Collectible card protector
AssigneeVaulted Vinyl LLC
InventorShane A. Kemp
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Abstract
A collectible trading card protector has a base plate and a cover plate. The trading card is positioned between the base plate and the cover plate. The base plate has female locking recesses positioned to the sides of the base plate, and the cover plate has male locking member positioned to the sides of the cover plate. The male locking member is received in the female locking recess and slidably engages a ledge in the recess to releasably lock the cover plate to the base plate. The base plate and cover plate each include magnets that align with each other and further facilitate the cover plate moving into the final locked position and prevent the cover from inadvertently moving to an unlocked position.
Claims14
A protector case, comprising:
- a base plate having a base front surface, a base rear surface, a base top end portion, a base bottom end portion, a base left-side portion and a base right-side portion;
- a base center recess formed at a center of said base front surface;
- a first base coupling member formed at the base left-side end portion of the base plate;
- a second base coupling member formed at the base right-side end portion of the base plate;
- a first base magnet positioned at the base top end portion;
- a second base magnet positioned at the base bottom end portion;
- a cover plate having a cover front surface, a cover rear surface, a cover top end portion, a cover bottom end portion, a cover left-side portion and a cover right-side portion;
- a first cover coupling member formed at the cover left-side end portion of the cover plate;
- a second cover coupling member formed at the cover right-side end portion of the cover plate;
- a first cover magnet positioned at the cover top end portion;
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- a second cover magnet positioned at the cover bottom end portion;
- wherein said case has an unlocked position where said base plate is separate from said cover plate, and a locked position where said first and second base coupling members are releasably locked to said first and second cover coupling members, and said first and second base magnets are magnetically engaged with said first and second cover magnets.
A protector case for a collectible, comprising:
- a base plate having a planar base front surface;
- a planar base center recess formed in said planar base front surface;
- a protector sheet removably received in said base center recess;
- a base coupling member coupled to said base plate;
- a cover plate;
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- a cover coupling member coupled to said cover plate for releasably engaging said base coupling member to releasable couple said cover plate and said base plate, wherein:
- said base plate has a base plate planar back side and a base plate planar front side, said base plate front side having the planar base front surface;
- said base coupling member accessible at the base plate front side;
- said cover plate forming a planar front cover plate, and having a cover plate back side and a cover plate front side;
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- said cover coupling member accessible at the cover plate rear side, said cover coupling member configured to releasably engage said base coupling member at the base plate front side.
A protector case for a collectible, comprising:
- a base plate having a planar base front surface;
- a planar base center recess formed in said planar base front surface;
- a protector sheet removably received in said base center recess;
- a base coupling member coupled to said base plate;
- a cover plate;
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- a cover coupling member coupled to said cover plate for releasably engaging said base coupling member to releasable couple said cover plate and said base plate,
- wherein said base center recess has a recess bottom surface that is recessed with respect to the planar base front surface, and said protector sheet is removably received between the recess bottom surface and said cover plate.
A protector case for a collectible, comprising:
- a base plate having a planar base front surface;
- a planar base center recess formed in said planar base front surface;
- a protector sheet removably received in said base center recess;
- a base coupling member coupled to said base plate;
- a cover plate;
- and
- a cover coupling member coupled to said cover plate for releasably engaging said base coupling member to releasable couple said cover plate and said base plate,
- wherein said base coupling member is formed in or on the planar base front surface, and said cover coupling member is formed in or on a cover plate rear surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.