CA2354650C - Multi-card protector, holder, dispenser - Google Patents
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Abstract
A one piece moulded device for protecting, housing and dispensing a plurality of cards.
The front wall of the housing is flexible and has an opening and slot for the easy loading and dispensing of cards. While holding the device in one hand the cards can be easily manually removed one or more at a time by simply pushing the cards up with the forefinger through the hole in the back wall, and simultaneously pushing forward with the thumb, of the same hand, in the slot opening in the front wall of the device to produce a card(s).
Favourable features of this invention are that it is very inexpensive to produce out of a one piece mould, modern and aesthetically pleasing in appearance, and there are no parts to be assembled.
The front wall of the housing is flexible and has an opening and slot for the easy loading and dispensing of cards. While holding the device in one hand the cards can be easily manually removed one or more at a time by simply pushing the cards up with the forefinger through the hole in the back wall, and simultaneously pushing forward with the thumb, of the same hand, in the slot opening in the front wall of the device to produce a card(s).
Favourable features of this invention are that it is very inexpensive to produce out of a one piece mould, modern and aesthetically pleasing in appearance, and there are no parts to be assembled.
Description
DESCRIPTION
This invention relates to a multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device which is capable of holding a plurality of cards and effectively dispensing them outwardly one or more at a time.
The user can easily hold the device in one hand, and with up-ward pressure from the forefinger applied through the hole in the rear wall of the device can then raise the plurality of cards within, in preparation for easy exit, and simultaneously applying a forward sliding motion and pressure with the thumb in the slot opening of the top front wall window is able to produce a cards) from the plurality of stacked cards therein.
The remaining cards are retained within the body of the de-vice by the top wall and the additional inward pressure of the flexible front wall.
The dimensional relationship between the exit rail and the upward pressure of the forefinger and the thumbs forward sliding pressure provides for an arrangement which allows only one or a few selected cards at a time to be stripped from the exit location of the device while effectively maintaining the remaining cards within the body of the device.
This device can be very inexpensive to manufacture in a one piece mould, and from a wide array of materials such as card-board, plastic, metal, and especially recycled materials.
Recycled materials are beneficial since they help protect our environment.
Business cards are an essential means of communication and promotion in todays business environment, net working and social events~making it advantages and necessary for people to carry a plurality of business cards to distribute in a professional manner.
Business cards are easily damaged when loosely carried be-comming frayed, soiled or discoloured, and damaged cards are very unprofessional.
In the past there have been numerous attempts to provide hand-held card carriers and dispensers which serve to house a plurality of cards for dispensing when needed. However, many such prior art dispensers have not only proven to be awkward, but are expensive to produce and also quite often get lost or displaced. Business card dispenser designs in most cases are complicated to justify manufacturing costs, awkward to refill, or too expensive to purchase for every-one. There is therefore a hungry need for an inexpensive and aesthetically pleasing, easy to load and dispensing device for protecting, housing and dispensing card like media.
OBJECTS & ADVANTAGES
Accordingly, several objects and advantages of this invention are .
A. to provide a multi-card protector, holder and dispenser that is inexpensive to manufacture and very affordable for everyone.
B. to provide a multi-card protector, holder and dispenser capable of easily manually dispensing one or more cards at a time, and then easy to refill.
C. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that can be held in one hand and capable of dispensing cards with only the forefinger and thumb of that same hand.
D. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that is compact in size, lightweight, aesthetically pleasing in design, modern,and easy to carry in any pocket.
E. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that is capable of dispensing cards of various thickness.
F. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that will be available in various colours, or transparent.
Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the ensuing descriptions and drawings.
5j 10 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings which illustrate the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out the present invention.
FIG. 1 is an angled perspective view showing the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device of the inventions and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof showing the normal inward position of the front wall holding all the cards in place. FIG. 2 also shows the outward flex of the front wall.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device showing the front wall with the window opening and slot for the thumb . and FIG. 4 i~s a rear view thereof showing the hole for the fore-finger of that same hand.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser . and FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.
FIG. 7 is a sketch of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device showing the one hand held device applying upward forefinger and forward sliding thumb pressure to dispense a card one or more at a time from the case.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TIE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularily to FIG. 1, an angled perspective view of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device of the invention.
