Parking garage key or document holder

• US 5,593,075 A
• Filed: 09/19/1995
• Issued: 01/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Donald A. Schumer
• Original Assignee: Donald A. Schumer
• Inventors: Schumer, Donald A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHAH, KAMLESH R
• Application Number:
  US08/505,160
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 224/483, 224/277, 224/312, 224/676, 224/249, 224/911, 150/147, 264/322, 264/295, 264/339, 264/DIG. 4, 264/DIG. 66, 206/449, 206/555, 29/405, 29/DIG. 3
• US Class Current: 224/483
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/08 Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles B60R7/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/087 for stowing money or valuables, e.g. using safes

Abstract

A holder for parking garage keys and rectangular documents is to be used for storing credit card sized pass-keys, credit cards and similarly dimensioned items inside motor vehicles. The holder has a fold-and-finish construction. The holder comprises a back face, a front face connected to the back face at the bottom of the holder, and two side faces connected to the back face at the sides. The front face has a substantial indentation and beveled top edge so as to allow easy access to the contents of the holder. The holder is intended to be mounted in an motor vehicle in order to provide ready availability of parking garage pass-keys or other cards or documents, such as credit cards and visas, that might be necessary while travelling by motor vehicle.

Claims

1. A holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents, comprising:

a rectangular back face having a top edge, a bottom region, a first side region, and a second side region;

two trapezoidal side faces each having a long-length side, a medium-length side, and two short-length sides, one of said long-length sides joined to said first side region at a first side crease-line, and another one of said long-length sides joined to said second side region at a second side crease-line;

a generally rectangular front face having a length, a top edge, side edges and a bottom region, said top edge of said front face having a notch extending into one-eighth to one-half of said length of said front face; and

a rounded rectangular bottom face joining said bottom region of said back face at a back crease-line and said bottom region of said front face at a front crease-line.

2. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein said side faces are oriented at a normal angle relative to said back face.

3. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein said back face and said front face are oriented at a normal angle relative to said bottom face.

4. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein said back face and said front face are oriented opposite to one another.

5. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein:

said side faces are oriented at a normal angle relative to said back face;

said back face and said front face are oriented at a normal angle relative to said bottom face; and

said back face and said front face are oriented opposite to one another.

6. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 5, wherein said back face is mounted to an interior portion of a vehicle.

7. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 5, wherein the holder is composed of a resilient material selected from thermoplastics and spring metal.

8. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein medium-length sides of said side faces are configured adjacent to side edges of said front face.

9. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein said back face is mounted to an interior portion of a vehicle.

10. The holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents according to claim 1, wherein said top edge of said front face is beveled.

11. A holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents, comprising:

a rectangular back face having a top edge, a bottom region, a first side region, and a second side region;

two trapezoidal side faces each having a long-length side, a medium-length side, and two short-length sides, one of said long-length sides joined to said first side region at a first side crease-line, and another one of said long-length sides joined to said second side region at a second side crease-line;

a generally rectangular front face having a length, a top edge, side edges and a bottom region, said top edge of said front face being beveled and having a notch extending into one-eighth to one-half of said length of said front face;

a rounded rectangular bottom face joining said bottom region of said back face at a back crease-line and said bottom region of said front face at a front crease-line;

said side faces are oriented at a normal angle relative to said back face;

said back face and said front face are oriented at a normal angle relative to said bottom face; and

said back face and said front face are oriented opposite to one another.

12. A method of constructing a holder for parking-garage keys and rectangular documents, comprising the steps of:

shaping a flat piece of material selected from thermoplastic and spring metal having a rectangular back face having a top edge, a bottom region, a first side region, and a second side region, two trapezoidal side faces each having a long-length side, a medium-length side, and two short-length sides, one of said long-length sides joined to said first side region at a first side crease-line, and another one of said long-length sides joined to said second side region at a second side crease-line, a generally rectangular front face having a length, a top edge, side edges and a bottom region, said top edge of said front face having a notch extending into one-eighth to one-half of said length of said front face, a rectangular bottom face joining said bottom region of said back face at a back crease-line and said bottom region of said front face at a front crease-line;

applying means for imbuing reversible pliability to the bottom face;

configuring said side faces to be oriented at a normal angle relative to said back face;

configuring said back face and said front face to be oriented opposite to one another with said bottom face configured to be rounded; and

ending application of means for imbuing reversible pliability to the bottom face.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the means for imbuing reversible pliability is heat.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the top edge of the front face is beveled.

15. The method according to claim 12, whereby the holder is attachable to an interior portion of a vehicle.