Removable cover for cards bearing magnetic strips and bar codes on a rear surface of the card

Abstract

A protective cover for cards that can conveniently be snapped into place on the back of the card and readily removed and replaced any number of times for convenience. Such a protective cover does not interfere with the use of the card. in addition, the protective cover protects the magnetic strip of the card or the bar codes of the card such that attempts to retrieve the information on the magnetic strips and the bar codes by radio frequency use is prevented.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A removable cover for cards bearing magnetic strips and bar codes on a rear surface of the card, comprising:
 a. a snap on edging, said snap on edging having a side wall with a top edge and a bottom edge;   b. said bottom edge having an interior surface, said interior surface having a plurality of perpendicular lipped protrusions extending therefrom;   the top edge having fixedly surmounted thereon, a clear plastic cover.   
     
     
         2 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the clear plastic cover is colorless. 
     
     
         3 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the clear plastic cover is colored. 
     
     
         4 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the snap on edge is colorless. 
     
     
         5 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the snap on edge is colored. 
     
     
         6 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the plastic cover is a security cover that limits radio frequency identification access. 
     
     
         7 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the plastic cover has a security strip placed thereon that is a security strip that limits radio frequency identification access. 
     
     
         8 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the perpendicular lipped protrusions extending from the bottom edge of the side wall is in the range of from 0.010 to about 0.020 inches. 
     
     
         9 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the length of the perpendicular lipped protrusions extending from the bottom edge of the side wall is in the range of from about 0.08 to about 0.12 inches. 
     
     
         10 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the removable cover is in the range of about 0.045 to about 0.050 inches, including the clear plastic cover. 
     
     
         11 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the clear plastic cover is in the range of about 0.001 to about 0.003 inches. 
     
     
         12 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the security strip is aluminum. 
     
     
         13 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the security strip is lead. 
     
     
         14 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the security strip is a polymeric plastic containing aluminum. 
     
     
         15 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the security strip is a polymeric plastic containing lead. 
     
     
         16 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the security strip is a coating containing aluminum. 
     
     
         17 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the security strip is a coating containing lead. 
     
     
         18 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the clear plastic cover is imprinted. 
     
     
         19 . A removable cover for cards as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the imprinting is advertising.