Special receptacle or package – For pocket or personal use – Ticket case
Patent
1985-11-13
1987-10-06
Marcus, Stephen
Special receptacle or package
For pocket or personal use
Ticket case
206 37, 206 372, 206 375, 40 16, 40 164, A45C 1100
Patent
active
046976981
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Credit and identification cards are in widespread use nowadays. Their dimensions are usually standardized and the cards themselves are made of plastic. Most cards are embossed and many of them are provided with magnetic strips from which the data is erased when they are brought into contact with any magnetic metal. Cards of this type are often read electronically, for which purpose they are introduced in the slot of a reading device. In this case, the card must not be bent. This means that there is a need for a way of storin cards of this type so as to avoid bending, so that the embossed data are not damaged and so as not to erase the magnetically stored data.
2. Description of the Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 4,141,400 contains a description of a proposed card holder which provides protection of the above type. However, the disadvantage of this holder is that it can only contain a single card. Another holder is known from U.S. Pat. No. 3,421,658 which can accommodate a number of cards. In this holder the cards are simply stacked on top of one another. In order to take the cards out, the cover can either be opened or the uppermost card can be slid out sideways with the cover closed. The disadvantage of this arrangement is that all the cards have to be removed if the user wishes to reach the card at the bottom of the stack.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose of this invention is thus to provide a holder suitable for a number of cards in which the above disadvantages are obviated. Such a holder should be capable of storing and protecting the cards which can be individually extracted from the holder as required.
This requirement is met in the present invention by a holder comprising a flat rectangular case open along one of its narrow sides, the longer sides provided with grooves in which slides for holding credit or identification cards are freely movable. The ends of the slides facing the opening have a front stop and the ends of each slide opposite the opening have rear stops and form an extending tab which is connected to a finger pad, and which projects through a slot in one of the walls of the case whereby each slide may be individually moved out of the case by movement of the finger pads over the length of the slot. The pads can be provided with a locking catch to prevent the slide being unintentionally extracted.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
One typical embodiment of the subject matter of this invention is illustrated in the drawing in which:
FIG. 1 shows a large scale top view of the holder provided with three slides;
FIG. 2 shows a section of FIG. 1 along the line II--II;
FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of three slides;
FIG. 4 shows the lateral view of a slide; and
FIG. 5 shows the top view of a holder provided with clips.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A holder according to FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises a case 10 provided with three slides 20 and three finger pads 30.
The case 10 is provided with a rear wall 11 and an opening 12 from which the slides can be extracted individually with the aid of the pads. Along the narrow longitudinal sides of the case, grooves 13 are provided which serve to guide the slides. Slots 14 are provided in the wider upper wall of the case through which the tabs project which serve to actuate the slides. Grooves 15, which act as a retaining mechanism, are also provided in the upper wall of the case adjacent to the wide, outside slides.
As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, the three slides 20 are of slightly different configuration. The lowest slide 21 is provided with a tab 22 located at its right rear side, which projects through one of the slots 14 in the case and which is bent over parallel to it above the level of the wider wall of the case. The bent surface of this tab is provided with a round hole whose purpose will be elucidated later. The left-hand rear side of the central slide 23 is provided with a tab 24. In order to allow the slide 23 to be moved by pushing on the tab 24, the uppermost slide 25 is
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Fidel David
Marcus Stephen
Speckman Ann W.
Speckman Thomas W.
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