Key holder
OwnerWade B. Aikeninventor
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Abstract
A key holder consisting of a short tubular member and a single strand, preferably of solid nylon monofilament, passed one or more times through openings of keys and through said tubular member, said strand having end portions extending in opposite directions through the tubular member and terminating in integral enlargements or knobs each of a size to prevent its passage through the tubular member for attaching the strand and the keys mounted thereon to the tubular member. Said knobs or enlargements are formed by subjecting the terminals of the strand to heat, and either terminal portion can be sheared off for detaching the strand from the tubular member and keys.
Claims1
A key holder having two loop portions to retain keys, the holder comprising a tubular member having a bore, elongated strand means of monofilament nylon for engaging said keys, said strand means having a cross-sectional diameter substantially less than the cross-sectional diameter of said bore whereby portions of said strand may be passed three times through the said tubular member, said strand having end portions extending through said bore in opposite directions, the said loop portions being formed by the remainder of the said elongated strand, one loop positioned at one end of said tubular member and another loop positioned at the other end of said tubular member, an integral enlargement means formed on at least one end of said strand for preventing passage of said end through said bore of said tubular member, said integral enlargement means comprising fused nylon formed by heating at least one end of said strand to above the softening point of the strand material to gather a quantity of the monofilament nylon which upon being cooled to ambient temperatures results in said integral enlargement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.