US2657568A - Key hanger support for key cases - Google Patents

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US2657568A
US2657568A US22687051A US2657568A US 2657568 A US2657568 A US 2657568A US 22687051 A US22687051 A US 22687051A US 2657568 A US2657568 A US 2657568A
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Clyde E Morrell
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/32—Bags or wallets for holding keys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/32—Bags or wallets for holding keys
    • A45C11/323—Bags or wallets for holding keys with key hangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B45/00—Hooks; Eyes
    • F16B45/02—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member
    • F16B45/036—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member with an elastically bending closing member
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/80—Parts, attachments, accessories and adjuncts
    • Y10T70/8432—For key-operated mechanism
    • Y10T70/8676—Key holders

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  • This invention relates to an improvement in key hangers and key hanger supports adaptedtobe secured to key cases.
  • hangers in the form of loops or hooks, areformed with shanks provided with enlarged heads.
  • the supports are provided with one or more slots of less width than the heads of the hangers and into whichthe shanks of the hangers are introduced by way-of; enlarged openings through which the headsmay pass.
  • a further object is to provide a construction, having the above advantages, in which the hangers may be easily and quickly attached to or detached from, the support at the willof theuser.
  • a further object, apart from making organic synthetic plastics available for its construction, is the provision of a key hanger support which. can be made in one piece, and which will securely hold the hanger against accidental detachment while permitting easy intentional detachment.
  • Fig. 1 is a front view of a key case to which. is secured a key hanger support: embodyingtheinvention with a key hanger embodying the invention attached thereto, parts 01 the cover of the case being broken away;
  • FIG. 2- is: a sideview of the key hanger support of-Fig. 1 prior to its attachmentto the case;
  • Fig. 3 is a rear-view-of' the hanger support
  • Fig; 4 is a sectional view substantially on line 4 -4 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 5*- is a sectional: view substantially on line 55 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. '6 is a sectional view substantially on linev 6'--6 of Fig; 2 and showing in dotted line themanner of attaching a key hanger'to the sup-- port;
  • Fig. '7 is'a detail view of the key-hangeropened to receive a key, an intermediate position ofthe parts in closing the hanger beingshown in dotted lines;
  • Fig. 8 is a view similar to that of Fig. '7 but with the hanger closed;
  • Fig. 9 is a top view of the hanger in closed position.
  • thesupport is shown as comprising spaced side members I connectedby spaced transverse members 2. Centered between the members"? are pairs'of opposedmemhere 3, projecting from side members I and spaced from members 2'to provide transverse key hanger retaining'slots 4 at: each side of the members 3-, the ends of the slots being closed bythe side members I.
  • the free ends-'ofmembers 34 are shaped, to provide openings 5, enlarged as compared with the width of; the slots 4 to permit passageof the head; of; a key hanger of the type above described.
  • the openings 5, are connected to the adjacent slots 4 by slits 6- formed between the adjacent ends of members 3, which slits are narrower than the slots 4 so that the shanks of the key hangers cannot normallyenterthe slits either from the slots 4 or the openings 5.
  • the opposed members or fingers 3 extending freely from the side members I are capable of being sprung apart, due to the resilience of the material from which the support is; formed, to increase the effective width of the slits and permit passage-ofthe shank of a key hanger ineither direction between the openings 5 and either-of the ad jacent slots 4.
  • the openings are positioned midway between the ends of the slots so that when the key hangers are at the ends of the slots 4, which is their normal position when enclosed in the case or swung outwardly thereof into operative position, their shanks are remote from the entrance to the slits 6 thus minimizing any chance of the hanger shanks being accidently forced into the slits.
  • the various members and parts of support as above described preferably are formed as portions of a body of a suitable organic synthetic plastic, 'molded as a single piece by injection molding or other suitable molding method.
  • the members or portions 2 are solid and are provided with rivet forming projections 7 extending from the rear side of the support, which may be headed over by means of a heated member as shown at 8 to secure the support to the desired portion of a case 9 formed of any suitable material.
  • Figs. 7, 8 and 9 show a preferred form of key hanger.
  • the hanger of the latter figures comprises a length of flexible material 55 provided at one end with a head I6 and at the other with a loop l1 through which the head it can be in serted or withdrawn by flexing the length of material as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7.
  • the end portion which carries the head is is also provided with a shoulder E3 of a size to prevent its passing through the opening in loop ll.
  • a key (not shown) may be easily threaded over the head It onto the hanger after which the hanger is closed by passing the head it through the loop H as described, thus locking the key in the noose E9.
  • the shoulder functions to prevent the noose being drawn tigh ly on the key or subjecting the material to too sharp a bend.
  • the shoulder l8 limits the extent to which the head and shank of the holder may enter the slots 4 or openings 5 of the support.
  • the structure of the loop shown permits it to be molded from a suitable synthetic organic plastic.
  • the plastic is molded in substantially the form shown in Fig. 7 so that the material is in only slightly strained condition when the parts are in the position of Fig. 8.
  • the loop ii is formed as a projection 29 extending at approximately a right angle from the end of the noose, the projection being pro vided with a circular aperture 21 forming the loop through which the head It is passed.
  • Nylon and Tenite are suitable synthetic organic plastics from which the support and loop may be formed, but other plastic materials possessing similar qualities of toughness, flexibility and resilience may be employed.
  • a key hanger support for key cases which comprises spaced side members connected by two transverse members, opposed members projecting from the side members and positioned between and spaced from the transverse members to provide two transverse slots, one at each side of the opposed members, the side members closing the ends of the slots, the free ends of the opposed members being shaped to provide an enlarged opening, and the free ends of the opposed members being spaced from each other to form slits connecting the slots with said opening, the slits being of less width than the slots, the opposed members being resiliently separable to increase the efiective width of the slits.
  • a key hanger support for key cases which comprises spaced side members connected by two transverse members, opposed members projecting from the side members and positioned between and spaced from the transverse members to provide two transverse slots, one at each side of the opposed members, the side members closing the ends of the slots, the free ends of the opposed members being shaped to provide an enlarged opening positioned substantially midway between the ends of the slots, and the free ends of the opposed members being spaced from each other to form slits connecting the slots with said opening, the slits being of less width than the slots, the opposed members being resiliently separable to increase the effective width of the slits.
  • a key hanger support for key cases which comprises an elongated body of organic synthetic plastic, said body including spaced side portions connected by two transverse portions, opposed portions projecting from the side portions and positioned between and spaced from the transverse portions to provide two transverse slots, one at each side of the opposed portions, the side portions closing the ends of the slots, the body being recessed to form a generally semi-cylindrical chamber beneath the opposed portions and opening to the rear face of the support, the free ends of the opposed portions being shaped to provide an enlarged opening and the free ends of the opposed members being spaced from each other to form slits connecting the slots with said opening, the slits being of less width than the slots, the opposed portions being resiliently separable to increase the effective width of the slits, and rivet forming projections extending from the rear of the body.
  • a key hanger support for key hangers having shanks with enlarged heads at the end of the shanks which comprises a chambered member formed with spaced transverse slots closed at their ends and of a width to accommodate the shank but not the head of a hanger, the portion of the wall of said chamber intermediate said slots being formed with an opening, slits connecting said opening with each adjacent slot, said slits with said opening dividing the said intermediate wall portion into opposed members, said slits being of less width than said slots, said opposed members being formed of resilient material to permit resilient separation of the said opposed members to permit passage of a hanger head through said opening and passage of a hanger shank along said slits and into said slots.

