GB2245819A - A holder - Google Patents

Abstract

A holder for holding cards or diskettes in a vertical position includes a main frame (3) with two opposed sides and a plurality of first resilient plates (1a, 1b, 1c....), each of which has two opposed sides. Each of the opposed sides has a slot near the end. The resilient plates are bent downward from the horizontal plane and inserted into the main frame (3) through those slots, thus forming curved plates. The curved plates abut one another. A plurality of second resilient plates (2a, 2b, 2c ...), smaller in size than the first ones, each having two opposed ends, which are bent upward and inserted between the sides of respective ones of the first curved plates, one end of each being fixedly attached to a side of the corresponding first curved plate and the other end abutting the other side of the same first curved plate. A card (4) can be inserted between the first curved plates for safe keeping where said curved plates abut each other. <IMAGE>

Description

A HOLDER The present invention relates to a holder and more particularly to a holder for holding cards or diskettes of differing thicknesses and sizes.

There are many types of holder used for holding or receiving objects. There are also several types of objects which need to be kept in special positions so as not to damage their shape or impair their function, for example floppy discs or diskettes for computers.

Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings show holders of the prior art. According to Figure 1, a holder for discs or cards includes a comb-like frame 2 having two opposed sides with several vertical partitions within said two opposed sides, said vertical partitions having a plurality of slots therein and two resilient plates la and lb projecting slantingly downward from two opposite vertical partitions, abutting each other. A disc 3 can be inserted between two abutting plates in a vertical position for safe keeping.

Figure 2 shows another form of a holder, in which a continuous ribbon of resilient material is gathered in a serpentine configuration along a central spine 2 to form a plurality of undulations 1. A card 3 can be inserted between two adjacent undulations in a vertical position for safe keeping. There are some drawbacks in both holders. Their size is clumsy and not compact, and they can only hold a limited number of cards in spite of this large size. They are therefore inconvenient for the user.

Therefore, it is the main object of the present invention to provide a compact holder which can not only hold a large number of cards or diskettes but is also convenient for the user.

According to this invention, a holder for cards or diskettes in a vertical position includes a frame with two opposed sides; a plurality of first resilient plates having two opposed sides, each of the opposed sides having a slot near the end of said side, bending downward from the horizontal plane and inserted into the frame through the slots, thus forming a curved plate; a plurality of second resilient plates, their two sides bending upward from the horizontal plane, inserted between the first curved plate, one side of each fixedly attached to a side of the corresponding first curved plate and the other side abutting the other side of the corresponding first curved plate from within. A card can be kept in a vertical position by inserting it into the place where the first curved plates abut one another.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent with the detailed description in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 depicts a holder of the prior art; Figure 2 depicts a holder in another form of the prior art; Figure 3 is a perspective view of a holder of the present invention; and Figure 4 is a side view of the holder of Figure 3.

Referring to Figures 3 and 4, a card holder includes a frame 3 with two opposed sides. A plurality of resilient plates, (indicated by la, lb, Ic, etc. in Figure 3), having two opposed sides, each of said opposed sides having a slot near the end of the same. The two opposed sides of said resilient plates, bending downward from the horizontal plane and being inserted into the frame through those slots, forming curved plates which abut each other. A plurality of second resilient plates, smaller in size than the first ones (indicated by 2a, 2b, ... etc. in Figure 3), having two opposed sides, bending upward from the horizontal plane and being inserted between the sides of the first curved plates, one side of which being fixedly attached to a side of the corresponding first curved plate, and the other side abutting the other side of the same first curved plate. The inserted second plate 2a is a recess plate with a concave face and a convex face, the convex face touches the frame, as best shown in Figure 4.

In an alternative embodiment, the convex face of the recess plate may protrude below the frame 3. A disc 4 can be inserted between the first resilient plates where they abut each other, to be held in a vertical position for safe keeping, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.

While the invention has been described in connection with what is considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but on the contrary is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the scope of the appended claims so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.

Claims (7)

1. A holder for holding cards or diskettes in vertical position comprising: a frame having two opposed sides; a plurality of first resilient plates, having two opposed sides, each of said opposed sides having a slot near the end of said side, bending downward from the horizontal plane and inserted into said frame through said slots, so that said plate forms a curved plate, a side of said curved plate abutting a side of said next curved plate;; a plurality of second resilient plates, smaller in size than said first resilient plates, having two opposed sides, each of said two sides of said second resilient plates bending upward from the horizontal plane and forming a recess plate with a concave face and a convex face, inserted between said sides of said first curved plates, a side of said recess plate fixedly attached to a side of said first curved plate while the other side of said ecess plate abuts the other side of said first curved plate from within the same.

2. A holder as claimed in Claim 1, wherein a side of said first curved plate abuts said side of said frame.

3. A holder as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said inserted sides of said first curved plates are perpendicular to said frame.

4. A holder as claimed in Claim 3, wherein said convex faces of said recess plates touch said frame.

5. A holder as claimed in Claim 4, wherein said convex face of said recess plate protrudes below said frame.

6. A holder as claimed in Claim 5, substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to Figures 3 and 4.

7. A holder for planar objects comprising a frame having an elongate planar base with two end walls upstanding therefrom, a plurality of resilient inverted channel sections each having a base and two side walls, each side wall having near its free edge a longitudinal slot through which the base of the frame passes, the slots being aligned so that the base of the frame passes through a series of abutting inverted channel sections, and a plurality of resilient upright channel sections each having a base and two side walls, one upright channel section being positioned within each inverted channel section, the outer faces of the side walls of each upright channel section abutting their respective adjacent ones of the inner faces of the side walls of its respective inverted channel section.