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US 6,302,777 B1Granted
Coin holder
AssigneeUnitylab Inc.
InventorRomeo Zoldan
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Abstract
A coin holding apparatus includes a disk shaped casing and a locking ring. The casing defines three coin wells, each having upper and lower openings thereby having storage for six different coins in a compact casing. The locking ring rotates on the casing to open or close coin well openings to retain coins held within the casing or permit their removal.
Claims12
A coin holding apparatus comprising:
- (a) a disk shaped casing comprising an upper wall, a lower wall and a peripheral wall, wherein said casing defines at least one internal coin well for receiving a substantially circular coin of a certain diameter and thickness, said coin well having an opening which:
- i. opens through a gap in the peripheral wall wherein the width of said gap is larger than the diameter of the coin and the height of said gap is larger than the thickness of the coin;
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- ii. opens through the upper wall such that an outer portion of the coin well is open through the opening and an inner portion of the coin well is covered by the casing;
- (b) a band which encircles and rotationally engages the casing peripheral wall and which comprises at least one projection along a portion of the band wherein said band is rotatable between a closed position where the at least one projection blocks the peripheral surface gap of the at least one opening thereby blocking lateral removal of a coin from the coin well and an open position where the at least one projection does not block the peripheral surface gap;
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- (c) a retaining disk which is positioned within the at least one coin well and which is moveable vertically within the coin well;
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- (d) biasing means for urging the disk towards the upper wall of the casing.
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A coin holding apparatus comprising:
- (a) a circular casing having a top side and a bottom side and internal walls defining three coin wells, each coin well having a first opening through the top side and a second opening through the bottom side, wherein each opening is sized to permit a coin to be slid into and out of the coin well laterally but not vertically;
- (b) a first disc and a second disc each disposed in each coin well and each moveable vertically within each coin well;
- (c) biasing means for spreading each first and second disc pair apart within each coin well;
- (d) a band which rotationally engages the circumference of the casing, wherein said band defines six projections, each projection corresponding to an opening, and wherein said band is moveable between a closed position where each projection blocks its corresponding opening to prevent lateral movement of a coin positioned within the coin well and an open position where the projection does not block its corresponding opening.
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