WO1997042846A1 - Unite de rangement pour carte - Google Patents

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WO1997042846A1
WO1997042846A1 PCT/SE1997/000031 SE9700031W WO9742846A1 WO 1997042846 A1 WO1997042846 A1 WO 1997042846A1 SE 9700031 W SE9700031 W SE 9700031W WO 9742846 A1 WO9742846 A1 WO 9742846A1
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base plate
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Kurt Lennart Ohlsson
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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
    • A45C11/18—Ticket-holders or the like
    • A45C11/182—Credit card holders
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/18—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
    • G09F3/20—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels

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  • the present invention re ates to a card holder device intended for cards that contain specific information and that have specific dimensions.
  • the device includes a rectangular or generally rectangular base plate, two raised first side-edges that extend up from the base plate, one on each long side of the base plate, two raised second side-edges that extend up from the base plate, one along each short side of said base plate, and two projections, one on each of said raised first side-edges.
  • the projections extend in over said base plate and towards each other from that side surface of respective raised first side- edges that lies distal from the base plate, such as to form a space between the projections and the base plate.
  • the distance between the inwardly facing surfaces of the raised first side-edges is only slightly greater than the distance between the long sides of the card, and the distance between the inwardly facing surfaces of the raised second side-edges is only slightly greater than the distance between the short sides of said card.
  • the base plate includes at? least one through-penetrating aperture through which a carrying line, such as a wire or ball-and-link chain is intended to pass, with the intention of hanging the device from a holder means, such as a hook or the neck of the person carrying the device.
  • a carrying line such as a wire or ball-and-link chain
  • the aperture is comprised of a first and a second hole, of which the cross-sectional area of the first hole is greater than the cross-sectional area of the carrying line used.
  • card holders have long been known in many different contexts. These known card holders are mostly used to carry identification cards within business premises and the like, with the purpose of providing the card holder with access to different locations in the premises, or to afford access different pieces of equipment therein, in accordance with the authority given by the card.
  • the card holder is preferably designed to enable the card to be carried in a simple fashion and to be available to the user in different situations.
  • a card holder will normally be comprised of a base plate having raised edges within which the card can be neatly accommodated.
  • the card and the card holder have a rectangular shape, it is known to provide two mutually opposing edges of the card holder, generally long side-edges, with projections that extend in over the base plate and towards one another, so as to enable the card to be retained between the side-edges and behind the projections.
  • the known tech ⁇ nique relevant to the present invention discloses how the base plate of a card holder can be provided with different apertures through which a wire or line can be threaded so as to enable the card holder to be hung around the neck of the person carrying the card holder, for instance.
  • Swedish Patent Publication 433 680 teaches a card holder in which said aperture is comprised of two holes through which a wire or line is threaded into one hole and out through the other. A restriction is provided between the two holes, so as to enable the line or wire to be clamped firmly by and thus secured in the construction.
  • card holders of this kind are intended as product accessories, the card holders shall be as cheap as possible and it must be able to produce the card holder in a manner which is beneficial from a manufacturing/technical aspect and from an economical aspect.
  • a technical problem resides in permitting a base plate of a card holding device to be attached to a carrying line through the medium of apertures in the base plate, with the intention of enabling the device to be hung around a device holding means, which may be a hook or the neck of the person carrying the device, such that the device will be securely fastened to the carrying line but can be separated from the carrier line without said carrying line breaking should the device be drawn from the carrying line with a relatively large force.
  • a technical problem is one of realizing how a base-plate aperture shall be configured in order to provide a solution to the above-mentioned problem.
  • the present invention relates to a device for holding a card that contains specific information and has specific dimensions, said device including a rectangular, or generally rectangular, base plate, two raised first side-edges that extend up from the base plate, one on each long side of the base plate, two raised second side-edges that extend up from the base plate, one on each short side of said base plate, a projec ⁇ tion provided on each of respective first side-edges, said projections protruding in over the base plate and towards each other from that edge surface of respective first side-edges that lie distal from the base plate, wherewith the distance between the inwardly facing side-surfaces of the raised first side-edges is only slightly greater than the distance between the long sides of the card, and the distance between the inwardly facing side- surfaces of the raised second side-edges is only slightly greater than the distance between the short sides of said card.
  • the base plate of the inventive device includes at least one through-penetrating aperture through which a carrying line, such as a wire or a so-called ball-and-link chain, can be threaded with the intention of enabling the device to be hung around a device holding means, such as a hook or the neck of the person carrying the device.
  • a carrying line such as a wire or a so-called ball-and-link chain
  • the aperture includes a first and a second hole, of which at least the first hole has a cross- sectional area that exceeds the cross-sectional area of the wire, and a hole-interconnecting slot.
  • the slot has a width that is smaller than the diameter of the wire, so as to ensure that the carrying line will be securely held between the holes.
  • the slot has a first width on the first side of the base plate, and a second width on the opposite, second side of the base plate, said first width being greater than said second width.
  • the holes may have a circular shape, in which case the first width is suitably equal to the diameter of the holes.
  • the holes have a diameter of 1.5 to 2.5 mm, preferably about 2.0 mm, and that the second width of the slot corresponds to 0.1 to 0.4 mm, preferably 0.2 to 0.3 mm, such as 0.25 mm.
  • the base plate of the inventive device is provided with an aperture or hole on each corner of the base plate.
  • the carrying line is a ball-and-link chain, which consists of balls that are interconnected by links
  • the first hole is adapted to allow the balls to pass through and the second hole is adapted to prevent balls from passing therethrough, whereas the slot is adapted to allow passage of the link that joins two adjacent balls.
  • the second hole has a first diameter on said first side of the base plate, and a second diameter on the second side of the base plate, said first diameter being greater than the diameter of the balls and said second diameter being smaller than the diameter of said balls.
