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US 2001/0018838 A1Published application
Key ring
OwnerPeter Perthouinventor
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Abstract
A key ring includes a D-ring, and a key-holding ring. The D-ring couples the key-holding ring to a band.
Claims11
A key ring comprising
- a key-holding ring,
- a band,
- a D-ring coupling said band to said key-holding ring,
- said D-ring having a U-shaped portion engaging the key-holding ring and a bar between the ends of the U-shaped portion and engaging the band.
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A method of making a key ring that includes a key-holding ring that is a spiral ring of material having a cross-sectional span, a band, a D-ring coupling said band to said key-holding ring and having a U-shaped portion engaging the key-holding ring and a bar between the ends of the U-shaped portion formed with a gap intermediate its ends of width about that of said span to allow said key-holding ring to pass through said gap into said D-ring during assembly, comprising,
- passing the key-holding ring through the gap into the D-ring,
- and passing the band through the D-ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.