Money clip and card holder

• US 6,823,910 B1
• Filed: 06/14/2002
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carlsbad International Export, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Alex Elnekaveh
• Inventors: Elnekaveh, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): Cronin, Stephen K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGO, LIEN M
• Application Number:
  US10/172,321
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 150/147, 150/137, 224/277, 224/483, 206/38, 206/39, 245/63, 406/58, 406/47
• US Class Current: 150/147
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 1/06 Wallets devices for the prevention of theft or loss of wallets A45C13/185; for holding keys A45C11/32; Notecases
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/182 Credit card holders
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 15/08 with watches
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2001/062 Clips for holding banknotes

Abstract

A combined money clip, watch case, and card holder having a flat plate with a pivotal money clip on one side and a card holding receptacle on the other side. The money clip includes an outwardly projecting mount defining an inner space which is partially occupied by a hinge member supporting a watch and which includes a helical spring and having opposite ends which bear against one side of the plate and the other side pivotally carried on the mount. A latch member is carried on the hinge and is spring-biased into a closed position with its free end bearing against the plate when on one side of a spring toggle line and wherein the latch member is loose when positioned on the other side of the spring-toggle line. A receptacle is defined by a pair of lobes which extend from plate side members towards one another in spaced-apart opposition.

Claims

1. A one unitary construction holder for securely and simultaneously retaining both flexible, foldable paper currency and stiffened cards, said one-piece unitary construction comprising:

an elongated flat plate having a top end And a bottom end and with a pair of opposite sides defining a front planar surface and a rear planar surface therebetween;

a flexible mount downwardly depending from said flat plate and normal thereto and integrally carried at said top end of said flat plate and cantilevered outwardly from said front planar surface;

a member hingeably carried on said mount and adapted to more into and away from said front planner surface;

said flexible mount constituting a spring bias normally urging said member into a bearing relationship with said front planar surface;

latch means disposed on said member selectively engageable with said plate to release said spring biasing to remove said bearing relationship in response to pivotal movement of said member about said hinge away from said plate;

a pair of lobes attached to said opposite sides defining a card storage area in cooperation with said rear planar surface;

a recess provided in said member;

a time-piece secured in said recess having a crystal surface wherein an exposed external surface of said crystal is flush with and coextensive with an exterior surface of said member;

said flexible mount and said latch means provides an over-the-center toggle mechanism;

said latch means includes a pair of stab enlargements on said member adjacent to said hinge and operable to engage said front planar surface to flex said flexible mount in response to rotational movement of said member;

a card releasable retaining means disposed on said pair of opposite sides for releasably retaining cards under said lobes including at least one leaf spring member being a first end secured to a selected one of said pair of sides and a second end free to slidably engage against said selected side; and

said leaf spring having a rounded center midway between said first end and said second end;

a said leaf spring second end is adapted to slide against said selected side when cards are introduced under said lobes.

2. The holder defined in claim 1 wherein:

said member is a time piece portion carrying said time piece and an extension portion joining said time piece portion with said flexible mount.