ES2404134A2 - Card device to save a plurality of cards (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Card device to store a plurality of cards. The present invention relates to a card device for storing a plurality of cards, comprising: - at least one first tubular body provided with at least one oblong opening on its upper face for the passage therethrough of a card, and - at least one second body as a receptacle for holding the cards, being adapted to slidably lodge inside the first body. The card device can adopt a storage position, in which it or each second body is inserted inside the or each first body and the cards inserted through its opening are deposited in the second body, and an access position, in the that the second body is partially extracted from the first to have direct access to the cavity of the second body, and thus to the cards contained. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Card device for storing a plurality of cards

Technical sector of the invention

The present invention relates to a cardholder device for storing a plurality of cards, such as business cards, customer loyalty cards, credit cards, cards or similar objects.

Background of the invention

It is well known that business cards are nowadays a basic tool to make yourself known and establish professional and business contacts. Thus, for example, at the end of a congress or having attended a professional fair, a person can find a high number of contact cards that he has been able to make and therefore, he needs to keep them in an organized way to avoid their loss. .

Nowadays, there are several types of card holders on the market, such as small card cases or card-sized cases, in which the cards are kept stacked on top of each other. This type of cardholder allows several cards to be stored in a small space and is therefore ideal for carrying in a pocket and not losing any card offered on the fly. As an inconvenience, it should be noted that locating a specific card among all the stored ones is not an easy task because it forces you to take out all the cards and pass them manually until you find what you are looking for. In addition, the capacity of these cardholders is relatively limited, so a large number of cards cannot be stored.

Other types of card holders are those of the book type, with hard covers, consisting of several sheets grouped of flexible material, usually of transparent plastic, each sheet being provided with a column of bags to store business cards inside them. There are also A4 size sheets perforated on one of its edges, made of transparent plastic, provided with one or two columns of bags, intended to be filed in a ring binder. Thus, if the number of cards is very high, simply place new sheets in the ring binder.

In general, the user who saves the cards starts doing it in a certain order, either by alphabetical order of last names, by countries, by technical fields, etc. A forecast user stores the cards in the bags provided on the sheets, leaving some bags unoccupied between a group of cards and another for new cards that may be incorporated into the collection in the future, although such empty bags end up being occupied in a short period of time and There are several times when the user must extract a large part of the cards to reorganize them again.

It shows the need for a card holder that allows you to store a large number of cards in an organized and fast way, and a simple location of them.

Explanation of the invention.

In order to provide a solution to the problems raised, a card device is disclosed to store a plurality of cards such as business cards, customer loyalty cards, cards or similar objects.

In essence, the cardholder device is characterized in that it comprises:

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 at least one first tubular body provided on its upper face with at least one oblong opening, as a slit, adapted for passage through a card, and

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 at least a second body configured as a receptacle to contain a plurality of cards, the second body or each second body being adapted to slide slidably inside the first body or one of the first bodies,

the cardholder device being capable of adopting several positions, of which one is a storage position, in which the second body or each second body is inserted inside the first body

or of one of the first bodies and the cards introduced by its opening are deposited in the second body

or in one of the second bodies, and the other is an access position, in which the second body or one of the second bodies is at least partially removed from the first body or one of the first bodies and in which the user It has direct access to the hollow of said second body, and therefore to the cards it may contain.

According to a characteristic of the invention, the first body or the first bodies and the second body or the second bodies comprising the cardholder device have a similar cross-section, so that the second body or the second bodies fit or fit with fit in the First body or in the first bodies.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the first body or each first body (if there is more than one) is of essentially rectangular section, formed by at least one upper face, one lower face and two lateral faces opposite each other and arranged perpendicularly to the upper face and the lower face, to which they are joined by their edges, and in addition, the second body or each second body comprises a lower face joined by its edges and arranged perpendicularly to a front face, to a rear face, opposite to the front face, and two side faces opposite each other and arranged perpendicularly to the rear face and the front face.

According to another feature of the invention, the first body or each first body is devoid of a front face and a rear face that are perpendicular to the upper, lower and lateral faces of the first body, so that when the cardholder device is in the storage position, the front face and the back face of the second body or of the second bodies (if there is more than one) are visible from the outside, since the first or first bodies do not have any face that hides them.

According to another alternative embodiment of the invention, the first body or each first body is provided with a rear face, arranged in a direction perpendicular to the lower face and to the side faces, and is devoid of a front spider, whereby when the device Card holder is in the storage position, the front face of the second body is visible from the outside as it is not hidden or hidden by any face of the first body or the first bodies.

