Patent ID: 9661908
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A45C

Claim:
1. A holding device for cards and/or notes, comprising a housing, the housing including at least one clip and a base, wherein the base has an open top plane, a bottom plane having a cut-out area, a first side ridge and a second side ridge projecting upwardly from the bottom plane of the housing, and a connecting ridge at one end of the bottom plane projecting upwardly from the bottom plane; wherein the first side ridge and the second side ridge are disposed at a distance from each other, and the first side ridge projects upwardly from the bottom plane to a first height higher than the second side ridge; wherein the at least one clip extends through the open top plane and between the first and second side ridges and, when the holding device has no cards or notes disposed in the housing, a free end of the at least one clip is received in the cut-out area; wherein the first height of the first side ridge and a height of the connecting ridge are adapted so that the first side ridge and connecting ridge provide a bound to said cards and/or notes held between the bottom plane and the at least one clip when said holding device is holding said cards and/or notes; wherein the second side ridge has a height adapted so that for a first note of a width exceeding a distance between the first side ridge and second side ridge, the first note is bound by said first side ridge and said connecting ridge while extending over the second side ridge beyond confines of the holding device, when the holding device is holding said first note.