Protective case for a collectible card
OwnerClint Andersoninventor
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Abstract
A case for a flat collectible item. The case provides pivotably coupled front and rear pieces that move between an open condition and a closed condition encasing the collectible item in a card recess. The card recess provides flared corners to prevent damage to the encased collectible item. The front and rear pieces each have exterior surface that provide stacking ridges that are uniformly offset from their respective perimeters so that when a first case is stacked on a second case, the front stacking ridge of the first case circumscribes the second rear stacking ridge of the second case, preventing or restricting lateral shifting of the stacked cases.
Claims13
A case for encasing a flat collectible item, the case comprising:
- a front piece having a front exterior surface and an opposing front interior surface, wherein the front interior surface is uniformly and continuously planar but for two front connection points and a front pinch notch, the front piece further comprising:
- two prongs projecting from a lower front latitudinal edge of the front piece;
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- a front stacking ridge offset, by a front offset distance, inward of a perimeter of the front exterior surface;
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- a rear piece having a rear exterior surface and an opposing rear interior surface, the rear piece further comprising:
- a rear stacking ridge offset, by a rear offset distance, inward of a perimeter of the rear exterior surface;
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- two pivot points along a ledge along the rear interior surface,
- wherein the two prongs operatively associated with the two pivot points so that the front piece and the rear piece pivot relative to each other between an open condition and a closed condition wherein the front connection points and two rear connection points abut in facing juxtaposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.