Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – Hand holders
Patent
1988-12-21
1990-05-22
Oechsle, Anton O.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
Hand holders
A63F 110
Patent
active
049271490
ABSTRACT:
A playing card holder comprises a substantially pentagonal backing plate with a plurality of pinching members mounted thereon in a preselected arrangement. Each of the pinching members includes a pinch block fastened to the backing plate and a spacer disposed between the pinch block and the backing plate so that a card-gripping surface of the pinch block is spaced from the backing plate by a preselected clearance less than the thickness of a playing card. A playing card inserted in the space between the backing plate and the card-gripping surface of the pinch block is frictionally gripped therein. In an alternative embodiment, each pinching member includes a leaf spring having a card-gripping surface normally contacting the backing plate. The leaf spring elastically deforms when a playing card is inserted between the card-gripping surface and the backing plate. Preferably, the playing card holder also comprises a guide plate fixed to the backing plate and including a transparent view portion spaced apart from the backing plate and defining a guide slot therebetween. The pinching members are disposed along the bottom of the guide slot.
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