Device and method for storing keys
OwnerBetty J. Scheinemaninventor
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Abstract
A device and method for storing a set of keys in the compartment of a purse are disclosed. The device includes a flexible member, a key retaining device attached to one end of the flexible member and an end piece attached to the other end of the flexible member. The method of the invention includes attaching one or more keys to the key retaining device, lowering the key retaining device into the purse compartment and draping the flexible member over the opening of the purse compartment such that the end piece hangs freely outside the purse compartment.
Claims11
A device that can be used for carrying keys in the compartment of a purse, such compartment having a bottom at one end, surrounding sides and an opening at the other end, comprising:
- a key retaining device to which such keys can be attached;
- an end piece;
- and
- a long, flexible member connected at one end to said key retaining device and at the other end to said end piece, the length and flexibility of said member being such that when said key retaining device carrying such keys rests on the bottom of such compartment, a portion of said member including said other end of said member can extend over the sides of and outside such compartment through the opening therein with said end piece hanging freely outside such compartment, and the combined weight of such end piece and such portion of said member being less than that required to cause said key retaining device to be forced by gravity off of such bottom of such compartment.
A method for carrying keys in a purse compartment having a bottom at one end, surrounding sides and an opening at the other end using a device that includes a flexible member, a key retaining device at one end of the flexible member and an end piece at the other end of the flexible member, the method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a key to the key retaining device;
- lowering the key retaining device with the key attached into the purse compartment such that the key retaining device carrying such key rests on the bottom of such purse compartment;
- and
- draping the flexible member over the sides of and outside such purse compartment through such opening such that the end piece hangs freely outside the purse compartment.
A device that can be used for carrying keys in the bottom of a compartment of a purse, comprising:
- a split link to which keys can be attached;
- a flat ring made of a soft, durable, flexible plastic material and having an inner diameter substantially smaller than its outer diameter, such inner diameter being at least large enough for a human finger to pass through said ring;
- a plastic loop having a clevislike strap portion attached to said flat ring by a pin extending through said flat ring and secured at both ends to said strap portion of said plastic loop;
- a continuous ring attached to said flat ring by said plastic loop;
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- a long, flexible member connected at one end to said split link and at the other end to said continuous ring, the length and flexibility of said flexible member being such that when said split link carrying such keys rests on the bottom of such compartment, said flexible member can extend outside of such compartment with said flat ring hanging freely outside of such compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.