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US 2024/0189977 A1Published application
Handheld Gripper
OwnerNoah Hungnessinventor
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Abstract
Provided herein is a handheld device by which to grip a bank card. The device has a front portion or card-holding portion that slides over and removably secures the bank card via a plurality of grippers disposed within. The device has a back portion or handgrip portion where an opening through the handgrip accommodates the fingertips and fingernails of a user for ease in sliding the front portion over the bank card.
Claims20
A device for gripping a bank card, comprising:
- a substantially U-shaped front portion with an open front end and a curved back end;
- a first plurality of grippers formed in apposition on an inner surface of an upper arm of the U-shaped front portion, each of said first plurality of grippers extending downwardly therefrom;
- a second plurality of grippers formed in apposition on an inner surface of a lower arm of the U-shaped front portion, each of said second plurality of grippers extending upwardly therefrom;
- a back portion with an upper surface, a lower surface and a back surface formed on a back end of the lower arm of the U-shaped front portion to extend outwardly in horizontal alignment therefrom.
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A gripping device for a bank card, comprising:
- a card-holding portion with a substantially U-shaped body having an open card-receiving end and a closed arcuate back end and comprising:
- an upper arm with a first pair of grippers depending downwardly from an inner surface thereof and a lower arm with a second pair of grippers extending upwardly from an inner surface thereof, said upper arm and said lower arm extending in parallel from the closed arcuate back end and each having a front end surface that defines the open card-receiving end of the card-holding portion;
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- a handgrip portion with an upper surface, a lower surface and a back surface that is formed from the lower arm and in alignment therewith along a horizontal plane and with an opening formed through the upper surface and the lower surface, said opening shaped to receive fingertips of a user.
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A handheld gripper for a credit card, comprising:
- a card gripping portion comprising an upper arm with an upper front end, a lower arm with a lower front end and a curved back end connecting the upper arm and the lower arm in a parallel relationship whereby the upper front end and the lower front end form a card-receiving opening therein, said upper arm having a first pair of cuboidal grippers depending from its inner surface and said lower arm having a second pair of cuboidal grippers extending upwardly from its inner surface in vertical alignment with the first pair of cuboidal grippers with a vertical distance therebetween sized to removably receive and grip the card;
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- a handheld portion comprising a flat upper surface disposed in parallel with a flat lower surface and a back surface and formed from a lower back end of the lower arm to extend rearwardly along a horizontal plane therefrom, said handheld portion having an opening disposed through the flat upper surface and the flat lower surface shaped to receive fingertips of a user therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.