As will herein after be more fully described, the invention provides for a multi-card protector, holder and dispensing device which is capable of receiving a plurality of cards, holding them and effectively dispensing them one or more at a time from the housing of a one piece moulded case.
While held in one hand a person will apply upward pressure with the forefinger to raise the cards therein in preparation for exit and simualtaneously initiate a forward sliding pre-ssure with the thumb, of the same hand, to effectively dis-pense one or more cards) at a time as shown in sketch FIG.
7 , 15 and 16 .
- Referring now again to FIG. 1 the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device which defines a perspective and angled view with a cavity therein.
It has opposing front 8 and rear FIG. 4 walls. The front wall 8 has an opening 11. for receiving and dispensing a plur-ality of cards 13. The body of the housing further includes opposing side walls FIG. 2, also top FIG. 5 and bottom FIG.
6 opposing walls. Further included in the front 8 wall is a slot 12 to allow the thumb FIG. 7, 15 and 16 to apply forward sliding pressure to dispense the cards) 13 out of the window opening 11, one or more at a time. The hole 10, in the rear wall FIG. 4. allows the forefinger of a persons hand FIG.
7, 15, to enter and apply upward pressure raising the cards 13 therein to clear the top wall FIG. 5 for an easy outward exit as shown in sketch FIG. 7, 16.
- Referring now to FIG. 2, the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device which defines a side view with opposing side walls.
14 is a side view of the front wall 8 in its normal inwardly resting position, and also to hold the cards 13 therein in place. 9 is a side view of that same front wall 8, but man-ually pulled outward to allow easy entry and loading through space 11 for a pluality of cards 13 into the cavity of the case FIG. 1. The hole 10. in the rear wall FIG. 4 allows the forefinger to enter and push the cards 13 up for easy exit. 13 is a side view of a plurality of cards therein.
Referring now to FIG. 3. the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a front view of the invention.
11, is the open front window space to allow easy entry and exit for a plurality of cards 13. The front wall 8 is flex-ible and has an open slot 12, to allow a person's thumb FIG.
15 and 16 gripping space and to slide forward to dispense the cards) 13 one or more at a time. The hole 10 in the rear wall FIG. 4 is for entry of a persons forefinger FIG. 7, 15 to push the stack of cardSl3 upward to clear the top wall FIG. 5 for easy card dispensing.
- Referring now to FIG. 4, the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a rear view of the invention showing the hole 10 in the rear wall FIG. 4, for the entry of a per-son's forefinger FIG. 7, 15 to push the stack of cards 13 up-ward in preparation for easy dispensing over the top wall FIG. 5, one or more cards at a time.
- Referring now to FIG. 5, the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a top view of the invention.
Referring now to FIG. 6, the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a bottom view of the invention.
- Referring now to FIG. 7, the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device are sketches showing the one hand held device dispensing a cards) 13. FIG. 7, 15 shows the fore-finger entering the hole 10 in FIG. 1, to push the cards up-ward, raising the cards 13 for clearance over the top wall FIG. 5, and simultaneously the persons thumb is cocked FIG.
7, 15 and will apply a forward sliding pressure FIG. 7, 16 to dispense a cards) 13 from the top of the plurality of stacked cards within the case FIG. 1.
SUMMARY
It can therefore be seen that the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device of the invention does provide effective means for receiving a plurality of cards, housing them, and then when required to dispense them one or more at a time from a cavity of the moulded one piece housing. In the device is an open window and slot in the front wall and a hole in the rear wall to allow the co-ordinated manip-ulation of the thumb and finger on one hand of any person to neatly and quickly strip a cards) from the top of the stack of cards without any jamming during the dispensing procedure.
The multi-card protester. holder and dispenser device is light and compact in size and can be easily and conveniently carried in numerous places, pockets, hand-held wallets, brief cases, etc.
The multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device is mass produced from a mould in one piece, having no parts for assembly, consequently making it very inexpensive to produce and very affordable and convenient for everyone.
For these reasons the invention is believed to represent a significant advancement in the art which does have substan-cial commercial merit.
