Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Signs – Automotive vehicle carried
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-28
2002-09-10
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 3679)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Signs
Automotive vehicle carried
C040S591000, C040S643000, C040S644000, C040S661080
Reexamination Certificate
active
06446374
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an in-case-of-an-emergency identification card and more particularly pertains to a new emergency identification card device to quickly identify and notify next of kin when the user is involved in an accident.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of an in-case-of-an-emergency identification card is known in the prior art. More specifically, an in-case-of-an-emergency identification card 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. Nos. 3,958,690; 4,236,332; 5,658,016; 3,792,542; 4,156,539; 5,566,980; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 260,153; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,112,016.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new emergency identification card device. The inventive device includes a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half with the card member also having written information displayed thereon with the written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon the front side thereof; and also includes a card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having side walls and being adapted to securely attach to a windshield of a vehicle and also being adapted to hold the card member therein.
In these respects, the emergency identification card device 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 quickly identify and notify next of kin when the user is involved in an accident.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of in-case-of-an-emergency identification card now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new emergency identification card device construction wherein the same can be utilized for quickly identify and notify next of kin when the user is involved in an accident.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new emergency identification card device which has many of the advantages of the in-case-of-an-emergency identification card mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new emergency identification card device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art in-case-of-an-emergency identification card, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half with the card member also having written information displayed thereon with the written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon the front side thereof; and also includes a card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having side walls and being adapted to securely attach to a windshield of a vehicle and also being adapted to hold the card member therein.
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 emergency identification card device which has many of the advantages of the in-case-of-an-emergency identification card mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new emergency identification card device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art in-case-of-an-emergency identification card, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new emergency identification card device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new emergency identification card device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new emergency identification card device 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 emergency identification card device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new emergency identification card device 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 emergency identification card device for quickly identify and notify next of kin when the user is involved in an accident.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new emergency identification card device which includes a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half with the card member also having written information displayed thereon with the written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon the front side thereof; and also includes a card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having side walls and being adapted to securely attach to a windshield of a vehicle and also being adapted to hold the card member therein.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new emergency identification card device that is conveniently located inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new emergency identification card device that eliminates
Browne Lynne H.
Hewitt James M
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