JP2022175634A - Card storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a card storage device capable of storing a plurality of cards, in which the cards can be stored compactly even if the number of cards stored is increased and the cards can be drawn easily.SOLUTION: A card storage device includes: a card insertion part 12 in which multiple slits where cards C2-C8 are inserted from the rear ends of the cards C2-C8 are provided, and at least a portion of the cards inserted in the adjacent slits are overlapped in a storage state; a pushing-up part 13 for pushing up the rear ends of the cards C2-C8 inserted in the slits according to the operation of transferring them from the storage state to a developed state; and a maintenance mechanism (a lid member 32 and a lower edge 10b of a base part 10) for maintaining a state of the pushing-up part 13 for pushing up the rear ends of the cards C2-C8 in the developed state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to a card holder capable of holding a plurality of cards.

In recent years, many people own a large number of cards such as credit cards, cash cards, point cards, etc. Accordingly, there is a demand for a card holder that can hold a larger number of cards. Further, the card storage tool is required to be as compact as possible even if the number of stored cards increases. In response to these demands, in the past, multiple cards were stored in a folded state in which multiple cards were stacked and folded in a V-shape to open it in a V-shaped manner, making it easier to pull out the cards. A card holder has been proposed (see Patent Document 1, for example).

Utility Model Registration No. 3123215

However, with the card storage device described in Patent Document 1, both hands must be used to open the card storage device in a V shape, and there is a problem that the card must be pulled out with both hands occupied.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a card holder which can store cards compactly even when the number of stored cards increases and which can be easily pulled out.

The card storage device of the present invention, which solves the above objects,
a card insertion part provided with a plurality of slits into which the cards are inserted from the rear end of the card, and in which the cards inserted into the adjacent slits at least partly overlap each other in the stored state;
a push-up part that pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to an operation of shifting from the stored state to the unfolded state;
and a maintaining mechanism for maintaining the state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the card in the unfolded state.

According to the card storage device of the present invention, although a large number of cards can be stored, at least a part of the cards inserted into the adjacent slits overlap each other in the storage state, so the number of stored cards increases. The card can be stored compactly. In addition, since the maintaining mechanism maintains the state of the push-up portion that pushes up the rear end of the card in the unfolded state, one hand only needs to hold the card holder and the other hand can easily hold the card. can be pulled out.

The unfolded state refers to a state of the card storage device in which the space between the cards in the thickness direction, which were stacked in the stored state, is wider than in the stored state. It refers to a state in which the space is wider at the front end than at the rear end, making it easier to insert a finger into the space at the front end and pull out the card. Moreover, in the unfolded state, the card preferably protrudes more than half from the card insertion portion, so that the card can be pulled out more easily.

The maintaining mechanism may maintain the state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the card by a fixing operation following the above operation.

again,
The card insertion part has the slits arranged at intervals in the depth direction in the unfolded state,
The push-up part pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to an operation of pulling the operation part forward,
The first aspect may be characterized in that the maintenance mechanism is a mechanism for fixing the operation portion pulled toward the front.

By fixing the operation portion, the operation portion does not return to the state before the operation, and the state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the card can be stably maintained.

Further, in the first aspect,
a base;
a flap portion connected to the base portion and folded back at a boundary portion with the base portion so as to overlap the base portion;
The card insertion part, the push-up part and the operation part are provided on the base side,
Having a coin storage part on the front side of the card insertion part,
The operation unit also serves as a lid for the coin storage unit,
The maintenance mechanism may be characterized in that it is a mechanism for fixing the operation portion to the edge of the base.

By having the coin storage portion, the card storage device also functions as a wallet. In addition, since the lid of the coin storage part, which is normally operated when used as a wallet, also serves as the operation part, the operation is easy to understand and the operability tends to be good.

again,
The card insertion part has the slits arranged at intervals in the depth direction,
Having a coin storage part on the front side of the card insertion part,
The second mode may be characterized in that the push-up part pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to an operation of tilting the coin storage part forward.

With the card storage device of the second aspect, the coin storage part that is tilted forward can maintain the posture that is tilted forward due to the weight of the coins stored in the coin storage part. The state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the is maintained. Therefore, the coin storage section in which coins are stored functions as the maintenance mechanism. That is, the maintaining mechanism maintains the state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the card by the weight of the coin stored in the coin storage portion.

