Coin holder
AssigneeVacumet Finishing Inc.
InventorJames J. Wallace
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Abstract
A coin holder having an elongated, cylindrical body which is formed of two integrally molded half-body portions, with each half-body portion having a semi-circular cross section. The semi-circular half-body portions are hingedly connected together along one adjacent edge of each half-body portion by a longitudinal living hinge. One of the half-body portions has a plurality of longitudinally disposed, staggered geometric openings, and an increment gauge so that every coin retained in the coin holder is visible and may be counted. The other half-body portion is provided with a closed wall, on the outer side of which may be carried messages of various types. The two half-body portions are releasably secured together by a latch and lip fastening structure.
Claims11
A molded, polymeric, integral one-piece construction holder for coins, comprising:
- (a) an elongated hollow cylindrical body having an internal circular cross-section of a diameter substantially that of a certain size coin to the retained in the holder, and which body includes two half-body portions, each having a semi-circular cross section;
- (b) a continuous, elongated, integral living hinge member hingedly joining said half-body portions along an adjacent edge of each of said half-body portions;
- (c) each of said half-body portions being provided with a longitudinal free edge and an integral partial end wall;
- (d) one of the half-body portiona being formed with a plurality of geometric openings, which are disposed so that the outer periphery of each coin in the holder is visible, and which are disposed in at least two longitudinal rows, and with the geometric openings in one row being longitudinally offset from the geometric openings in the other row;
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- (e) integral fastener means for releasably locking the two half-body portions in a closed position including an inverted U-shaped latch member on the outer side of one of said half-body portions and extending tangentially from the longitudinal free edge thereof over the other of said half-body portions, and a lip fastener member on the other of said half-body portions and extended outward radially from the longitudinal free edge on said other half-body portion for releasable locking engagement with the latch member when the two half-body portions are swung to a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.