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US 2008/0172776 A1Published application
Bi-directional card holder
AssigneeImage Sales, Inc
InventorCliff Webster
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Abstract
A bi-directional information card holder that can hold one or more differently sized information cards in both the landscape and portrait orientation. In some embodiments the card holder is permanently attached to either a hardhat or a soft hat. In some embodiments, the cardholder is connected with a hardhat through a curve. In other embodiments the card holder is removeably attached to either a hardhat or a soft hat. In some embodiments, there is a clear, rigid protective plate that covers and protects the information card.
Claims17
A bi-directional card holder for protective headgear, comprising:
- a protective headgear with a dome-shaped exterior surface,
- a bi-directional card holder connected with said exterior surface by an attachment and a continuous curve wherein said bi-directional card holder comprises:
- a narrow insertion slot connected with a first narrow vertical channel wherein said narrow insertion slot and said narrow vertical channel are sized to receive a narrow card inserted in a portrait orientation, wherein said card has a front and a back and the front contains information, wherein said card is removeably inserted in said narrow vertical channel through said narrow insertion slot, and wherein said card is retained in said narrow vertical channel by a plurality of retaining/seating surfaces,
- a wide insertion slot connected with a second wide vertical channel wherein said wide insertion slot and said wide vertical channel are sized to receive a wide card inserted in a portrait orientation, wherein said card has a front and a back and the front contains information, wherein said card is removeably inserted in said wide vertical channel through said wide insertion slot, and wherein said back of said card rests on said retaining/seating surfaces and the front of said card is retained in said wide vertical channel by a plurality of retaining surfaces,
- a narrow insertion slot connected with a first narrow horizontal channel wherein said narrow insertion slot and said narrow horizontal channel are sized to receive a narrow card inserted in a landscape orientation, wherein said card has a front and a back and the front contains information, wherein said card is removeably inserted in said narrow horizontal channel through said narrow insertion slot, and wherein said card is retained in said narrow horizontal channel by a plurality of retaining/seating surfaces,
- a wide insertion slot connected with a second wide horizontal channel wherein said wide insertion slot and said wide horizontal channel are sized to receive a wide card inserted in a landscape orientation, wherein said card has a front and a back and the front contains information, wherein said card is removeably inserted in said wide horizontal channel through said wide insertion slot, and wherein said back of said card rests on said retaining/seating surfaces and the front of said card is retained in said wide vertical channel by a plurality of retaining surfaces,
- and a clear, rigid card protection plate connected with said bi-directional card holder.
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A bi-directional card holder, comprising:
- a narrow insertion slot connected with a first narrow vertical channel wherein said narrow insertion slot and said narrow vertical channel are sized to receive a narrow card inserted in a portrait orientation, wherein said card has a front and a back and the front contains information, wherein said card is removeably inserted in said narrow vertical channel through said narrow insertion slot, and wherein said card is retained in said narrow vertical channel by a plurality of retaining/seating surfaces,
- a narrow insertion slot connected with a first narrow horizontal channel wherein said narrow insertion slot and said narrow horizontal channel are sized to receive a narrow card inserted in a landscape orientation, wherein said card has a front and a back and the front contains information, wherein said card is removeably inserted in said narrow horizontal channel through said narrow insertion slot, and wherein said card is retained in said narrow horizontal channel by a plurality of retaining/seating surfaces.
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