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US 7,000,291 B2Granted
Money clip
OwnerEdward A. Fullerinventor
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Abstract
A money clip comprising a generally flat housing having an internal cavity and an elastic band secured to the housing for encircling and holding a wad a paper money between the band and housing. A magnifying glass is normally concealed within the cavity and is pivotally connected to the housing. The magnifying glass may be manually swung outwardly and inwardly of the cavity, to a location adjacent the housing, through an opening formed in the housing. The magnifying glass may be swung outwardly of the housing temporarily and by manually holding the clip with magnifying glass positioned over an object the print on the object may be read by the user, without disturbing the wad of paper money held by the money clip. Thereafter, the magnifying glass may be swung back into the housing cavity.
Claims6
A money clip comprising:
- a substantially flat housing having an upper wall and a lower wall that are substantially parallel to each other and are spaced apart to form a flat cavity between the walls;
- an opening between the walls for communicating the cavity outwardly of the housing;
- a magnifying glass normally positioned within the housing, in the cavity between the walls in generally parallel arrangement with the walls;
- a hinge pivotally connecting the magnifying glass to the housing so that the magnifying glass may be manually pivoted about the hinge parallel to planes of the walls outwardly of the housing through the opening for extending away from the housing while connected thereto;
- a flexible, elastic band secured with the housing and forming a resilient loop of a size for encircling and resiliently gripping a wad of folded paper money bills, said paper money bills being gripped by the loop forcing the paper money bills against the housing lower wall and the loop;
- whereby the wad of paper money may be immovably held beneath and against the housing while the magnifying glass is manually pivoted outwardly of, and extended closely adjacent, the housing so that the user may manually hold the housing while looking through the magnifying glass, without affecting the position of the money which is held by the clip during the use of the magnifying glass, and the magnifying glass may, upon completion of its use, be pivoted back into the cavity, for storage therein, when not in use, so that the position of the wad of money that is gripped within the loop is not affected when the magnifying glass is stored.
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A money clip comprising:
- a substantially flat housing having an upper wall and a lower wall with a space between the walls to form a cavity;
- an opening between the walls for communicating the cavity outwardly of the housing;
- a magnifying glass normally positioned within the housing, in the cavity between the walls in generally parallel arrangement to the walls;
- a hinge pivotally connecting the magnifying glass to the housing so that the magnifying glass may be manually pivoted about the hinge outwardly of the housing through the opening for extending away from the housing while connected thereto;
- a flexible band secured to the lower wall of the housing for forming a loop of a size for encircling and holding paper money, said paper money being forced by the band against the housing lower wall;
- a lip formed on the periphery of a portion of one of the plates for extending to and being connected to the opposite plate portions for thereby forming a generally flat cavity between the plates for receiving and concealing the magnifying glass when pivoted into the cavity;
- whereby the paper money may be held within the loop between the band and housing while the magnifying glass may be manually extended from the housing when desired for use of the magnifying glass, without affecting the money which is held by the clip during the use of the magnifying glass, and the magnifying glass may, upon completion of its use, be pivoted back into the cavity, for storage therein, when not in use;
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- including a hinge projection formed on the lower plate and a corresponding hinge projection formed on the magnifying glass, with the hinge projections overlapping and being inter-connected by a pivot pin for pivoting the magnifying glass into and out of the housing cavity.
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A money clip comprising:
- a housing formed of a pair of spaced-apart plates that are interconnected along their peripheral edges to form a substantially flat space between the plates, with an opening communicating the space with the exterior of the housing formed by such plates;
- a magnifying glass pivotally connected to at least one of the plates forming the housing for swinging into and out of the space so that the magnifying glass is normally concealed between the plates of the housing and may be manually swung outwardly of the housing to a position adjacent the housing for magnifying use;
- an elastic band connected to the housing plate for holding a wad of money upon the housing;
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- including loops formed on the surface of at least one of the plates through which the elastic band is passed for connecting the band to the housing for resiliently holding a wad of paper money upon the housing;
- whereby the user of the money clip may normally hold a folded wad of paper money upon the clip, with the magnifying glass concealed within the housing and, when desired, may extend the magnifying glass outwardly of the housing, while still keeping the money connected to the money clip while using the magnifying glass for magnifying purposes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.