US1474315A

US1474315A - Key holder

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Publication number: US1474315A
Application number: US455258A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carmel Joseph
Original assignee: FRANK M ASHLEY
Current assignee: FRANK M ASHLEY
Priority date: 1921-03-24
Filing date: 1921-03-24
Publication date: 1923-11-13
Anticipated expiration: 1940-11-13

Description

Nov. 13, 1923.

I J. CARMEL KEY HOLDER Fi led March 24 1921 INVENTOR cfaszfl/ Cher/EL Patented Nov. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATES .TosErH CARMEL, or NEW YORK, N.

Y., AssIGNon ,TO FRANK YORK, N. Y.

M. ASHLEY, on NEW KEY HOLDER.

Application filed March 24, 1921. Serial No. 455,258.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JOSEPH CARMEL, citizen of Poland and resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key Holders, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to ke holders and the object of my invention 15 to provide means for holding keys in such a manner as to be easily removable therefrom and means for enclosing the holder together with the ke s.

The novel features of my invention will be particularl set forth in the claims formin r part of t is specification.

lleferring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a key holder and cover embodying my invention, the cover portion being partly broken away for the purpose of illustration;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the key holder attached to the outer wall of a pocket book under the flap;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on a larger scale taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view of the metal portion of a holder as first stamped from a sheet.

A indicates a thin sheet of metal formed with V-shaped projections A.A, etc., adapted to pass through the material of which the cover B is made and be bent over and clinched thereon as illustrated at B-B, etc. The projecting arms C-C, etc., are bent upward to form hooks as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and-the upper end is curved outwardly at-C just above the point of contact with the downwardly extending arm D to permit a key to be easily guided into the hook. The arms D-D, etc., are formed from metal pressed from the body of the sheet and offset therefrom as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, and the ends are bent inwardly toward the face of the plate A to permit the head E of a key to force the contacting ends C and D apart in the act of removing a key from the hook of the holder. The arms and hooks are resilient and are sprung apart in the act of removing a key from the holder.

The cover is open on its lower side K to permit long keys to extend below the ed e and may be made of leather or other suitab e material and formed as illustrated in Fig. 1 comprising a rectangular sheet F folded to inclose the ke holder, and the adjacent ends held together y a snap-button G. I also provide a back-strip H to which the cover F is attached by cement or other suitable means and the back-strip is provided with fasteners I-III by means of which the cover F may be secured to the inner side of a suit case'or trunk.

In Fig. 2 the flap J serves to cover metal hooks and keys and by carrying the key-holder attached to the pocket-book the person will not forget the keys when leaving home or oflice, and will not be liable to misplace or lose them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having arms oifset from the sheet and upwardl extending hooks contacting said arms an adapted to hold a key.

2. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having arms offset from the sheet and upwardly extending resilient hooks contacting said arms and adapted to hold a key.

3. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having resilient arms ofl'set fromthe sheet and upwardly extending hooks contacting said arms and adapted to hold a ke Z. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having arms formed integral offset from the sheet and upwardly extending hooks contacting said arms and adapted to hold a key.

5. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having resilient arms iormed integral and ofi'set from' the sheet and upwardly extending resilient hooks formed integral and contactingsaid arms to provide a number of closed loops.

6. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having resilient armsformed integral and ofi'set from the sheet and upwardl extending resilient hooks formed integral and contacting said arms to provide a number of closed loops, the ends of the arms and hooks being curved in opposite directions.

7. A key-holder comprising a sheet of metal having arms offset from the sheet and upwardly extending hooks contacting said arms and adapted to hold a key, said sheet having means formed integral therewith for connecting the sheet to a cover.

8. A key-holder comprising a sheet of the I metal having resilient arms formed integral and ofiset from the sheet and upwardly extending resilient hooks formed integral and contacting said arms to provide a number of closed loops, the ends of the arms and hooks being curved in opposite directions, and a back-strip having fastening means thereon. i

9. A key holder comprising a metal strip emme having an arm ofiset from the strip and an 10 upwardly extending hook contacting said arm and adapted to hold a key.

Signed at New York city, in the count of New York and State of New York, th1s 29th day of January.

JOSEPH CARMEL. Witness:

FRANIK M. Asmmr.