Card-holding and money clip device
OwnerScott T. Kaminskiinventor
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Abstract
A combination money clip and card holder adapted to retain paper currency and to removably store flexible cards such as credit cards. The product is constructed of three extrudeable plastic material parts that are easily assembled to produce a durable, smooth exterior surface. The product is light weight and of a size to be conveniently carried in a pocket or purse.
Claims17
A holder for securely and simultaneously retaining flexible articles and rigid cards, said holder comprising:
- a) a nominally rectangular and nominally flat planar first panel having interior and exterior surfaces, a lip extending nominally around three edges of said first panel along said interior surfaces, said lip being at right angles to the plane of said first panel;
- b) a nominally rectangular and nominally flat planar second panel having interior and exterior surfaces, a lip extending nominally around three edges of said second panel along said interior surface and configured to form a mirror image of said first panel, said second panel being adapted to be attached to said first panel along said three edges to form an open-ended enclosure of sufficient size to store said rigid cards within said interior of said enclosure, said enclosure being nominally rectangular with two longitudinal sides, an open end, and a closed end;
- c) a resilient article retaining member having an attached end and a free end extending from one end of said enclosure and over the exterior of said first panel, said free end of said article retaining member being biased toward said exterior surface of said first panel;
- wherein said first panel and said second panel each has lips of varying thickness.
A holder for securely and simultaneously retaining foldable articles and rigid cards, said holder comprising:
- a) a first panel comprising a concave first wall bonded to a second panel comprising a concave second wall forming a cavity, said cavity being nominally rectangular and having two longitudinal sides, an open end and a closed end, said cavity being of predetermined size to store rigid cards, said cards being inserted into and removed from said holder through said open end, b) a resilient article retaining member extending from the exterior of and at one end of said first panel and over said first panel, said article retaining member being biased toward said exterior of said first panel.
A method of forming a holder for securely and simultaneously retaining flexible articles and rigid cards comprising the steps of:
- a) forming a first panel with interior and exterior surfaces, lips extending from the interior surface of said first panel, a retaining channel, said lips having flat surfaces along three sides of said first panel;
- b) forming a second panel with interior and exterior surfaces, lips extending from the interior surface of said second panel, said lips having flat surfaces along three sides of said second panel;
- c) forming a resilient retaining member having a bowed end, a flat midsection and a proximal end;
- d) passing said retaining member through said retaining channel in said first panel with said bowed distal end and flat midsection extending to the exterior of said first panel and with said proximal end within the interior of said first panel;
- e) aligning said first and second panels with said interior surfaces toward each other and aligning said lips on each panel to be engaged with each other;
- f) bonding said first and second panels together at said lips to form said holder with an interior enclosure between the interior surfaces of said panels and an exterior retaining member at the exterior of said first panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.