According to a first embodiment of the invention, the card device is constituted by a single first body and a single second body, the interior of the second body comprising at least one intermediate partition that divides its cavity into at least two compartments, and in which the upper face of the first body comprises as many oblong openings as compartments has the second body, each of the openings being disposed on a respective compartment when the cardholder device is in the storage position, so that the cards that are inserted through a certain opening go only to the compartment located immediately below said opening.

According to a second embodiment of the invention, the cardholder device is constituted by a single first body and at least two second bodies adapted to be accommodated at the same time inside the first body, the upper face of the first body comprising the minus two openings each of the openings being located on a corresponding second body when the card holder is in the storage position, so that the cards that are inserted through a certain opening go only to the receptacle of the second body located immediately below.

According to a third embodiment of the invention, the card device comprises at least two first bodies firmly but repairably connected to each other by means of coupling, and at least two second bodies each adapted to slidably stay inside a respective first body, each of the first bodies being provided with an oblong opening in its upper face, so that the cards that are introduced through the opening of a first body go only to the receptacle of the second body housed inside said first body. According to another characteristic for this embodiment of the invention, the first bodies firmly joined but separably from each other by the coupling means are arranged juxtaposed, side by side, facing their side faces. The said coupling means are formed by a male-female type coupling or by a coupling by socket, so that it is possible to easily add first bodies to those already grouped, as it is necessary to add new classifications for the cards.

According to another feature of the invention, at least the front face of the second body or of each second body is provided with fastening means to facilitate that a user can stretch the second body or push it to move it with respect to the corresponding first body in the which is slidably housed inside.

Preferably, each first body and / or each second body is made of cardboard or plastic.

Brief description of the drawings

The attached drawings illustrate, by way of non-limiting example, four embodiments of the card device object of the invention. In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first card device object of the invention, in storage position, formed by a single first body and by a single second body;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cardholder device of Fig. 1 in an access position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a second card device object of the invention, in an access position, formed by a single first body and several second bodies;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a third card device object of the invention, in an access position, formed by several first bodies and several second bodies;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a fourth card device object of the invention, in an access position, also formed by several first bodies and several second bodies;

Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the first bodies that make up the card device of Fig. 5, within which a corresponding second body is housed; Y

Fig. 7 is a front view of the first and second body of Fig. 6.

Detailed description of the drawings

In Figs. 1 to 5, four card devices 1 have been represented that allow a plurality of cards 2 to be stored such as business cards, customer loyalty cards, educational cards, cards or similar objects, classifying them by groups, either by alphabetical groupings, by topic (work, family, leisure, domestic repairs), by date of receipt of card 2, etc.

The card devices 1 comprise at least one first tubular body 10 provided on its upper face 11 with at least one oblong opening 3, by way of a slit, through which the cards 2 are inserted inside the card device 1; and of at least a second body 20 configured as a receptacle to contain a plurality of cards 2, said second body 20 (Figs. 1 and 2) or each second body 20 (Figs. 3 to 5) adapted to slidably stay in inside the first body 10 (Figs. 1 to 3) or inside one of the first bodies 10, if there is more than one, as in Figs. 4 and 5. The first bodies 10 and / or the second bodies 20 can be made of cardboard and / or plastic material.

Thus, the card holder device 1 represented in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of a single first body 10 and a single second body 20. The first body 10 is of rectangular section and is formed by an upper face 11, in which a plurality of oblong openings 3 have been made, a lower face12, opposite the upper face 11, and two lateral faces 13 opposite each other. Optionally, the first body 10 may comprise a rear face that closes it at one of its ends. In relation to the second body 20, it is also of rectangular section and is constituted by a lower face 22 joined by its edges and arranged perpendicularly to a front face 21, a rear face 24 (not visible) and two opposite side faces 23 between yes and arranged perpendicular to the rear face 24 and the front face 21.

The interior of the second body 20 of the card holder device 1 of Figs. 1 and 2 comprises several intermediate partitions 26 that divide their cavity into corresponding compartments 25, as many as openings 3 are in the upper face 11 of the first body 10.

The card holder device 1 can adopt several positions, of which one is a storage position, shown in Fig. 1, in which the second body 20 is inserted with socket inside the first body 10, occupying the front face 21 of the second body 20 an open end of the first body 10, the first body 10 being devoid of a front face and therefore leaving the front face 21 of the second body 20 visible from the outside; and another is an access position, represented in Fig. 2, in which the second body 20 is at least partially removed from the first body 10 and in which the user has direct access to the recess of the second body 20, and by therefore, to the cards 2 that it can contain.

