 17 , wherein the card recipient address is displayed through an envelope window defined by the envelope.

19. The card carrier of claim 1 , wherein the fully enclosed interior display window and the presentation address window have different shapes.

20. A card carrier, comprising:

a presentation substrate having an interior side, an exterior side, a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the presentation substrate in the unfolded configuration extending from a first edge to a second edge along an elongate first dimension of the presentation substrate and between a third edge and a fourth edge of the presentation substrate along a second dimension of the presentation substrate that is perpendicular to, and shorter than, the elongate first dimension, the presentation substrate being configured to be folded at fold lines into the folded configuration and inserted in the folded configuration into an envelope, the presentation substrate defining a presentation address window in an exterior side of the presentation substrate, the presentation address window being fully enclosed by the presentation substrate, the fold lines being positioned between the first edge and the second edge and extending parallel to the second dimension, the presentation substrate defining a pocket in the folded configuration and the unfolded configuration, the pocket being positioned entirely between the fold lines, the pocket defining a fully enclosed interior display window;

a notification carrier positioned within the pocket, the notification carrier including a first side and a second side opposite the first side;

another pocket positioned on the interior side of the presentation substrate, an edge of the another pocket coinciding with the second edge of the presentation substrate and

an insert positioned in the another pocket,

wherein when the presentation substrate is in the unfolded configuration, the first side of the notification carrier is displayed through the fully enclosed interior display window and, simultaneously therewith, the second side of the notification carrier is displayed through the presentation address window; and

wherein the fully enclosed interior display window and the presentation address window have different shapes.

Assignments (2)
STATEMENT OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE Recorded Jun 17, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 071679/0714 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2022
From: SHIMIZU, RIKUNO; METU, IFEOMA M.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 059784/0345 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17161807 · Jan 29, 2021
Continuation 16026844 · Jul 3, 2018