Furthermore, in the second aspect,
The maintenance mechanism fixes a part of the coin storage unit that has fallen forward and maintains the posture that has fallen forward, thereby maintaining the state of the push-up portion that pushes up the rear end of the card. is preferably

That is, the maintenance mechanism is a mechanism that fixes a portion of the coin storage section that is tilted forward. By doing so, even if no coin is stored in the coin storage part, the state of the push-up part pushing up the rear end of the card can be stably maintained.

again,
The push-up part receives the rear end of the card inserted into the slit, and has a guard piece whose one end of the front side and the back side is fixed and the other end is movable. It may be characterized by

For example, the guard piece may have a front end fixed and a rear end movable.

The end on the other side may move while being guided by a guide member, or may be a free end.

The guard piece regulates the movement of the rear end of the card inserted into each of the plurality of slits so that the rear end of the card is not caught or caught by other parts. For example, the guard piece may restrict the edge of the card inserted into the slit on the other side from slipping toward the other side.

According to the card storage tool of the present invention, even if the number of stored cards increases, the cards can be stored compactly and the cards can be easily pulled out.

1 is a plan view showing an open state of a folding wallet corresponding to an embodiment of the card storage device of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing a closed state of the folding wallet shown in FIG. 1; It is the perspective view which looked at the state which hold|maintained the base with one hand and pulled the cover member slightly to the front side with the other hand from the diagonal lower left. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a state in which the lid member is further pulled forward from the state shown in FIG. 3 , viewed obliquely from the lower left in the same manner as in FIG. 3 ; (a) is a perspective view of the foldable wallet in the unfolded state, as seen from the lower left side in the same manner as in FIGS. 3 and 4; It is a figure which expands and shows a state fitted typically.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the open state of the folding wallet corresponding to one embodiment of the card storage device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 schematically shows the closed state of the folding wallet shown in FIG. 1 is a side view of FIG.

The folding wallet 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a base portion 10 and a flap portion 20 connected to the base portion 10 . The flap portion 20 has a border portion 21 and a cover surface 22 . The flap portion 20 is folded back at the boundary portion 21 so that the cover surface 22 overlaps the base portion 10 . The folding wallet 1 is used by opening and closing the flap portion 20 in the vertical direction. That is, the folding wallet 1 is used while being held vertically. In this vertical use state, the front side of the paper surface of FIG. 1 is the front side, and the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 1 is the depth direction. In addition, in FIG. 2 showing the closed state, the horizontal direction of the drawing is the depth direction, the left side of the drawing is the front side (user side), and the right side is the back side. In the folded wallet 1 in the closed state shown in FIG. 2, the flap portion 20 is opened upward as indicated by the arrow shown in FIG. In the following description, the term "top" or "bottom" simply means "up" or "bottom" in the vertically held state shown in FIG.

Attached to the base portion 10 is a plate-like bill-holding pocket forming member 11 which is slightly smaller than the base portion 10 and has a notch 11c provided at the upper right corner in FIG. In FIG. 1, the left edge and lower edge of the bill-holding pocket forming member 11 are fixed to the base portion 10, and the space between the base portion 10 and the bill-holding pocket forming member 11 serves as a bill-holding pocket. In FIG. 2, the thickness (the length in the depth direction) of the bill holding pocket 11P is exaggerated. The user lifts the bill holding pocket forming member 11 by hooking his finger on the notch 11c, and puts a part of the banknote in the bill holding pocket 11P.

As shown in FIG. 2 , a coin storage section 30 is arranged on the front side of the bill holding pocket forming member 11 . The coin storage section 30 has a coin pocket section 31 and a cover member 32 that opens and closes vertically in a vertically held state. The lid member 32 is connected to the inner surface 31 b of the coin pocket portion 31 , and the coin pocket portion 31 is covered by the lid member 32 . In FIG. 2, the portion where the coin pocket portion 31 is covered with the lid member 32 is indicated by a dotted line. An opening 31a of the coin pocket portion 31 is provided on the upper end surface, and coins are taken in and out through this opening 31a. In FIG. 2, this opening 31a is covered with a lid member 32. As shown in FIG. Note that the opening 31a may be cut downward from the upper end face to change the shape of the opening to have a larger opening area. When the flap portion 20 is closed as shown in FIG. 2, the lower half of the lid member 32 protrudes inward.

