Cylindrical object displaying badge
OwnerRonald D. Laurentinventor
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Abstract
A cylindrical object displaying badge for displaying cylindrical objects known as "pogs" "milk caps" and "slammers" relative to an individual or object. The inventive device includes an inner container having a securing pin coupled to a rear surface thereof for engaging to an object such as an article of clothing. An outer container is pivotally mounted to the inner container and can be opened or closed relative thereto by a snap latch. Each container operates to retain at least one pog or milk cap or slammer therewithin for display through the transparent material of the container. A pair of cover plates close the inner and outer containers to permit displaying of the cylindrical objects with the outer container opened relative to the inner container.
Claims1
A cylindrical object displaying badge comprising:
- an inner container formed of a substantially transparent material;
- an outer container formed of a substantially transparent material pivotally mounted to an edge of the inner container;
- said inner container incorporating a first axial length substantially greater than an axial length of the outer container;
- a closure means for releasably securing the outer container to the inner container in a closed configuration which can be manually released to permit pivoting of the container in an open position;
- an inner transparent retaining plate removably secured to said inner container as a means for releasably securing a first disk-shaped object within said inner container;
- an outer transparent retaining plate removably secured to said outer container as a means for releasably securing a second disk shaped object within the outer container;
- a securing device coupled to a surface of the inner container as a means for mounting the badge to an article of clothing;
- said outer container further comprising a circular outer base plate and substantially cylindrical outer side wall projecting substantially orthogonally from an outer periphery of the outer base plate;
- wherein said outer cylindrical side wall is shaped to define an annual retaining groove adapted to receive the periphery of the outer retainer plate so as to secure the outer retaining plate in a spaced relationship relative to the outer base plate;
- said inn container further comprising a circular inner base plate and substantially cylindrical inner side wall projecting substantially orthogonally from an outer periphery of the inner base plate;
- wherein said inner cylindrical side wall is shaped to define an annual retaining groove adapted to receive the periphery of the inner retainer plate so as to secure the inner retaining plate in a spaced relationship relative to the inner base plate;
- wherein the inner and outer retaining plates each include a lift tab extending from the peripheral thereof toward the center of the plates as a means for facilitating manual removal of the inner and outer retaining plates from the annual groove of the inner and outer containers, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.