Card carrier device and attachment mechanism

A card holder for carrying business cards, credit cards and the like, and removably securable to a flat piece of material such as a pocket flap, belt and the like, said holder comprising:

• a pair of flexible fabric members each having side edges, a top end and a bottom end, said fabric members being attached to each other along said side edges and said bottom ends to define a central cavity therebetween communicating through an end opening defined at said top ends;
• a longitudinal slot disposed in a first of said fabric members and extending from said top end toward the central portion of said first fabric member, said slot defining an access opening to said cavity to enable said cards to be accessed and removed;
• spring bias means disposed on the second of said fabric members and adapted to permit selective attachment of said holder to said material;
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• a fixed raised ridge portion disposed on the interior surface of said second fabric member opposite said slot to create a narrowed neck portion at the center of said cavity by narrowing the width of said cavity to press and firmly hold said cards within said cavity between said raised ridge portion and said first fabric member.

A business card holder selectively attachable to a flat surface such as a pocket, a belt and the like, said holder comprising:

• a pair of substantially rectangularly-shaped pieces of fabric each having longitudinal side edge, a top end and a bottom end, said fabric pieces being stitched together along said side edges and said bottom ends to form an interior cavity sized and shaped to receive said cards therein through an opening formed at the top end thereof;
• a yoke-shaped slot disposed in the upper portion of a first fabric piece and depending from the top end of said holder toward the center of said fabric piece to provide finger access to the cards disposed within said cavity;
• a spring clip secured onto the surface of the second fabric piece and having a sloped tongue biased toward the surface of said second piece to provide a means for slidingly engaging and securely maintaining said holder against said flat surface;
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• a raised ridge projecting from the interior surface of said second fabric piece and formed by the inward deformation of said second fabric piece resulting from the attachment of said spring clip to said second fabric piece, said raised ridge creating a narrowed neck portion at the center of said cavity to press against and slightly bend the cards disposed within said cavity to maintain said cards securely therewithin.