A card insertion plate 12 is bridged between the bill holding pocket forming member 11 and the coin storage portion 30. - 特許庁That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper end portion 12u of the card insertion plate 12 is fixed to the bill holding pocket forming member 11 on the far side, and the lower end portion 12b of the card insertion plate 12 is the coin pocket portion 31. is fixed to the inner surface 31b of the . As indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the card insertion plate 12 is provided with a plurality of slits S1 to S8. The slits S1 to S6 are covered by the lid member 32 and are not normally visible, and in the state shown in FIG. 1, only part of both ends of the slits S7 and S8 are normally visible. Each slit S1-S8 is shown virtually for clarity. Thus, the slits S1 to S8 virtually shown in FIG. 1 are alternately shifted in the left-right direction (horizontal direction) in FIG. That is, the card insertion plate 12 shown in FIG. 1 has four horizontal slits S1, S3, S5, and S7 arranged on the right side, and four horizontal slits S2, S4, S6, S6, and S6 on the left side. S8 are arranged. The slits S1, S3, S5 and S7 on the right side and the slits S2, S4, S6 and S8 on the left side partially overlap in the horizontal direction. Various cards such as credit cards, cash cards, and point cards are inserted into these slits S1 to S8, and the cards inserted into the slits S1 to S8 are stacked and stored. In FIGS. 1 and 2 the cards are shown in gray. FIG. 1 shows a card C1 inserted into the lowermost slit S1 on the right side and a card C2 inserted into the lowermost slit S2 on the left side. Also, although the cards are overlapped and cannot be seen, three cards are stored behind the card C1 on the right side, and three cards are stored behind the card C2 on the left side. That is, the card C1 inserted into the slit S1 arranged at the bottom on the right side is positioned closest to the front, and the card C2 inserted into the slit S2 arranged at the bottom on the left side is positioned second. Located on the front side. Eight cards C1, C2, . . . C8 are shown in FIG. 2, which is a side view. The folding wallet 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is in a stored state in which cards are stored compactly. In the folding wallet 1 held vertically, the card insertion plate 12 in the stored state is in an upright state, and exaggeratedly, as shown in FIG. state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower portion of the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket portion 31 and the bill holding pocket forming member 11 are connected by a lower connecting member 13. As shown in FIG. The lower connection member 13 may be formed by extending the card insertion plate 12 and being integrated with the card insertion plate 12 . The coin storage part 30 is connected to the base part 10 via the card insertion plate 12 and the bill sandwiching pocket forming member 11, and is also connected to the base part 10 via the lower connecting member 13 and the bill sandwiching pocket forming member 11. ing. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower connecting member 13 in the housed state is bent in a downward convex shape when viewed from the side.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, a guard piece 14 is also attached to the lower portion of the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket portion 31. As shown in FIG. The front end 141 of the guard piece 14 is fixed to the lower portion of the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket portion 31. After forming a U-shaped bottom portion 142, the inner portion extends upward. there is The rear end 143 of the guard piece 14 is a free end. The guard piece 14 in the housed state receives the rear ends of the cards C1, C2, . . . The guard piece 14 is located inside (on the card side) of the lower connection member 13 .

A female hook 31h is attached to the front surface 31f (see FIG. 2) of the coin pocket portion 31 so that the flap portion 20 can be kept closed. 32 is provided with a through hole 32h to expose the female hook 31h. On the other hand, the cover surface 22 of the flap portion 20 is provided with a male hook 22h that fits into the female hook 31h. The positional relationship between the female hook 31h and the male hook 22h may be reversed, and fixing means such as magnets and hook-and-loop fasteners may be used instead of hooks.

The folding wallet 1 in the storage state in which the cards are stacked in the thickness direction has been described above. Next, a description will be given of how the folding wallet 1 shifts from the stored state to the unfolded state in which the spaces between the cards in the thickness direction are wider than in the stored state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a state in which the base is held with one hand and the cover member is slightly pulled forward with the other hand, viewed from the lower left. FIG. 3 shows a bill B partly sandwiched between the bill sandwiching pocket between the base 10 and the bill sandwiching pocket forming member 11 (the same applies to FIGS. 4 and 5).

Although the user's hand is not shown in FIG. 3, for example, by holding the base portion 10 with the left hand and placing the thumb of the left hand on the left end of the boundary portion 21, the cover surface 22 is raised as shown in FIG. can be maintained. Alternatively, the left side surface 32L and the right side surface 32R of the lid member 32 may be pinched with the thumb and index finger of the right hand and the lid member 32 may be pulled forward. The card insertion plate 12 shown in FIG. 3 is pulled by the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket portion slightly moved forward, and the inclination angle is increased. FIG. 3 also shows a portion of each of the lower connecting member 13 and the guard piece 14 . In FIG. 3, it can be seen that the lower connecting member 13, the front portion of which is fixed to the back surface 31b of the coin pocket portion, is beginning to separate from the pocket forming member 11 located on the back side.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the state shown in FIG. 3 with the cover member further pulled toward the front, viewed diagonally from the lower left as in FIG.