  • the hole thus has a cupped shape that opens out towards the first side of the base plate. This enables a ball to be threaded through the first hole and the chain to be threaded through the slot to the location of the second hole with a link between two balls located in the slot, whereafter the ball that has been threaded through the first hole can be seated in the cup defined by the second hole, without passing through said hole, thereby securing the chain to the base plate.
  • Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a first side of an inventive device
  • Figure 2 is a somewhat enlarged perspective view of a first embodiment of a through-penetrating aperture in the base plate of the device
  • Figure 3 is a somewhat enlarged perspective view of a second embodiment of a through-penetrating aperture in the base plate of the device.
  • Figure 4 is a sectioned side view of an inventive device in coaction with a so-called ball-and-link chain.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a device 1 intended for holding a card that contains specific information and that has specific dimensions.
  • the card may have the form of an identity card and the informa ⁇ tion may comprise data stored in a magnetic strip on the card, a photograph and/or other information that identifies the card carrier and/or establishes certain rights or qualifications with respect to said card carrier.
  • the card may alternatively be a cash card, key card, lift card, or some other type of card.
  • the device includes a rectangular, or generally rectangular, base plate 11, a raised first side-edge 12a, 12b along each long side of the base plate 11, a raised second side-edge 13a, 13b along each short side of said base plate 11, and a respective projec ⁇ tion 2a and 2b on each of the first side-edges 12a, 12b, said two projections extending in over the base plate and towards each other from that edge surface of its respective first side-edge that lies distal from the base plate.
  • the base plate 11 of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 includes at least one through-penetrating aperture 3 through which there can be passed a carrying line, such as a wire or a so-called ball-and-link chain, by means of which the device can be hung on a holder unit, such as a hook, or around the neck of the person carrying the device.
  • a carrying line such as a wire or a so-called ball-and-link chain
  • the aperture 3 is comprised of a first through-penetrating hole 31 and a second through-penetrating hole 32, of which at least the first through-penetrating hole has a cross-sectional area that is greater than the cross-sectional area of the line to be threaded through said hole.
  • the aperture 3 also includes a slot 33 which interconnects the holes 31, 32 and which has a width smaller than the cross- dimension of the carrying line.
  • the slot 33 has a first width "h” on a first side 11a of the base plate and a second width "k” an the opposite side lib of the base plate, where the first width "h" is greater than the second width
  • the holes 31, 32 are circular in shape and the first width "h" is equal to the diameter of the holes.
  • the first width "h” exceeds the diameter of the wire, whereas the second width "k” is smaller than the diameter of said wire.
  • the holes 31, 32 will have a diameter of 1.5 to 2.5 mm, preferably about 2.0 mm, and that the second width "k" will be 0.1 to 0.4 mm, preferably 0.2 to 0.3 mm, such as 0.25 mm.
  • the slot 33 is preferably an open through-penetrating slot, although it may also be covered with a thin, readily broken covering that determines the force required to insert the wire through the slot.
  • Figure 3 illustrates an embodiment which is adapted for a carrying line in the form of a so-called ball-and-link chain that includes balls interconnected by links.
  • the first hole 31' is adapted to allow the balls to pass through
  • the second hole 32' is adapted to prevent balls from passing there ⁇ through
  • the slot 33' is adapted to allow a link between two adjacent balls to pass through.
  • the second hole 32' has a first diameter 32'a on the first side 11a of the base plate and a second diameter 32'b on the opposite side lib of the base plate.
  • the first diameter 32'a is greater than the diameter of a ball, and the second diameter 32'b is smaller than the diameter of a ball.
  • the hole 32' thus defines a cup that opens outwards towards the first side 11a of the base plate.
  • a ball-and-link chain can be fastened to the base plate by first threading a ball through the first hole 31' and then passing the chain through the slot 33' to the region of the second hole 32' with a link between two balls passing through the slot, and then causing the ball threaded through the first hole 31 ' to seat in the cup defined by the second hole 32' , said ball being unable to fall through the hole because the second diameter 32'b is smaller than the ball diameter.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that a card holder that includes an aperture adapted for coaction with a ball-and-link chain can be hung in a position in which the device is angled away from the a device resting surface.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a card holder that hangs on a ball-and-link chain 8 placed around the neck of the person carrying the card holder, where the chest of the carrier forms the device resting surface 9.
  • Figure 4 is a side-section view of the card holder and shows the card holder hanging against the device resting surface 9. Because the link 83 located between the ball 81 that lies in the cup formed by the second hole 32' and the ball 82 located on the other side of the second hole 32' extends at an angle to the base plate 11, and because a ball-and-link chain has limited intrinsic flexibility, the ball-and-link chain 8 will describe an arcuate path from the base plate 11 up to the device resting surface 9. This means that the card holder will be tilted through a given angle away from the surface 9 (the chest of the wearer) .
  • a card held in the card holder can be handled more easily, owing to the fact that a card-grip a recess 16a provided in the card holder will therewith be out of contact with the device resting surface 9 so that the carrier of the card holder can easily grip that part of the card exposed in the recess 16a.
  • the base plate include ⁇ four apertures or holes 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, one in each corner of the base plate 11.
  • the present invention is complementary to those inventions that are more clearly illustrated and described in corresponding patent applications filed on the same day as this application and relating to card holders, card holder units, card holder arrange- ments and arrangements relating to card holders, the subject matter of these applications constituting a part of the descrip ⁇ tion of the present invention.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif permettant de ranger une carte contenant des informations spécifiques et ayant des dimensions spécifiques. Le dispositif comprend une plaque de base de forme rectangulaire ou généralement rectangulaire, deux premiers bords latéraux redressés s'étendant le long de la plaque de base, un sur chaque côté long de celle-ci, et deux seconds bords latéraux s'étendant le long de la plaque de base, un sur chaque côté court de celle-ci. La plaque de base comporte au moins un orifice traversant à travers lequel on peut faire passer un fil support afin de suspendre le dispositif sur une unité support, tel qu'un crochet ou le cou de la personne qui le porte. L'orifice comporte un premier et un second trou, le premier ayant une section supérieure à celle du fil support, et une fente traversante qui relie les trous et dont la largeur est inférieure au diamètre du fil support.
PCT/SE1997/000031 1996-05-13 1997-01-13 Unite de rangement pour carte WO1997042846A1 (fr)

