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US 6,328,171 B1Granted
Multiple medal holder
OwnerWayne Marc Coppelinventor
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A plurality of medals with attached neck-ribbons are displayed on a multiple display holder that includes a display board (10) having a plurality of slot (11) and aperture (13) pairs. A hook-clip (14), used for securing the medal and its neck ribbon to the display board and formed from a unitary length of wire made of metal or other material, has a small “u”-shaped hook portion (18) at one end and a large “u”-shaped clip portion (19) at its opposite end. The hook-clip is inserted through a selected aperture s,o that the hook portion protrudes from the front face of the display board and the clip portion protrudes from the back side of the board. When the neck ribbon attached to a medal is inserted through the slot associated with the selected aperture, the hook portion on the front face of the board provides a hook onto which the medal can be hung while the clip portion on the back side of the board provides a region (22) within which the ribbon can be held when it is wound-up or otherwise gathered. The display board can be configured in various ways and made of various materials and can be wall or table mounted. Multiple boards can be affixed together to form a freestanding multi-board, three-dimensional device.
Apparatus comprising a display board having a plurality of slot and aperture pairs, and a plurality of hook-clips, each hook-clip having a hook portion and a clip portion and being shaped such that when the hook-clip is inserted through a selected aperture so that the hook portion protrudes from a front face of the display board and the clip portion protrudes from a rear face of the display board and a neck ribbon attached to a medal is inserted through the slot associated with the selected aperture, the hook portion provides a hook onto which the medal can be hung and the clip portion provides a region within which the neck ribbon can be held.
Apparatus comprising:
A hook-clip comprising a small “u”-shaped hook portion, a larger “u”-shaped clip portion, and an interstitial arcuate portion between the hook and clip portions, the hook and clip portions being positioned with respect to each other through the interstitial arcuate portion such that when the hook-clip is inserted through an aperture in a display board so that the hook portion protrudes from a front face of the display board and the clip portion protrudes from a rear face of the display board, the hook portion provides a hook onto which a medal can be hung and the clip portion provides a region within which a neck ribbon attached to the medal which has been inserted through a slot in the display board can be held, the “u”-shaped hook portion and the “u”-shaped clip portion having mouths that are dimensioned so that when the hook-clip is inserted through the aperture in the display board the distance the clip portion protrudes from the rear face of the display board is significantly larger than the distance the hook portion protrudes from the front face of the display board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.