Key holder
OwnerTayhugh L. Yanginventor
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Abstract
A key case for holding and enclosing one or more keys in a more orderly, compact manner while allowing ease of selection, freedom of use, and ease of restorage after use. This is accomplished using a single, triangularly shaped key-holder, which holds all the keys in the key case, and attaching it at one corner to the body of the key case by a double-hinge, universal pivot mechanism, with the keys being stored in face-to-face engagement in an "upside-down" disposition (FIG. 3). The triangular key holder in storage disposition allows for a reduction in size of the key case and further incorporates semicircular corners at its base to facilitate control and separation of the keys while a key is being put in use (FIG. 1).
Claims18
A key holder for holding a plurality of keys, having holes in them at their bases, comprising:
- a backing;
- a triangularly shaped, rigid, at least generally flat, loop keyholder means forming a flat, triangular shape having a base and two interconnecting legs for holding the keys when looped through the holes in them;
- and
- attachment means connected to the apex corner of said triangular shaped loop means for attaching said loop means at said legs to said backing, but allowing it to pivot about said backing at said apex corner.
A key holder for holding a plurality of keys, having holes in them at their bases, comprising:
- a backing;
- rigid loop keyholder means forming at least generally a closed shape having a base and at least two interconnecting legs for holding the keys when looped through the holes in them;
- and
- attachment means connected to the interconnecting portion of said legs of said loop means for attaching said loop means at said legs to said backing, but allowing it to pivot about said backing;
- said attachment means comprising a double set of pivots transversely mounted together allowing movement of said loop means about two separate axes of rotation in arcs in two perpendicular planes.
A key holder for holding a plurality of keys, having holes in them at their bases, comprising:
- a backing;
- a rigid, loop keyholder means forming at least generally a closed shape having a base and at least two return legs attached to said base for holding the keys when looped through the holes in them;
- and
- attachment means connected to said loop means for attaching said loop means to said backing, but allowing it to pivot about said backing;
- said loop means having semicircular corners at the intersections of said legs with said base.
A key holder for holding a plurality of keys, having holes in them at their bases, comprising:
- a backing;
- a rigid, loop keyholder means forming at least generally a closed shape having a base and at least two interconnecting legs for holding the keys when looped through the holes in them;
- said backing including a case body capable of enclosing said loop means and its keys during storage;
- and
- attachment means connected to the interconnecting portion of said legs of said loop means for attaching said loop means at said legs to said backing, but allowing it to pivot about said backing;
- the keys being stored in an upside-down disposition with their bases lying at said base and their shanks extending upwardly toward said attachment means.
A key holder for holding a plurality of keys, having holes in them at their bases, comprising:
- a backing;
- a rigid, loop keyholder means forming at least generally a closed shape having a base and at least two interconnecting legs for holding the keys when looped through the holes in them;
- and
- attachment means connected to the interconnecting portion of said legs of said loop means for attaching said loop means at said legs to said backing, but allowing it to pivot about said backing;
- said loop means including a spring latching mechanism connecting said two legs together attached to one leg and hooking back over the other leg, allowing keys to be added to and removed from said loop means.
A key holder for holding a plurality of keys having holes in them at their bases, comprising:
- a backing;
- rigid loop key holder means for holding the keys when looped through the holes in them, and
- attachment means connected to said loop means and said backing for attaching said loop means to said backing but allowing it to pivot about said backing, said attachment means comprising a double set of pivots transversely mounted together allowing movement of said loop means about two separate axes of rotation in arcs in two perpendicular planes.
The method of holding and storing keys having holes in them at their bases, in a pocket key case, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a key holder having a backing, a rigid, at least generally flat, loop keyholder having a base leg passing through the holes in the keys, said backing including a case body capable of enclosing said loop means and its keys during storage, and attachment means for pivotally attaching said loop keyholder to said backing at a position substantially removed from said base leg;
- (b) in use, grasping the desired key to be used and allowing said base leg to swing up above said attachment means and away from said backing about said attachment means;
- (c) after use, moving said base leg down and below said attachment means down against said backing and moving the keys up to an upside down disposition so that their shanks extend up away from said base leg toward said attachment means and along said backing for storage in the pocket key case;
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- (d) enclosing said case body about said loop means and its keys while the keys are in their upside down disposition for storage in the pocket key case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.