An improved key
OwnerFrancesco Ortolaninventor
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Abstract
A key includes a key-shaped supporting structure, made of a metal material, which includes a stem and a head having an opening therethrough, the opening being entirely laterally delimited by inner side walls extending from one face of the head to the other; and an insert, made of a polymeric material, which includes an identification system and which is removably inserted into the opening of the head, the insert having at least one section protruding from the inner side walls of the opening and laterally projecting with respect to the opening, thus abutting against a part of the head portion provided about the opening.
Claims21
-45. (canceled)
An improved key comprising:
- a key-shaped supporting structure, made of a metal material, comprising a stem and a head, the head being provided with a through opening extending to opposite faces of the head through a thickness of the head, the through opening being entirely laterally delimited by inner side walls extending from a first one of the opposite faces of the head to a second one of the opposite faces;
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- an insert, made of a polymeric material, comprising an identification system, the insert being removably inserted into the through opening of the head,
- wherein the insert comprises at least one section protruding from the inner side walls of the through opening and laterally projecting with respect to the through opening, thus abutting against a part of a portion of the head provided about the through opening, the insert accommodating the identification system removably therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.