Special receptacle or package – For coin – Multiple pocket or compartment
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-12
2001-12-18
Foster, Jim (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
For coin
Multiple pocket or compartment
CD99S034000, C206S000800, C206S459500, C434S150000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06330942
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to coin collecting devices and more particularly pertains to a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto for removably holding a coin and relating information pertinent to that coin.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of coin collecting devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, coin collecting devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,429,787; U.S. Pat. No. 3,371,851; U.S. Pat. No. 5,690,336; U.S. Pat. No. 5,551,700; U.S. Pat. No. 5,467,997; U.S. Pat. No. 1,297,184; U.S. Pat. No. 791,118; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 353,843.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto. The inventive device includes a front side, a back side and a peripheral edge. First indicia are located on the front side of the plate. The first indicia indicate a map of a region representing the coin, or a place of origin of the coin. A well, or slot, extends into the front side of the plate. The well has a shape adapted for receiving a respective coin from the region represented by the first indicia.
In these respects, the coin collecting card and information relating thereto according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removably holding a coin and relating information pertinent to that coin.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of coin collecting devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto construction wherein the same can be utilized for removably holding a coin and relating information pertinent to that coin.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the coin collecting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art coin collecting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a front side, a back side and a peripheral edge. First indicia are located on the front side of the plate. The first indicia indicate a map of a region representing the coin, or a place of origin of the coin. A well, or slot, extends into the front side of the plate. The well has a shape adapted for receiving a respective coin from the region represented by the first indicia.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the coin collecting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art coin collecting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such coin collecting card and information relating thereto economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto for removably holding a coin and relating information pertinent to that coin.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto which includes a front side, a back side and a peripheral edge. First indicia are located on the front side of the plate. The first indicia indicate a map of a region representing the coin, or a place of origin of the coin. A well, or slot, extends into the front side of the plate. The well has a shape adapted for receiving a respective coin from the region represented by the first indicia.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto that may be used as teaching device learning information about each of the states.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new coin collecting card and information relating thereto that may be modified for use for other regions and countries.
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