Holder for vehicle service reminder card and the like

• US 4,305,216 A
• Filed: 05/04/1979
• Issued: 12/15/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sam Skelton
• Original Assignee: Sam Skelton
• Inventors: Skelton, Sam
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US06/035,950
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: 40/158 R, 40/159, 40/10 A, 40/10 B, 40/10, 40/591
• US Class Current: 40/644
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/203 specially adapted to be attached to a transparent surface, e.g. the window of a car

Abstract

A card holder for visibly and removably mounting on an interior vehicle surface a card bearing maintenance reminder information. The holder includes a film-like sheet containing a transparent central area dimensioned for viewing the information on the card, and a strip of adhesive material surrounding the transparent area for mounting the holder on the surface, such that the holder forms a card-accepting pocket dimensioned to snugly hold the card removably in place when mounted on the vehicle surface.

Claims

1. A substantially trapezoidal-shaped card holder for visibly and removably mounting an information bearing card of substantially rectangular shape on a surface comprising:

a film-like sheet containing a generally rectangular transparent central area dimensioned for viewing the information on the card;

a strip of adhesive material surrounding three sides of said transparent area for mounting said holder on the surface; and

means associated with said sheet comprising a beveled edge along one margin of said holder for grasping a corner of the card when said holder is mounted on the surface with the card in place to facilitate grasping the card;

said holder forming a card-accepting pocket dimensioned to snugly hold the card removably in place between said sheet and the surface when said holder is mounted on the surface.

2. The holder according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive strip is protected by a thin peelable layer which can be removed to expose said adhesive material prior to mounting said holder on the surface.

3. A card holder for visibly and removably mounting an information bearing card of substantially rectangular shape on a surface comprising:

a first film-like transparent flexible sheet of substantially trapezoidal outline, said sheet including top, bottom and side margins, said bottom margin being longer than said top margin such that one of said side margins is bevel-shaped;

a second film-like transparent flexible sheet of like outline to said first sheet;

adhesive means attached to said first sheet for releasably attaching said sheets together;

a C-shaped score line extending at least partially through said second sheet, said score line having a first leg portion spaced from said upper margin and extending from said bevel-shaped margin to a first point spaced from said other side margin, a second leg spaced from said other side margin and extending from said first point to a second point spaced from said lower margin, and a third leg spaced from said lower margin and extending from said second point to said bevel-shaped margin, the distance between said first and third legs being dimensioned slightly greater than the width of the card, the distance between said second leg and said bevel-shaped margin being such that a corner of the card will be exposed for grasping when said holder is mounted on the surface, the outermost area of said second sheet between said score line and said top, bottom and side margins forming a border which can be easily separated from said first sheet to expose a strip of said adhesive means;

whereby said holder can be attached to the surface by said adhesive means to form a pocket between said holder and the surface for holding and displaying the card.

4. The holder according to claim 3 including a substantially rectangular card dimensioned to be snugly received within said pocket such that a corner of said card extends beyond said bevel-shaped margin for manual grasping.