US2451093A

US2451093A - Key case

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Publication number: US2451093A
Application number: US656967A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bernard H Kaminer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1946-03-25
Filing date: 1946-03-25
Publication date: 1948-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1965-10-12

Description

Oct. 12, 1948. KAMINER 2,451,093

KEY CASE Filed March 25, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet l BERNARD I'LKAMINER Z INVENTOR.

- f BY W flwm/ ATTORNEY Oct. 12, 1948.

B. H. KAMIN ER KEY CASE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 25, 1946 R E m M A K H A N R E B INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY BYW Patented Oct. 12, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KEY CASE Bernard H. Kaminer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application March 25, 1946, Serial No. 656,967

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a key case having a pivotally mounted cover in which keys are pivotally mounted and whereby the keys are projected from the receptacle when the cover is swung into open position.

An object of this invention is to form the receptacle and key carrying cover so that when the keys are projected therefrom the receptacle may assume an angular position to one of the keys when the key is in the lock.

Another object of this invention is to provide hinge means for pivotally mounting the cover on the receptacle and to provide resiliently actuated catch means opposite the hinge means and whereby the cover may be automatically locked on the receptacle.

Another object of this invention is to slot the cover along one of its upright sides and along more than half the length of its top wall so as to permit a key to swing outwardly from the receptacle when the cover is opened and to permit the cover to be locked to the receptacle while the key is projecting in operating position outside the receptacle.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims which form part of this specification.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which;

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the key case in closed position.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the key case with the cover in open position.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the key case with the cover swung open into right-angular relation with the receptacle.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional View of the key case shown in Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, the section being taken as on line 44 in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view of a fragmentary portion of the key case showing the catch means in operating position.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the catch means.

Figure '7 is a view of a fragmentary portion of the key case showing the hinge means in operating position.

Figure 8 is an end view of a modified key case showing the cover centrally slotted along two adjacent walls.

Figure 9 is a top plan view of the key case shown in Figure 8. I

Figure 10 is a side elevation of the key case shown in Figures 8 and 9, the cover being partly broken away.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral It! indicates a key case comprising a receptacle ll preferably of rectangular crosssection. The receptacle H has an opening l2 at its upper end.

Keys l3 are pivotally mounted in face-to-face relation on a pivot [4 in a hollow cover l5. The cover I5 is pivotally mounted on the receptacle II on a hinge l6 and may be swung into open or closed position with relation to the receptacle H. The keys may be withdrawn from the receptacle Ti through the opening 12 by swinging the cover [5 on the hinge 16. A coil spring I1 is mounted on the pintle of the hinge l6 and is arranged to cause the cover to automatically swing into open position.

The receptacle II has catch means [8 secured to the wall l9 opposite the hinge 16. The catch means 18 comprises a leaf spring 20, the lower end of which is suitably fixed to the wall H], such as by rivet 2|. The upper end of the leaf spring 20 has an angularly bent portion 22 facing outwardly of the receptacle. The free end of the leaf spring 20 is beveled. The cover I5 has a lip 24 positioned horizontally at the line of contact 25 between the cover and the receptacle.

The leaf spring 20 has a push button 26 fixed thereto in any suitable manner, such as by riveting its inner end to the leaf spring 20-. The wall 19 has an aperture 21 through which the body of the push button 26 passes outwardly of the receptacle 1 l. The push button has a rounded outer end against which the user applies pressure to force the leaf spring inwardly to .permit the cover IE to swing into open position.

As best shown in Figure 4, the pivot M has a cylindrical body 30 on which the keys are pivotally mounted. The body 39 passes through an aperture 3! in the cover [5. The body 30 has a threaded end portion 32 of smaller diameter than the cylindrical body, the pivot [4 being threadably secured in a threaded aperture 33 in the cover [5, in alignment with the aperture 3|.

The aperture 3| and 33 serve as bearings for the pivot M. It is to be noted that the pivot I4 is positioned parallel to the line of contact 25 between the cover and the receptacle.

Figures 8 to 10, inclusive, show a modified key case 35, comprising a receptacle or hollow body H and a hollow cover 36, pivotally mounted on 3 the receptacle on a hinge Hi. The cover 36 is similar to the cover [5, but in addition is slotted centrally of the key case at 31, along the entire length of one of its upright sides.

The slot 31 extends from the line of contact 25 between the cover and the receptacle and terminates in the upper wall 38 of the cover 36 at a point beyond the pivot [4 to permit the key l3 to project in operating position outside the receptacle-i and in right: angular: relation with the receptacle.

' In the position shown in Figure 10 the key I3 is indicated as inserted into the ignition lock 3.95 of an automobile, the body of the key case hanging vertically from the pivot I 4 in the head" of the key l3. The receptacle is in opera-ting: position, held in depending relation from the keyv I 3.

It is to be noted that the slot 31 is centrally" positioned in relation to the key case and..that' the slot is preferably made wider than one of a made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention as definedv by the appended claims. f

I'claim: I H ll-In a pocket size key case, a receptacle. of rectangular cross-section and comprising; two narrow end'walls and two wide side walls respectively lying in parallel planes, said walls being soli-d'and non-separable and having an opening at its upper end, a cover having bearing means centrally thereof and being hin'gedly mounted on said receptacle at said open end, saidhingelbeing mounted on one of said end) walls to cause saidcover. to swing clear of said receptacle, said cover beingof a size to close said opening,.catch. means secured to said case on the side opposite saidhing'e. to automatically lock said cover on said-receptacle, key-carrying means detachably: mounted in 'said bearingmeans, said key-carry ing' means being positioned transversely ofzsaidl cover to permit said keys to swing outwardly from said receptacle when said cover is. swung into. open position, said keys being movable into con- 4 cealed relation within said receptacle when said cover is moved into closing position, said cover being centrally slotted on two adjacent sides to,

permit the body of one of said keys to project in operating position outside said receptacle with the head of said key projecting outside the boundaries of said cover While said receptacle is held in depending relation from said key.

2. In a pocket size key case, a receptacle of rectangular: cross-section and:' comprising two narrow end wallsand two'side walls lying in parallel planes, said walls being integral and non-separable, said receptacle having an opening at-its upper end, a cover of rectangular crosssection having bearing means centrally thereof,

'saidi cover'being hingedly mounted on said receptaclel at. said open end, said hinge being mounted on one of said end walls to cause said coverto swing clear of said receptacle, said cover being of a size to close said opening, catch means secured to.said case onthelsideloppcsite said hinge, toautomatically. lockl' saidfcover. on said receptacle, threaded key-carrying means de tachably. mounted, in; said bearing fmeans," said key-carrying means being positioned'to permit 2 REFERE S CITED I v I The following referencesare of recordlin the file:of thispatent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Date;

Great Britain Nov. 5,1936