While there is shown and described herein certain specific structure embodying the invention, it will be manifest to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the un-derlying inventive concept and that the same is not limited to the paricular forms shown and described except insofar as indicated by the scope of the appended claims.
This invention relates to a multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device which is capable of holding a plurality of cards and effectively dispensing them outwardly one or more at a time.
The user can easily hold the device in one hand, and with up-ward pressure from the forefinger applied through the hole in the rear wall of the device can then raise the plurality of cards within, in preparation for easy exit, and simultaneously applying a forward sliding motion and pressure with the thumb in the slot opening of the top front wall window is able to produce a cards) from the plurality of stacked cards therein.
The remaining cards are retained within the body of the de-vice by the top wall and the additional inward pressure of the flexible front wall.
The dimensional relationship between the exit rail and the upward pressure of the forefinger and the thumbs forward sliding pressure provides for an arrangement which allows only one or a few selected cards at a time to be stripped from the exit location of the device while effectively maintaining the remaining cards within the body of the device.
This device can be very inexpensive to manufacture in a one piece mould, and from a wide array of materials such as card-board, plastic, metal, and especially recycled materials.
Recycled materials are beneficial since they help protect our environment.
Business cards are an essential means of communication and promotion in todays business environment, net working and social events~making it advantages and necessary for people to carry a plurality of business cards to distribute in a professional manner.
Business cards are easily damaged when loosely carried be-comming frayed, soiled or discoloured, and damaged cards are very unprofessional.
In the past there have been numerous attempts to provide hand-held card carriers and dispensers which serve to house a plurality of cards for dispensing when needed. However, many such prior art dispensers have not only proven to be awkward, but are expensive to produce and also quite often get lost or displaced. Business card dispenser designs in most cases are complicated to justify manufacturing costs, awkward to refill, or too expensive to purchase for every-one. There is therefore a hungry need for an inexpensive and aesthetically pleasing, easy to load and dispensing device for protecting, housing and dispensing card like media.
OBJECTS & ADVANTAGES
Accordingly, several objects and advantages of this invention are .
A. to provide a multi-card protector, holder and dispenser that is inexpensive to manufacture and very affordable for everyone.
B. to provide a multi-card protector, holder and dispenser capable of easily manually dispensing one or more cards at a time, and then easy to refill.
C. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that can be held in one hand and capable of dispensing cards with only the forefinger and thumb of that same hand.
D. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that is compact in size, lightweight, aesthetically pleasing in design, modern,and easy to carry in any pocket.
E. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that is capable of dispensing cards of various thickness.
F. to provide a mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser that will be available in various colours, or transparent.
Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the ensuing descriptions and drawings.
5j 10 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings which illustrate the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out the present invention.
FIG. 1 is an angled perspective view showing the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device of the inventions and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof showing the normal inward position of the front wall holding all the cards in place. FIG. 2 also shows the outward flex of the front wall.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device showing the front wall with the window opening and slot for the thumb . and FIG. 4 i~s a rear view thereof showing the hole for the fore-finger of that same hand.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser . and FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.
FIG. 7 is a sketch of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device showing the one hand held device applying upward forefinger and forward sliding thumb pressure to dispense a card one or more at a time from the case.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TIE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularily to FIG. 1, an angled perspective view of the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device of the invention.
As will herein after be more fully described, the invention provides for a multi-card protector, holder and dispensing device which is capable of receiving a plurality of cards, holding them and effectively dispensing them one or more at a time from the housing of a one piece moulded case.
While held in one hand a person will apply upward pressure with the forefinger to raise the cards therein in preparation for exit and simualtaneously initiate a forward sliding pre-ssure with the thumb, of the same hand, to effectively dis-pense one or more cards) at a time as shown in sketch FIG.
7 , 15 and 16 .
- Referring now again to FIG. 1 the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device which defines a perspective and angled view with a cavity therein.
It has opposing front 8 and rear FIG. 4 walls. The front wall 8 has an opening 11. for receiving and dispensing a plur-ality of cards 13. The body of the housing further includes opposing side walls FIG. 2, also top FIG. 5 and bottom FIG.
