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US 4,541,528 AGranted
Hinged coin holder
AssigneeProfessional Packaging Limited
InventorGordon W. Holmes
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Abstract
A hinged coin holder having two semi-circular parts hinged together at one curvilinear extremity and releasably joined at the other is improved by the provision of a plurality of internal pockets or compartments which are dimensioned to receive no greater than a predetermined number of coins of a specific denomination, irrespective of the thickness of the coins, so that the maximum desired number of coins may be unerringly packaged in the holder.
Claims13
A holder for disc-like objects constructed of polymeric material and formed by molding as an integral element, comprising:
- an elongate hollow cylindrical body having a generally circular cross-section of diameter substantially that of the disc-like objects to be packaged therein and formed of two semi-circularly cross-sectioned portions hingedly joined together at one common edge and releasably joined together at the other common edge to enable opening of said body to occur at the other common edge and hinging of the two portions relative to each other to occur at the one common edge to gain access to the interior of the body, and
- means defining a plurality of separate object-receiving pockets within the hollow body and each of which is dimensioned to receive no more than a predetermined maximum number of said objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.