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AU13260/97A AU1326097A (en) 1996-05-13 1997-01-13 Card holding unit

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SE9601821A SE508032C2 (sv) 1996-05-13 1996-05-13 Korthållare med urtagning för en tråd
SE9601821-3 1996-05-13

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
SE433680B (sv) * 1982-09-10 1984-06-04 Ohlson Kurt L For ett kort, speciellt id-kort, avsedd hallare
WO1987001915A1 (fr) * 1985-09-26 1987-04-09 Pierre Tschanz Porte-carte sous forme de cadre
EP0565379A1 (fr) * 1992-04-09 1993-10-13 Ykk Corporation Chaîne à balles et moyens de raccordement pour cela
WO1994025286A1 (fr) * 1993-04-22 1994-11-10 Mcdonald George W Element en feuille replie

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
SE433680B (sv) * 1982-09-10 1984-06-04 Ohlson Kurt L For ett kort, speciellt id-kort, avsedd hallare
WO1987001915A1 (fr) * 1985-09-26 1987-04-09 Pierre Tschanz Porte-carte sous forme de cadre
EP0565379A1 (fr) * 1992-04-09 1993-10-13 Ykk Corporation Chaîne à balles et moyens de raccordement pour cela
WO1994025286A1 (fr) * 1993-04-22 1994-11-10 Mcdonald George W Element en feuille replie

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