US2231637A

US2231637A - Finger card holder

Info

Publication number: US2231637A
Application number: US332313A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leon S Ramos
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-04-29
Filing date: 1940-04-29
Publication date: 1941-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1958-02-11

Description

Feb. 11', 1941. Y L. s. RAMOS I FINGER CARD HOLDER Filed April 29, 1940 INVENTOR zzo/v 5. 244 105 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to finger card holders for all card games, such as bridge, rummy and the like games.

An object of this invention is to provide a card 5 holder which relieves the hands as it holds cards for the players, the card holder being so provided that the cards once arranged in the holder will remain permanently in place until the game is over, thus saving the player much trouble and 10 strain in holding the cards in his hand, and, in constantly arranging and rearranging the cards over and over again.

A further object of this invention is to provide a card holder of the character described, which 15 may be held in the hand, or which may be placed on the table, and in either position, will hold the cards in arranged order.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a strong and durable card holder of the 20 character described, made from a single piece of sheet material, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, attractive in appearance, and practical and eflicient to a high degree in use.

9 Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exempli- 30 fled in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative 35 embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a card holder embodying the invention, with the cards thereon;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

40 Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the improved card holder, with the cards removed;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the blank'from 45 which the card holder is made.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, l designates a card holder embodying the invention, preferably made from a single blank of sheet metal II. The blank II is substantially 50 rectangular in shape with all four corners rounded. The side edges l2 thereof may be formed with substantially V-shaped cut-out portions l3, closer to one end edge It than to the other end edge l thereof.

65 The blank II is formed with two parallel slits l6, parallel to the side edges l2 and symmetrically disposed with respect to the longitudinal mid section of the blank, and extending from the edge l5 substantially one-third of the length of the blank. 5

The blank is furthermore formed with a outline I! perpendicular to the side edges l2 and disposed between the slits l6 and the cut-away portions 13. The cut-line I1 is centrally located with respect to the side edges l2 and terminates 10 short of said side edges. The blank is furthermore formed with cut-lines 18 extending from the ends of the cut-lines ll, towards the edge l5 of the blank. The cut-lines iii are short in comparison with the length of the cut-lines ll.

In making the card holder H], the portion bounded by the cut-lines I1 and i8 comprises a section [9 folded forwardly about a crease line 20, interconnecting the outer ends of the cutlines l8 and parallel to the cut-lines I'I. Section 20 I9 constitutes a shelf for the lower edges of the cards 25, as will appear hereinafter.

The strip 26 between the slits I6 is folded rearwardly and downwardly to form a rear leg to support the card holder, when the same is placed on the table, or to permit the fingers of a player to be inserted between said leg and the card holder, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the card holder may be held in the hand.

The portion 21 of the blank II, on opposite 30 sides of the slits l6, may be bent inwardly and curved upwardly, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

The blank II is then folded about a line parallel to the edge l4, and disposed between the cut-outs l3 and the cut-lines ll to form upwardly extending wall 30, parallel to the back wall 3|. The shelf l9 extends from the wall 3|, forwardly, and the forward edge of said shelf contacts the front wall 30. The upper end of the wall 30 which is the portion of the blank adjacent the edge l4, may be curved forwardly, as at 32.

The cards 25 may be inserted between the portions 21 of the card holder and the front wall 30 to rest upon the shelf IS. The cards are thus engaged by the forwardly curved upper ends of portion 21, and by the curved end 32 of front wall 30.

It will now be understood that the holder may be rested on the table, as shown in Fig. 4, or may be held in the hand, as shown in Fig. 2. Once the cards are arranged in the holder they will not become misplaced or disarranged.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A card holder made from a single piece of sheet metal and having a rear wall and a front wall interconnected at their lower ends, said rear wall extending above the upper end of the front wall. and a spring leg extending downwardly and rearwardly from said rear wall, the upper ends of the front and rear walls being inclined forwardly.

2. A card holder made of a single piece of sheet metal having a front wall and a. rear wall interconnected at their lower ends, the upper end of the rear wall extending above the upper end of the front wall, a shelf extending forwardly from the rear wall with the forward edge thereof contacting the front wall to space the front wall from the rear wall, a spring leg extending rearwardly and downwardly from the rear wall, the upper portion of the rear wall being inclined forwardly toward the plane of the front wall.

LEON S. RAMOS.