6 opposing walls. Further included in the front 8 wall is a slot 12 to allow the thumb FIG. 7, 15 and 16 to apply forward sliding pressure to dispense the cards) 13 out of the window opening 11, one or more at a time. The hole 10, in the rear wall FIG. 4. allows the forefinger of a persons hand FIG.
7, 15, to enter and apply upward pressure raising the cards 13 therein to clear the top wall FIG. 5 for an easy outward exit as shown in sketch FIG. 7, 16.
- Referring now to FIG. 2, the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device which defines a side view with opposing side walls.
14 is a side view of the front wall 8 in its normal inwardly resting position, and also to hold the cards 13 therein in place. 9 is a side view of that same front wall 8, but man-ually pulled outward to allow easy entry and loading through space 11 for a pluality of cards 13 into the cavity of the case FIG. 1. The hole 10. in the rear wall FIG. 4 allows the forefinger to enter and push the cards 13 up for easy exit. 13 is a side view of a plurality of cards therein.
Referring now to FIG. 3. the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a front view of the invention.
11, is the open front window space to allow easy entry and exit for a plurality of cards 13. The front wall 8 is flex-ible and has an open slot 12, to allow a person's thumb FIG.
15 and 16 gripping space and to slide forward to dispense the cards) 13 one or more at a time. The hole 10 in the rear wall FIG. 4 is for entry of a persons forefinger FIG. 7, 15 to push the stack of cardSl3 upward to clear the top wall FIG. 5 for easy card dispensing.
- Referring now to FIG. 4, the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a rear view of the invention showing the hole 10 in the rear wall FIG. 4, for the entry of a per-son's forefinger FIG. 7, 15 to push the stack of cards 13 up-ward in preparation for easy dispensing over the top wall FIG. 5, one or more cards at a time.
- Referring now to FIG. 5, the multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a top view of the invention.
Referring now to FIG. 6, the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device is a bottom view of the invention.
- Referring now to FIG. 7, the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device are sketches showing the one hand held device dispensing a cards) 13. FIG. 7, 15 shows the fore-finger entering the hole 10 in FIG. 1, to push the cards up-ward, raising the cards 13 for clearance over the top wall FIG. 5, and simultaneously the persons thumb is cocked FIG.
7, 15 and will apply a forward sliding pressure FIG. 7, 16 to dispense a cards) 13 from the top of the plurality of stacked cards within the case FIG. 1.
SUMMARY
It can therefore be seen that the mufti-card protector, holder and dispenser device of the invention does provide effective means for receiving a plurality of cards, housing them, and then when required to dispense them one or more at a time from a cavity of the moulded one piece housing. In the device is an open window and slot in the front wall and a hole in the rear wall to allow the co-ordinated manip-ulation of the thumb and finger on one hand of any person to neatly and quickly strip a cards) from the top of the stack of cards without any jamming during the dispensing procedure.
The multi-card protester. holder and dispenser device is light and compact in size and can be easily and conveniently carried in numerous places, pockets, hand-held wallets, brief cases, etc.
The multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device is mass produced from a mould in one piece, having no parts for assembly, consequently making it very inexpensive to produce and very affordable and convenient for everyone.
For these reasons the invention is believed to represent a significant advancement in the art which does have substan-cial commercial merit.
While there is shown and described herein certain specific structure embodying the invention, it will be manifest to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the un-derlying inventive concept and that the same is not limited to the paricular forms shown and described except insofar as indicated by the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (3)
1. A multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device comprising a housing defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of cards stacked therein, the housing comprising opposing front and rear walls, opposing side walls, and opposing top and bottom walls, the front wall having an opening for receiving and dispensing a plurality of cards, the front wall having a slot to allow a person's thumb to apply pressure to dispense a top card of a stack of cards, the device further comprising a hole in the rear wall for receiving a fore-finger of a person's hand so that the pressure may be applied to the stack of cards to raise the stack of cards.
2. The multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device as set forth in claim #1 further characterized in that it has a series of ridges on the outside of the side walls, for better gripping.
3. The multi-card protector, holder and dispenser device as set forth in claims #1 and #2 futher caharacterized in that it is a one piece device from a mold having no additional parts to be assembled, consequently being very inexpensive to produce.
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