| US 7,591,431 B2 | ||
| Transaction card with beads | ||
| Kim O. Lindahl, Golden Valley, Minn. (US); Timothy P. Clegg, Manhatten Beach, Calif. (US); and Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Ray, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 06, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/697,462. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0245858 A1, Oct. 09, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—487 [235/375; 235/380; 235/381; 235/383] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A transaction card comprising:
a substrate including an account identifier linking the transaction card to at least one of an account and a record, the account
identifier being machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal;
a plurality of adhesive dots applied to a surface of the substrate; and
a plurality of beads each being individually secured to the surface of the substrate with a separate one of the plurality
of adhesive dots.
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