Emergency identification card device

• US 6,446,374 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2000
• Issued: 09/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William J. Ardiff
• Original Assignee: William J. Ardiff
• Inventors: Ardiff, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Browne, Lynne H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hewitt, James M
• Application Number:
  US09/671,894
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 406/43, 406/44, 406/49, 406/540.1, 406/61, 406/610.8, 406/610.9, 405/91, 405/93
• US Class Current: 40/593
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/20 for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/203 specially adapted to be attached to a transparent surface, e.g. the window of a car

Abstract

An emergency identification card device for quickly identify and notify next of kin when the user is involved in an accident. The emergency identification card device includes a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half with the card member also having written information displayed thereon with the written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon the front side thereof; and also includes a card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having side walls and being adapted to securely attach to a windshield of a vehicle and also being adapted to hold the card member therein.

Claims

1. An emergency identification card device for securing to a windshield of a vehicle comprising:

a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half, said card member also having written information displayed thereon, said written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon said front side;

a card holder assembly for removably holding said card member therein, said card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having front and back walls;

wherein said card member is foldable along a fold line in said front side thereof for concealing said written information displayed on said front side, and wherein said transparent card holder includes a pleat extending along a length of one of said walls for positioning adjacent to said fold line in said card member such that said card holder is foldable between an open position and a closed position;

a first pair of strips of adhesive disposed upon one of said walls of said transparent card holder for attaching said transparent card holder to an upper right hand corner of a windshield of a vehicle, said first pair of strips being located on one portion of said card holder bounded by said pleat and a portion of a perimeter of said card holder for permitting securing of said card holder to the windshield in said closed position or in said open position; and

securing means for securing said card holder in said closed position, said securing means being located on said card holder on the wall opposite the said wall having said first pair of strips thereon.

2. An emergency identification card device as described in claim 1, wherein said written information further includes words “

LIFE CARD”

being displayed in bold letters upon said back side of said card member, said bold letters being fluorescent with bright colors and visible at night in darkness.

3. An emergency identification card device as described in claim 1, wherein said transparent card holder includes a compartment disposed inside thereof and being adapted to receive said card member, and further includes an opening disposed through a side edge thereof into said compartment, said opening being adapted to receive said card member therethrough.

4. An emergency identification card device as described in claim 1, wherein said transparent card holder has a thickness substantially smaller than either said length or width thereof, said transparent card holder being substantially thin and being made of vinyl.

5. An emergency identification card device as described in claim 1, wherein said written information identifies only the relationship of the people associated with said phone numbers displayed upon said card member.

6. An emergency identification card device as described in claim 1, wherein said securing means comprises a pair of adhesive strips.

7. An emergency identification card device for securing to a windshield of a vehicle comprising:

a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half, said card member also having written information displayed thereon, said written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon said front side;

a card holder assembly for removably holding said card member therein, said card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having front and back walls;

wherein said card member is foldable along a fold line in said front side thereof for concealing said written information displayed on said front side, and wherein said transparent card holder includes a pleat extending along a length of one of said walls for positioning adjacent to said fold line in said card member such that said card holder is foldable between an open position and a closed position;

a first pair of strips of adhesive disposed upon one of said walls of said transparent card holder for attaching said transparent card holder to an upper right hand corner of a windshield of a vehicle, said first pair of strips being located on one portion of said card holder bounded by said pleat and a portion of a perimeter of said card holder for permitting securing of said card holder to the windshield in said closed position or in said open position; and

securing means for securing said card holder in said closed position, said securing means being located on said card holder on the wall opposite the said wall having said first pair of strips thereon, wherein said securing means comprises a pair of adhesive strips;

wherein said written information further includes words “

LIFE CARD”

being displayed in bold letters upon said back side of said card member, said bold letters being fluorescent with bright colors and visible at night in darkness;

wherein said transparent card holder includes a compartment disposed inside thereof and being adapted to receive said card member, and further includes an opening disposed through a side edge thereof into said compartment, said opening being adapted to receive said card member therethrough;

wherein said transparent card holder has a thickness substantially smaller than either said length or width thereof, said transparent card holder being substantially thin and being made of vinyl;

wherein said written information identifies only the relationship of the people associated with said phone numbers displayed upon said card member.