CARD HOLDER WITH BUILT IN CUTTER

• US 20150033562A1
• Filed: 08/01/2014
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aletha Ann Posey
• Original Assignee: Aletha Ann Posey
• Inventors: Posey, Aletha Ann
• Application Number:
  US14/449,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20150033562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/164
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 27/00 Hand cutting tools not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/328 comprising means for cutting the belt
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/32 Devices for releasing in an emergency, e.g. after an accident ; Remote or automatic unbuckling devices unlocking devices for retractors B60R22/3416

Abstract

A card holder with a built in seatbelt cutter is provided. The present invention may include a back plate with an outer perimeter formed by a top end, a bottom end, a first side, and a second side. The back plate may include a cutout portion formed through the outer perimeter and into the back plate. The present invention may further include a cutter blade attached to the back plate and disposed within the cutout portion. The present invention may further include a card receptacle attached to the back plate that is sized to receive and secure a card within.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a back plate comprising an outer perimeter formed by a top end, a bottom end, a first side and a second side, wherein a cutout portion is formed through the outer perimeter and into the back plate;

a cutter blade attached to the back plate and disposed within the cutout portion; and

a card receptacle attached to the back plate and sized to receive and secure a card within.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cutout portion extends through the bottom end of the outer perimeter.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the back plate comprises an attachment slot disposed near the top end and formed to receive a strap.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the back plate comprises a finger hole therethrough, sized to fit a finger.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the card receptacle comprises a rim extending from the first side, the second side, and the bottom end, wherein the rim comprises at least one tab protruding inward toward the back plate, wherein the card fits in between the back plate, the rim and the at least one tab.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising upper tabs protruding from the rim on the first side and the second side near the top end.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising lower tabs protruding from the rim on the first side and the second side near the bottom end.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a top tab protruding from the top end of the perimeter.