The coin storage part 30 shown in FIG. 4 is rotated so as to fall toward the front side about the lower edge, and the coin storage part 30 is in a state of being opened to nearly 90 degrees with respect to the base 10 . Also, the card insertion plate 12, which had been in an inclined posture, has begun to curve upward, and the lower end portion 12b fixed to the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket portion is greatly lifted. 4 also shows a portion of each of the lower connecting member 13 and the guard piece 14. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the lower connecting member 13, which has been bent downwardly, extends straight. Also, the guard piece 14 has its front end portion fixed to the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket section greatly raised, and the guard piece 14 shown in FIG. there is FIG. 4 shows the cards C2, C4, C6, and C8 inserted into the slits S2, S4, S6, and S8 on the left side of the card insertion plate 12; The card C1 shown and the cards C3, C5, and C7 behind it (see FIG. 5) are not shown. In the state shown in FIG. 4, the lower ends of all the cards C1 to C8 are received by the guard piece 14, and the guard piece 14 is supported from below by the lower connecting member 13 extending linearly. In the state shown in FIG. 4, the rear ends of the cards C1 to C8 have started to be pushed up by the lower connection member 13 via the guard piece 14. As shown in FIG. When the rear end of the card starts to be pushed up by the lower connection member 13, the space between adjacent cards starts to become wider at the front end than at the rear end.

FIG. 5(a) is a perspective view of the folding wallet in the unfolded state, as seen from the lower left diagonally in the same manner as in FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the coin storage section 30 is open to nearly 90 degrees with respect to the base section 10, the folding wallet 1 returns to the stored state when the hand holding the lid member 32 is released. In the folding wallet 1 of the present embodiment, the coin storage section 30, which is opened up to nearly 90 degrees with respect to the base 10, is operated by holding the lid member 32 and pulling it downward. Then, the portion 13m of the lower connecting member 13 extending linearly near the portion fixed to the inner surface 31b of the coin pocket portion 31 is bent upwardly. In FIG. 5, the card C1 shown in FIG. 1 inserted into the right slit is not visible, but the other seven cards C2 to C8 are shown. The rear end of each of the cards C1 to C8 is further pushed up by the lower connecting member 13, the neighboring portion 13m of which is bent into an upward convex shape, through the guard piece 14, so that the space W between the front ends of the adjacent cards is widened. . Further, each of the cards C1 to C8 is further pushed up by the lower connecting member 13, so that more than half of the cards protrude from the card insertion plate 12. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5(a), the foldable wallet 1 in which the portion 13m in the vicinity of the lower connecting member 13 is bent into an upwardly convex shape is in an unfolded state. The lower connection member 13 corresponds to an example of a push-up part that pushes up the rear end of the card according to the operation of the lid member 32 . The guard piece 14 can also be regarded as an example of a push-up part that pushes up the rear end of the card according to the operation of the cover member 32 .

Then, the lower end portion 32b (see FIG. 4) of the lid member 32 pulled downward is fitted into the lower edge portion of the base portion 10 from below to lock the lid member 32 to the base portion 10. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 5(b) is a schematic enlarged view showing how the lower end of the lid member is fitted into the lower edge of the base from below.

The lid member 32 that has been pulled downward is turned toward the base portion 10 on the far side in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 5(b). The lid member 32 is placed in a horizontal state, and the portion that was the lower end portion 32b until then is fitted into the lower edge portion 10b of the base portion 10 from below, and the lid member 32 is fixed to the lower edge portion 10b of the base portion 10. As shown in FIG. As a result, the horizontal position of the cover member 32 is maintained, and the state of the lower connection member 13 in which the neighboring portion 13m is bent into an upward convex shape is maintained, and the unfolded state of the folding wallet 1 is also maintained. It will be done. The lid member 32 and the lower edge portion 10b of the base portion 10 correspond to an example of a maintenance mechanism. As a maintenance mechanism for maintaining the unfolded state of the folding wallet 1, the cover member 32 may be fixed to the base 10 by a hook or a fixing means such as a magnet or hook-and-loop fastener.

The horizontal cover member 32 can be placed on a flat surface such as a desk, and the unfolded folding wallet 1 can be set upright.

Next, functions of the guard piece 14 will be described.

Since the end 143 on the far side of the guard piece 14 shown in FIG. is in contact with the upper end portion 12u fixed to the . In this way, since the rear end 143 of the guard piece 14 is movable, the lower connecting member 13 can be bent into a downwardly convex shape, straight, and then into an upwardly convex shape. Movement becomes possible and becomes smooth.