In the storage position, the openings 3 of the first body 10 are arranged on respective compartments 25 of the second body 20, so that the cards 2 that are inserted through a certain opening 3 are only to be deposited in the compartment 25 located immediately below of said opening 3. On the surface of the upper face 11 of the first body 10, adhesive labels can be placed next to each opening 3, thus indicating the nature or classification to which the group of cards 2 that must be introduced by each of the openings 3.

When the user wants to consult the data of a particular card 2 or for example look for possible contacts within a classification, he can force the partial or total removal of the second body 20 from the first body 10 by pulling the fastening means 5 provided in the front face 21, as shown in Fig. 2. These fastening means 5 may be constituted, for example, by a through hole through which to insert a finger or by a handle.

In Fig. 2 the user has access to the card 2 located in the third compartment 25 and which in its storage position was introduced at the time by the third opening 3. Instead, the card 2 of Fig. 1, inserted through the fifth opening 3, it remains hidden in Fig. 2 as it is protected by the first body 10 having only removed part of the second body 20.

It should be mentioned that the two ends of the first body 10 of the card holder device 1 of Fig. 1 are open ends (since this first body 10 is devoid of a front face and a rear face) which in the storage position are occupied by the front face 21 and the rear face (not visible in the drawing) of the second body 20. Said rear face 24 is also provided with fastening means 5 so that the user can decide, according to the position of the compartment 25 to which wants to access, pull one end or another of the second body 20.

The cardholder device 1 of Fig. 3, unlike that of Figs. 1 and 2, is formed by a single first body 10 and by several second bodies 20. The first body 10 is provided on its upper face 11 with seven openings 3 so that the cards 2 can be inserted and deposited inside a corresponding second body 20. Although not seen in Fig. 3, the first body 10, in addition to its upper face 11, its lower face 12 and its two lateral faces 13, is provided with a rear face that closes one of its two open ends. The remaining open end, as seen in Fig. 3, is occupied, in the storage position, by the seven front faces 21 of the second bodies 20. In this case, it has been decided to identify the groups of cards 2 by labels arranged precisely on said front faces 21. The side faces 23 of the second bodies 20 act as separating partitions and their arrangement with respect to the first body is such that when the card holder device 1 is in the storage position, the cards 2 that are inserted through a certain opening 3 go only to the receptacle located immediately inside, composed of the faces of the second body 20 in question.

The cardholder device 1 of Fig. 4 is similar to that of Fig. 3 but the difference is that instead of a single first body 10, the cardholder device 1 is formed by several first bodies 10 inside which are respective second bodies 20 slidably arranged. The first bodies 10 are arranged one after the other, with their side faces 13 facing each other (except for the first bodies 10 of the ends), joined by coupling means 4 for firm attachment. but separable entity yes. Said coupling means 4 can be male-female joints, by fit, magnetized joints, velcro type joints, etc.

The cardholder device 1 of Fig. 5 is similar to that of Fig. 4, since it is also formed by several first bodies 10 inside which respective second bodies 20 are slidably arranged. Specifically, in the Fig. 5 three first bodies 10 are firmly represented but detachably joined together by coupling means 4. The first bodies 10 are of rectangular section and are formed by an upper face 11, in which an oblong opening 3 has been made , a lower face 12, two lateral faces 13 and a rear face 24 (see Fig. 6).

On the other hand, the second bodies 20 configured as a receptacle are formed by a face 22 attached to a front face 21, provided with an informative label on the classification of the cards 2, to a back face 24 and to two opposite side faces 23 each other (see dashed lines in Fig. 6). As seen in Figs. 5 to 7, the cards 2 that are introduced through the opening 3 of a certain first body 10 will be housed only within the second body 20 located immediately below said opening

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The first bodies 10 of Fig. 5 are connected to each other through the coupling means 4 of which the side faces 13 are provided. In particular, the coupling means 4 shown in Figs. 5 to 7 are constituted by ribs that fit into each other. As shown in Fig. 7, the ribs of the left side face 13 are slightly larger than the ribs of the right side face 13 to achieve a tight fit between the ribs of the side faces 13 of the first bodies 10 juxtaposed side by side. Thus, in this way a user can expand the capacity of his card device 1 in a quick and simple way by coupling successive first bodies 10, and corresponding second bodies 20 housed therein, to those previously grouped.

