US 6,601,329 B2Granted

Card holder

OwnerRené Vaudreuilinventor

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Abstract

A card holder for securely linking together an identification card to a validation card so as to prevent fraudulent removal of the identification and validation cards once the latter have been inserted into the card holder. The card holder defines a generally flat and hollow casing. The identification card is adapted to be secured within the casing so that it can be visualized through a window aperture formed therein. A carriage component defining a carriage slot is slidably mounted within the casing inner volume over the first card. The carriage slot is provided with protrusions adapted to cooperate with corresponding notches formed in a marginal upper segment of the validation card for securing the latter to the carriage. The carriage and associated validation card are adapted to slide between a storage configuration wherein the validation card generally overlies the identification card and a display configuration wherein the identification and validation cards are in an offset relationship relative to each other allowing their simultaneous display.

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Dependent claims

A card holder for securely linking together a first card and a second card and for allowing the selective display of said first and second cards, said first card having a generally flat configuration defining a first card first face and an opposed first card second face, said second card having a generally flat configuration defining a second card penpheral edge, a second card marginal section extending from said second card peripheral edge, a second card first face and an opposed second card second face, said card holder comprising:

a first card holding component for holding said first card, said first card holding component being provided with a first card securing means for securing said first card to said first card holding component, said first card securing means including a portion of said card holding component being in restraining contact with at least a portion of both said first card first face and said first card second face, said first card securing means ensuring that once said first card is secured to said first card holding component the removal of said first card from said first card holding component requires a permanent and noticeable modification by tampering of said first card or of said first card holding component;
a second card holding component for holding said second card, said second card holding component being provided with a second card securing means for securing said second card to said second card holding component, said second card securing means ensuring that once said second card is secured to said second card holding component the removal of said second card from said second card holding component requires the destruction of said second card or permanent and noticeable modification by tampering of said second card holding component;
a component linking means for securely linking together said first and second card holding components, said linking means ensuring that once said first and second card holding components are linked together, the separation of said first and second card holding components from each other requires tampering of said component linking means.

A card holder for securely linking together a first card and a second card and for allowing the selective display of said first and second cards, said first card having a generally flat configuration defining a first card first face and an opposed first card second face, said second card having a generally flat configuration defining a second card peripheral edge, a second card marginal section extending from said second card peripheral edge, a second card first face and an opposed second card second face, said card holder comprising:

a first card holding component for holding said first card, said first card holding component being provided with a first card securing means for securing said first card to said first card holding component, said first card securing means ensuring that once said first card is secured to said first card holding component the removal of said first card from said first card holding component requires tampering of said first card or of said first card holding component;
a second card holding component for holding said second card, said second card holding component being provided with a second card securing means for securing said second card to said second card holding component, said second card securing means ensuring that once said second card is secured to said second card holding component the removal of said second card from said second card holding component requires the destruction of said second card or tampering of said second card holding component;
a component linking means for securely linking together said first and second card holding components, said linking means ensuring that once said first and second card holding components are linked together, the separation of said first and second card holding components from each other requires tampering of said component linking means;
said component linking means allowing said first and second card holding components to be moved between a storage configuration wherein said first and second card holding components are in a generally superposed configuration relative to each other and a display configuration wherein at least a section of said first and second cards are in a generally offset relationship relative to each other;
whereby said storage configuration reduces the storage space required for storing said card holder and said display configuration allows the simultaneous display of at least a section of both said first card first face and said second card first face;
said first card holding component including a first component plate, said first component plate defining a plate first surface and an opposed plate second surface, said first card second face being secured to said plate first surface by said first card securing means;
said second card holding component including a carnage component, said carriage component defining a carriage body, said carriage body having a carriage slot extending thereinto, said carnage slot defining a carriage slot first inner surface, an opposed carriage slot second inner surface, a carriage slot upper peripheral edge, a pair of opposed carnage slot side peripheral edges, and a slot insertion axis extending in a direction generally parallel to said carriage slot first and second inner surfaces;
said carriage slot being configured and sized for slidably receiving said second card marginal section with said second card first and second faces in the region of said second card marginal section respectively facing said carriage slot second and first inner surfaces
said second card securing means including a second card-to-carriage locking means located in said carriage slot, said second card-to-carriage locking means ensuring that once said second card marginal section is slidably inserted in said carriage slot the removal of said second card marginal section from said carriage slot requires the destruction of said second card or tampering of said second card holding component.

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A card holder for securely linking together a first card and a second card and for allowing the selective display of said first and second cards, said first card having a generally flat configuration defining a first card first face and an opposed first card second face, said second card having a generally flat configuration defining a second card peripheral edge, a second card marginal section extending from said second card peripheral edge, a second card first face and an opposed second card second face, said card holder comprising:

a generally flat and hollow casing, said casing defining a casing front wall, an opposed casing rear wall, a casing top wall, an opposed casing bottom wall, a pair of casing side walls and a casing inner volume;
said casing rear wall defining a rear wall inner surface and a rear wall outer surface;
said casing front wall having a window aperture extending therethrough;
said casing bottom wall having a bottom wall slot extending therethrough;
a carriage component slidably mounted within said casing inner volume;
a first card securing means for securing said first card to said rear wall inner surface, said first card securing means ensuring that once said first card is secured to said rear wall inner surface the removal of said first card from said rear wall inner surface requires tampering of said first card or of said first card or of said card holder;
a carriage component securing means for securing said second card to said carriage component, said carriage component securing means ensuring that once said second card is secured to said carriage component the removal of said second card from said carriage component requires the destruction of said second card or tampering of said card holder.

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