US1647390A - Key holder - Google Patents

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. N. BAILEY KEY HOLDER Filed May 5.l 1927 @YOVUMN MQW@ ./QTroRA/cm Patented Nov. l, 192,7. 4

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` Thisi'invention relates `to a-"key holder "adapted to betisecu'red 'to al 'belt Ior 'other j article of wearingapparel.u @neofthe ob jects ofthe invention is "to 'produce asim'ple, neat and; attractive'key holder adapted-'to be secured andheld on theA wearing apparel.

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bodiment ofthe invention. However, it is to be understood that the invention comprehends changes, variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended. l

Fig. l is a perspective view of a key holder embodying the features'of this invention.

sides of thebelt-receiving Fig. 2 is a perspective view on a smaller scale, showing a portion of a belt equipped with the key holder, the front of the belt be` `ing exposed.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the rear of the belt.

To illustrate one form of the invention, I have shown a key holder made of a single piece of wire bent to form a belt-receiving member and a key-receiving loop. The wire is bent, or folded on itself, at aV point mid- Way between its ends, Vas shown at A. The belt receiving member is preferably a loop comprising a hook l beginning at the bend A. At this point, the wire members are located adjacent to and parallel with each other, so as to form a double wire strand. The twov wire members extend 'upwardly from the hook l, as shown at 2, and then downwardly as shown at 3, to formV opposite loop, the top of said loop being formed by the bend 4. These wire members have separated portions forming an eye 5 in which the end of the hook l is located, said wire members being twisted together above and belowl the eye, as shown at 6 and 7.

The key-receiving loop comprises bottom members 8 extending in oppositevdirections Y from the twisted portions 7 below the eye 5,

' and sideymembers 9 extending' upwardlyV from the outer ends of said bottom members, lsaid sidemembers 9 being' provided with i Ebook-shaped overla 'the top vof the keyreceivingloop.

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pping ends l0 V*forming vThe `end members "l0, yieldingly Aengage each other, and theyl can beseparated from each other to receive and to release zthekeys.

The belt eirtends.-A through `the loop formed by the wire membersl, 2, 3, 4t, 5 and front ofthe belt, asshown in Vl? ig. 2, .andthe .Thekey-receiving loop is exposed atfthe separable ends of this vloop are preferablyy higher than the top of the belt, while thebottom of said loop lies below the belt to provvide an unobstructed key-receiving space beyond the belt, the keys being'supported on theV bottom members 8, as suggested byrdotted lines in F ig. 2. The key-receiving loop sur-V rounds the belt-receiving loop, and when the free ends 1 0 are separated from each other a key can be applied to either ofthe side members 9 which lie aft oppositevsides of the belt-receiving loop. y

When thedevice is in service, any one of the keys hanging from `the bottom members 8 can be removed'withou't removing vany of allV of the keys c of the loop so as ber 9 to the other, in sucha mannerthat `the user can select any key and withdraw it at an Vbe moved across ythe top the'separable ends 10.

I claim:

This is due tothe factvthat to pass' from one side memi l. In a key holder, a belt-receiving mem-` A ber, and ya key-receiving loop surrounding said belt-receiving member, said key-receiving loop comprising side members, made of wire, located at opposite sides ofsaid beltreceivingl memberfand provided with hookshaped upper ends yieldingly engagingeach other and separable fromeach lother topermit a selective release of the keys'V from each of said side members. v

2. In a key holder, and a key-receiving l oop `surrounding the first mentioned loop,

said key-receiving loop al belt-receiving loop, j

having bottom members below the belt-receiving loop and free end m to receive the keys, said end members being` adjacent tothe top of the key-receiving loop.

3. In a key holder made of a single piece of wire, a belt-receiving loop, and a key-reeiving loop surrounding' the firstvmentioned 00p,

embers separable located adjacent to each other inl the 'beltreceiving loopj and diverging therefrom toy form the Vkey-receivingV loop, v,the ends of the the wire 'being doubled/on .itself to' f provide a pair of companion wire members` H wire being separable from each other to receive the keys.

4:. In a key holder made of a single piece of wire, a belt-receiving loop,7 and a key-receiving loop surrounding the irst mentioned loop, said belt-receiving loop including two wire members located adjacent to each other and provided with a hook-shaped portion and an eye in which the end of said portion is located; said key-receiving loop including a pair of hook-shaped members having overlapping ends yieldingly engaging each other and separable from each other to reoeive the keys.

5. In a key holder made of a single piece oit. wire7 a belt-receiving loop comprising a hook 'lormed by two wire members located adjacent to and parallel with each other,

said Wire members being extended from the hook to form the belt receiving loop and provided with separated portions Jforming an eye in which the end of said hook is located, said wire members-being twisted together at opposite sides of the eye; and a key-receiv ing loop comprising bottom members eX- tended in opposite directions from the twisted portions below said eye, and side men bers extending` upwardly from the outer ends of said bottom members, said side members being provided with hook-shaped overlaprping ends yieldingly engaging each other and separable from each other to receive the keys.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature.

NEAL BAILEY.

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