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US 9,259,065 B2Granted
Case for coins and/or plastic cards
OwnerThomas Wingerter, Katrin Mengelinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a case for coins or plastic cards or documents or similar items with a first and a second hard shell, a joint, pivotally connecting the first and the second hard shell to each other at the edges thereof, a center part pivotally connected to the first and the second hard shell by means of the joint, means for selectively locking the center part to the first hard shell and to the second hard shell.
Claims16
A case for coins or plastic cards or documents or similar objects, comprising:
- a first and a second hard shell (1, 2),
- a joint (7), pivotally connecting the first and the second hard shell (1, 2) with each other at edges thereof, the shells (1, 2) being so designed to pivot about the joint (7) into a closed position,
- a center part (10) which is pivotally connected to the first and the second hard shell (1, 2) by means of the joint (7), the center part being designed to accommodate one or more coins, plastic cards, and other items to be inserted therein or taken therefrom, the first and second shells enclosing the center part in the closed position,
- means for selectively locking (27, 28) the center part (10) to the first hard shell (1) and to the second hard shell (2),
- wherein at least one shell part of the first hard shell (1) and at least one shell part of the second hard shell (2) consist of metal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.