Credit card holder
OwnerJames A. Koreninventor
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Abstract
A protective case partially surrounds one or more credit card sized articles permitting the card to flexed to pop them in and out of the protective holder. The holder has a bottom wall, four lateral walls and a plurality of protrusions that extend inwardly over the bottom wall to retain one or more credit card sized articles in the holder. The bottom wall has an elliptical opening in it to permit the user to insert her/his finger to belly out the card(s) to shorten its/their effective length facilitating removal from the holder. The procedure may be reversed to insert the card back in the holder. A scraper may be formed along a lower edge of one end wall to permit frost removal from the vehicle's windshield using the credit card holder of the present invention.
Claims8
A protective holder for at least one credit card sized article, comprising
- a) a bottom wall with a smooth inner surface;
- b) two lateral walls extending upwardly a short distance from said bottom wall and two end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said end walls being interconnected to said two lateral walls to form four edges which extend orthogonally from said bottom wall;
- c) a plurality of tabs extending inwardly from said two end walls, said tabs overlying a portion of said bottom wall to retain the at least one article in said protective holder, said two lateral walls having no obstructions positioned above said bottom wall;
- d) an opening in said bottom wall, said opening being of a length and width to accommodate a finger of a human hand;
- e) a scraper integrally formed with and extending along an edge of one end wall of said protective holder enabling a user to remove frost from her/his windshield prior to entering her/his vehicle;
- whereby a finger may be inserted into said opening to engage a mid-portion of a first face of the article to flex it outwardly to decrease its effective length to a dimension which may pass said plurality of tabs and thereby permit removal of the article from said holder.
A multi-purpose key chain comprising an article holder including
- a) a bottom wall with a smooth inner surface;
- b) two lateral walls extending upwardly a short distance from said bottom wall and two end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said end walls being interconnected to said two lateral walls to form four edges which extend orthogonally from said bottom wall;
- c) a plurality of tabs extending inwardly from said two end walls, said tabs overlying a portion of said bottom wall to retain the at least one article in said protective holder, said two lateral walls having no obstructions positioned above said bottom wall;
- d) an opening in said bottom wall, said opening being of a length and width to accommodate a finger of a human hand;
- e) a scraper integrally formed with and extending along an edge of one end wall of said multi-purpose key chain enabling a user to remove frost from her/his windshield prior to entering her/his vehicle;
- whereby a finger may be inserted into said opening to engage a mid-portion of a first face of an article to flex it outwardly to decrease its effective length to a dimension which may pass said plurality of tabs and thereby permit removal of the article from said holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.