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US22687051 US2657568A (en) 1951-05-17 1951-05-17 Key hanger support for key cases
GB426152A GB706279A (en) 1951-05-17 1952-02-18 Improvements in key hanger supports and key hangers therefor
FR1052317D FR1052317A (fr) 1951-05-17 1952-03-11 Mousqueton et râtelier porte-mousquetons pour trousse à clefs
CH304221D CH304221A (fr) 1951-05-17 1952-03-26 Support porte-clés pour trousse à clés.
US37986353 US2772559A (en) 1951-05-17 1953-09-14 Key hanger for key cases

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Cited By (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2816434A (en) * 1953-04-09 1957-12-17 Brown & Bigelow One piece adjustable key holder
US3469424A (en) * 1967-09-20 1969-09-30 United Carr Inc Key retainer
US3918132A (en) * 1974-03-11 1975-11-11 Loop A Line Inc Rubber band holder
US5168735A (en) * 1991-11-29 1992-12-08 Philip Wang Key holder
US8672002B2 (en) 2004-08-17 2014-03-18 The Finding Ip Holding Company Llc Key locator
US9131758B2 (en) 2004-08-17 2015-09-15 The Finding Ip Holding Company Llc Key locator with a container

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US2197218A (en) * 1939-05-29 1940-04-16 Geller Isaac Key-retaining and supporting member
US2197217A (en) * 1938-10-03 1940-04-16 Geller Isaac Key support and holder therefor
US2201850A (en) * 1939-03-30 1940-05-21 Leah L Gardner Key case
US2201851A (en) * 1939-03-30 1940-05-21 Leah L Gardner Key holder
US2421492A (en) * 1945-05-15 1947-06-03 Geller Isaac Key holder plate
US2550135A (en) * 1947-08-09 1951-04-24 Buxton Inc Detachable loop-type key holder for key cases

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2197217A (en) * 1938-10-03 1940-04-16 Geller Isaac Key support and holder therefor
US2201850A (en) * 1939-03-30 1940-05-21 Leah L Gardner Key case
US2201851A (en) * 1939-03-30 1940-05-21 Leah L Gardner Key holder
US2197218A (en) * 1939-05-29 1940-04-16 Geller Isaac Key-retaining and supporting member
US2421492A (en) * 1945-05-15 1947-06-03 Geller Isaac Key holder plate
US2550135A (en) * 1947-08-09 1951-04-24 Buxton Inc Detachable loop-type key holder for key cases

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2816434A (en) * 1953-04-09 1957-12-17 Brown & Bigelow One piece adjustable key holder
US3469424A (en) * 1967-09-20 1969-09-30 United Carr Inc Key retainer
US3918132A (en) * 1974-03-11 1975-11-11 Loop A Line Inc Rubber band holder
US5168735A (en) * 1991-11-29 1992-12-08 Philip Wang Key holder
US8672002B2 (en) 2004-08-17 2014-03-18 The Finding Ip Holding Company Llc Key locator
US9131758B2 (en) 2004-08-17 2015-09-15 The Finding Ip Holding Company Llc Key locator with a container

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