KEY HOLDER

• US 3,589,155 A
• Filed: 03/18/1969
• Issued: 06/29/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Emil W. Kamp
• Original Assignee: Emil W. Kamp
• Inventors: Kamp, Emil W.
• Application Number:
  US04/808,275
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• US Class Current: 70/459
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 15/00 Key-rings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/8757 Releasable catches

Abstract

A key holder comprising a key ring formed from a length of resilient wire stock and bent to provide a loop and a pair of leg portions, a discoidal retainer or body formed of plastic, means for mounting a flat, indicia-bearing element on opposite sides of said retainer, means for detachably engaging said key ring leg portions within said retainer between opposed indicia-bearing members and shield components for preventing contact between said leg portions and said indicia-bearing members.

Claims

1. A key holder comprising a key ring formed from wire stock and having a loop-forming portion and a pair of spaced apart legs continuous with said portion, a discoidal retainer body having a rim comprising an outer peripheral wall, an inwardly radially spaced inner peripheral wall and opposed exterior surfaces between said inner and outer peripheral walls, said rim having a pair of openings extending therethrough from said outer peripheral wall through said inner peripheral wall, partition means provided interiorly of said retainer body with opposite sides thereof aligned respectively with the said openings, said key ring legs projecting through said openings and being presented on opposite sides of said partition means.

2. A key holder as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said partition means comprising an elongated member, said inner peripheral wall being annular, said partition member extending between diametrically opposed points on said inner peripheral wall cooperating therewith to define a pair of compartments into each of which one of said key ring legs extend.

3. A key holder as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said inner peripheral wall being annular for defining a central volume within said retainer body, an elongated partition member extending between opposed points on said inner peripheral wall for cooperating with said inner peripheral wall to define a pair of compartments within said volume, said partition member being of less transverse extent than said inner peripheral wall and a planar member extending between said partition member and said inner peripheral wall, said planar member being planarwise perpendicular to said partition member for enclosing the intervening portion of at least one of said compartments.

4. A key holder as defined in claim 3 and further characterized by said planar member being of flat annular configuration.

5. A key holder comprising a key ring formed from wire stock and having a loop-forming portion and a pair of spaced apart legs continuous with said portion, a discoidal retainer body having a rim comprising an outer peripheral wall, an inwardly radially spaced inner peripheral wall and opposed exterior surfaces between said inner and outer peripheral walls, said inner peripheral wall being annular and defining a central volume, said rim having a pair of openings extending therethrough from said outer peripheral wall through said inner peripheral wall, partition means provided within said volume for cooperating with said inner peripheral wall to define a pair of compartments, each of said openings communicating with one of said compartments, said key ring legs projecting through said openings and presented on opposite sides of said partition with each of said legs being received within one of said compartments, first and second flat wall-forming members disposed in planar parallel relationship and extending from opposite portions of said partition means toward opposed portions of said inner peripheral wall so as to cooperate with said partition means and said inner peripheral wall to cause said compartments to open in opposite direction.

6. A key holder as defined in claim 5 and further characterized by indicia-bearing members presented on opposite sides of said retainer body, means for mounting said indicia-bearing members on said body in visibility obscuring relationship to the portions of said legs within the adjacent compartments.

7. A key holder as defined in claim 6 and further characterized by shielding means provided between each leg and the adjacent indicia-bearing member.

8. A key holder as defined in claim 7 and further characterized by said shielding means comprising a flat disc, said inner peripheral wall having an annular undercut, said disc being marginally received within said undercut.