Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Register – or file – Hinge mounted file item or file item support
Patent
1994-07-13
1996-11-12
Green, Brian K.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Register, or file
Hinge mounted file item or file item support
40405, 402 79, B42F 300
Patent
active
055728154
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a card holder which is adapted to hold business cards of different dimensions and to be removably mounted in a standard card storage and retrieval system.
2. Background Discussion
Card holders for use in standard storage and retrieval systems are well known. They are not, however, particularly suited to allow a conventional business card to be easily mounted thereon and later removed, if desired. The ideal card holder would be simple to manufacture, low cost, easy to use, and be capable of holding business cards which are larger than the standard business card. The standard business card size depends on the region of the world where one uses the card. In the United States the standard size is 2 inches by 3.5 inches. The present invention provides such a card holder.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The card holder of this invention has several features, no single one of which is solely responsible for its desirable attributes. Without limiting the scope of this invention as expressed by the claims which follow, its more prominent features will now be discussed briefly. After considering this discussion, and particularly after reading the section entitled, "DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT," one will understand how the features of this invention provide its advantages, which include low cost manufacture, convenience and ease of use, and capacity to hold business cards of various sizes.
The first feature of this invention is that it removably holds a single business card within a card storage and retrieval system, and is designed to accommodate business cards of different sizes. The card holder of this invention has this capability because of the unique structure which captures and holds the business card. This structure includes a thin, but stiff, rectangular sheet with holes and slits extending from the holes which allow business cards of different sizes to be removably attached by inserting the corners of the business card in the holes. If the business card is larger than the standard size, its edges are slipped into the slits. There is at least one, preferably two adjacent, standard mounting cutouts in the sheet for attaching the card holder to the card storage and retrieval system.
The second feature is that the sheet has an outer longitudinal top edge, a pair of opposed outer side edges, and a outer bottom longitudinal edge of standard dimensions which enable the card holder of this invention to be mounted in standard card storage and retrieval systems. Specifically, the sheet has a width of 4 inches and a height between 2.5 and 2.70 inches. This provides the card holder with outside dimensions greater than the dimensions of the vast majority of business cards presently in use, yet enables it to be attached to a standard storage and retrieval system.
The third feature is that the sheet has a planar surface, a rectangular area displaced parallel to the planar surface a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the business card, and a marginal frame surrounding the rectangular area. The rectangular area has dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of a standard business card. The distance between the outer longitudinal edge and the displaced rectangular area is from 3/32 to 1/8 of an inch, the distance between each of the outer side edges and the displaced rectangular area is from 1/8 to 7/16 inch, and the distance between the outer longitudinal bottom edge and the displaced rectangular area is between 1/2 and 5/8 inch.
The forth feature is that a hole and associate slit are at each corner of the rectangular area. By inserting one corner of the business card into each hole, the business card is held generally within the rectangular area with a printed surface of the business card lying approximately in the planar surface and facing outward. Each hole is formed by a straight cut in the sheet oriented at approximately 45 degrees to a side edge. A portion of the rectangular area adjacent the cut is removed
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Connors John J.
Green Brian K.
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