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US 2013/0340215 A1Published application
Money clip and method of operating same
OwnerBryan McGourthyinventor
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Abstract
A money clip has a spring, and a pair of arms joined by the spring, wherein at least one of the arms includes at least one recess configured to hold coin currency. The money clip further includes a pair of levers, wherein at least one of the levers is configured to rotate from a retracted position to a deployed position, and wherein the levers support coin currency when in retracted position and are used to open the money clip when in deployed position.
Claims20
A money clip comprising:
- a spring;
- a pair of arms joined by the spring, each arm including at least one recess configured to hold coin currency;
- a pair of levers each configured to rotate from a retracted position to a deployed position;
- wherein the levers support the coin currency when in retracted position and can be pinched together to open the money clip when in deployed position.
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A method of retaining money in a money clip, the method comprising:
- positioning money between legs of a spring;
- joining a pair of arms to the spring, each arm including at least one recess configured to hold coin currency;
- coupling a pair of levers to the respective one of the pair of arms;
- rotating each lever from a retracted position to a deployed position;
- supporting the coin currency when the levers are in the retracted position;
- and
- opening the money clip by pinching the legs of the spring together when the levers are in the deployed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.