Battery holder
OwnerStephen Paul Tollmaninventor
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Abstract
A battery holder includes a tubular sleeve defining a longitudinal inner passage having a longitudinal axis and dimensioned to retain a plurality of batteries in a single linear array. In one embodiment it is necessary to insert a spent battery at a first end of the sleeve in order to eject a new battery from a second end of the sleeve and the holder has a barrier extending across the second end of the sleeve, to prevent a battery being pushed out of the holder in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the barrier being arranged to retain the battery in a holding space at the second end of the sleeve, from where it may be pushed out of the holder through a first opening in the sleeve. The battery holder provides for a more secure containment of batteries.
Claims27
A battery holder, comprising a sleeve defining a longitudinal inner passage having a longitudinal axis and having a generally rectangular and generally uniform cross section along its length, wherein:
- the sleeve comprises a first major face, or parts thereof, opposed to a second major face and a first minor face opposed to a second minor face, with the respective pairs of opposed faces being arranged to, in use, maintain batteries of a size the holder is intended to accommodate within the sleeve in a single linear array and to prevent the batteries riding over each other within the sleeve;
- the sleeve has a first end open to receive a battery;
- the sleeve has a second end, opposite to the first end, the second end of the sleeve having a barrier, or partial barrier, across the second end of the sleeve to prevent batteries from being pushed out of the holder in the direction of the longitudinal axis;
- the barrier, or partial barrier, together with at least two opposed faces of the sleeve are arranged to retain a battery in a holding space in the sleeve at the second end of the sleeve;
- the second end of the sleeve has a first opening dimensioned to permit a battery in the holding space to be pushed therethrough, with a second opening opposed to the first opening, or a region opposed to the first opening, being arranged to permit a user to apply pressure to the battery, in order to push the battery from the holding space so that the battery either extends out of the first opening in the holder, to a position where the battery may be pulled out of the holder, or where the battery is pushed totally out of the battery holder through the first opening.
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A battery holder for receiving and storing spent batteries, the battery holder comprising a sleeve defining a longitudinal inner passage having a longitudinal axis and having a generally rectangular and generally uniform cross section along its length, wherein:
- the sleeve comprises a first major face, or parts thereof, opposed to a second major face and a first minor face opposed to a second minor face, with the opposed faces being arranged to, in use, maintain batteries of a size the holder is intended to accommodate within the sleeve in a single linear array and to prevent the batteries riding over each other within the sleeve;
- the sleeve has a first end arranged to receive a spent battery;
- the sleeve has a second closed end;
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- wherein the battery holder further comprises a first protrusion extending into the passage from one of said faces and positioned towards the first end of the sleeve, approximately in line with or slightly outward of the end of the first major face, or parts thereof, so that the first protrusion will retain a battery in the passage towards the first end of the sleeve and acts to retain the battery in the passage in a position where the battery is substantially concealed by the major faces of the sleeve, to prevent a person being able to obtain sufficient purchase on the battery to be able to remove the battery from the first end of the sleeve, the first protrusion being sufficiently resilient, or sufficiently resiliently mounted, to permit a battery to be pushed into the sleeve past the first protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.