Credit card carriers, apparatus and methods

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Single-sheet, multi-panel carriers for receiving and retaining credit cards during credit card issue and mailing procedures. Cards may be inserted in the carriers manually or by machine. Plural carrier forms are preferably provided in a continuous fan-folded web and individual carriers, are separable therefrom at perforations between subsequent and/or adjacent carriers. Apertures for pin drive or indexing mechanisms may be provided optionally in removable strips along one or more margins of the carrier. The carriers have special slits or slots for retaining one to four cards singly or double that in a piggy-back manner, in vertical or horizontal configurations. Carriers also have a …