Here, if the guard piece 14 were not provided, the rear ends of the cards C1 to C8 inserted into the card insertion plate 12 would be received by the lower connection member 13, and the vicinity of the bent upward convex shape would be received. The rear ends of the cards C1 to C8 slipped down along the portion 13m (see the arrow indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5(a)), and the rear ends of the cards C1 to C8 fell between the bill holding pocket forming member 11 and the lower connecting member 13. There is a possibility that it will be difficult to pull out the card because it is caught between the lower end portion. The guard piece 14 is for preventing the rear end of the card from slipping down, and regulates the movement of the rear end of the card.

In addition, in order to allow the back end 143 of the guard piece 14 to move upward along the pocket forming member 11 more stably, the back end 143 of the guard piece 14 is separated from the pocket forming member 11 . It is preferable to allow up and down movement along the pocket forming member 11 while avoiding it. For example, the pocket forming member 11 may be provided with a guide groove for guiding the end portion 143 on the back side of the guard piece 14 in the vertical direction, and the end portion 143 may be movably fitted in the guide groove. . Further, the guard piece 14 may be fixed to the pocket forming member 11 at the rear end 143 and moved along the lower connecting member 13 at the front end.

In the operations described above with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, the user does not need to move the left hand with the thumb placed on the left end of the boundary portion 21, and the lid member 32 can be operated with the right hand only. The operation of locking the member 32 to the base 10 can also be easily performed. Also, once the lid member 32 is locked to the base 10, the right hand becomes free, and the card can be easily pulled out with the right hand. Moreover, in the folding wallet 1 that is maintained in the unfolded state, each of the cards C1 to C8 protrudes more than half from the card insertion plate 12, and the space W between the front ends of the adjacent cards is wide. You can easily pull out the card by inserting your finger into it.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the cover member 32 and the lower edge 10b of the base 10 correspond to an example of the maintenance mechanism, but the coin storage section 30 in which coins are stored may function as the maintenance mechanism. . That is, the more coins are stored in the coin pocket portion 31, the heavier the coin storage portion 30 becomes. The state of the lower connecting member 13 with the 13m bent into an upward convex shape is maintained by the weight of the coin storage section 30, and the unfolded state of the folding wallet 1 is also maintained.

Finally, the following will be added including what has been explained so far.

(Appendix 1)
a card insertion part provided with a plurality of slits into which the card is inserted from the rear end of the card;
a push-up part that pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit according to the operation,
The card insertion part has the slits arranged in the depth direction,
The push-up part pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to the operation of pulling the operating part forward, and has a guard piece that receives the rear end of the card inserted into the slit. is a
The card storage device, wherein the guard piece is fixed at one end of the front side and the back side and movable at the other end.

(Appendix 2)
The card storage device according to appendix 1, further comprising a maintaining mechanism for maintaining the state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the card.

1 folding wallet 10 base 11 pocket forming member 11P pocket 12 card insertion plates S1 to S8 slit 13 lower connecting member 14 guard piece 20 flap 21 border 22 cover surface 30 coin storage 31 coin pocket 31a opening 32 lid member Banknote B

Claims (6)

a card insertion part provided with a plurality of slits into which the cards are inserted from the rear end of the card, and in which the cards inserted into the adjacent slits at least partly overlap each other in the stored state;
a push-up part that pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to an operation of shifting from the stored state to the unfolded state;
and a maintaining mechanism for maintaining the state of the push-up portion pushing up the rear end of the card in the unfolded state. The card insertion part has the slits arranged at intervals in the depth direction in the unfolded state,
The push-up part pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to an operation of pulling the operation part forward,
2. The card holder according to claim 1, wherein said maintenance mechanism is a mechanism for fixing said operation portion pulled toward the front. a base;
a flap portion connected to the base portion and folded back at a boundary portion with the base portion so as to overlap the base portion;
The card insertion part, the push-up part and the operation part are provided on the base side,
Having a coin storage part on the front side of the card insertion part,
The operation unit also serves as a lid for the coin storage unit,
3. The card holder according to claim 2, wherein said maintenance mechanism is a mechanism for fixing said operating portion to the edge of said base. The card insertion part has the slits arranged at intervals in the depth direction,
Having a coin storage part on the front side of the card insertion part,
2. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein the push-up part pushes up the rear end of the card inserted into the slit in response to an operation of tilting the coin storage part forward. The maintenance mechanism fixes a part of the coin storage unit that has fallen forward and maintains the posture that has fallen forward, thereby maintaining the state of the push-up portion that pushes up the rear end of the card. 5. The card holder according to claim 4, characterized in that: The push-up part receives the rear end of the card inserted into the slit, and has a guard piece whose one end of the front side and the back side is fixed and the other end is movable. 6. The card holder according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that:

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