Claims (10)

1.- Card device (1) for storing a plurality of cards (2) such as business cards, customer loyalty cards, cards or similar objects, characterized in that it comprises:

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 at least one first tubular body (10) provided on its upper face (11) with at least one oblong opening (3), as a slit, adapted for passage through a card, and

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 at least a second body (20) configured as a receptacle to contain a plurality of cards, the second body (20) or each second body being adapted to slidably stay inside the first or one of the first bodies (10) ,

the cardholder device being capable of adopting several positions, of which one is a storage position, in which the second body or each second body is inserted inside the first body or of one of the first bodies (10) and the cards introduced by its opening are deposited in the second body (20) or in one of the second bodies (20), and the other is an access position, in which the second body (20) or one of the second bodies (20) is at least partially removed from the first body (10) or from one of the first bodies and in which the user has direct access to the recess of said second body, and therefore to the cards it may contain. 2. Card holder device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the first body (10) or the first bodies (10) and the second body (20) or the second bodies (20) have a similar cross-section, so that the second body (20) or the second bodies (20) fits or fits with fit on the first body (10) or the first bodies (10). 3. Card holder device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first body (10) or each first body (10) is of essentially rectangular section, formed by at least one upper face (11), a lower face (12) and two lateral faces (13) opposite each other and arranged perpendicularly to the upper face (11) and the lower face (12), to which they are joined by their edges, and because the second body (20) or each second body (20) comprises a lower face (22) joined by its edges and arranged perpendicularly to a front face (21), a rear face (24), opposite the front face (21), and two side faces (23 ) opposite each other and arranged perpendicular to the rear face (24) and the front face (21). 4. Card holder device (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the first body (10) or each first body (10) is devoid of a front face and a rear face that are perpendicular to the upper faces (11), lower (12) and lateral (13) of the first body, so that when the cardholder device (1) is in the storage position, the front face (21) and the rear face (24) of the second body (20) or of the second bodies (20) are visible from the outside as said faces are not hidden by any face of the first body (10) or of the first bodies. 5. Card holder device (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the first body (10) or each first body is provided with a rear face (14,) arranged connected in a direction perpendicular to the lower face (12) and to the side faces (13), and is devoid of a front face, whereby when the card holder device (1) is in the storage position, the front face (21) of the second body (20) or of each second body is visible from the outside as it is not hidden or hidden by any face of the first body (10) or the first bodies. 6. Card holder device (1) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it is constituted by a single first body (10) and by a single second body (20), the interior of the second body (20) comprising at least one partition (26) intermediate that divides its cavity into at least two compartments (25), and comprising the upper face (11) of the first body (10) as many oblong openings (3) as compartments (25) has the second body (20), each of the openings (3) being arranged on a respective compartment (25) when the card holder device (1) is in the storage position, so that the cards (2) that are inserted through a certain opening (3) go only to the compartment (25) located immediately below said opening (3). 7. Card holder device (1) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it is constituted by a single first body (10) and at least two second bodies (20) adapted to be accommodated at the same time inside the first body ( 10), the upper face (11) of the first body (10) comprising at least two openings (3) each of the openings (3) being located on a corresponding second body (20) when the card holder device (1) is in the storage position, so that the cards (2) that are inserted through a certain opening (3) go only to the receptacle of the second body (20) located immediately below said opening (3). 8. Card holder device (1) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it comprises at least two first bodies (10) firmly but detachably joined together by coupling means (4), and at least two second bodies (20) each adapted to slide slidably inside a respective first body (10), each of the first bodies (10) being provided with an oblong opening (3) on its upper face (11), so that the cards ( 2) that are introduced through the opening (3) of a first body (10) go only to the receptacle of the second body (20) housed inside said first body (10). 5. Card holder device (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the first bodies (10) firmly joined but separably from each other by the coupling means (4) are arranged juxtaposed, side by side, facing their respective side faces (13). 10. Card holder device (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that the coupling means (4) are formed by a male-female type coupling or by a coupling by socket. 10. Cardholder device (1) according to any one of claims 3 to 10, characterized in that at least the front face (21) of the second body (20) or of each second body (20) is provided with fastening means (5) to facilitate that a user can stretch the second body (20) or push it to move it with respect to the corresponding first body (10) in which it is slidably housed inside. 12. Card holder device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first body (10) or each first body (10) and / or the second body (20) or each second body (20) is or They are made of cardboard or plastic. one 10 10 Fig. 6 Fig. 7