Patent ID: 6648038
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
Apparatus for holding a credit card-type card having a height of about 2.1 inches and length of about 3.3 inches, and for indicating that a card that has been withdrawn, has not been replaced, comprisinga holder having a plurality of walls forming at least one pocket that is constructed to hold one of said cards, said walls including means forming a pocket bottom wall at the bottom of said pocket that limits downward movement of a card in the pocket; a pocket front wall that lies in front of the card and that has a front wall top edge, and a pocket rear wall that lies behind the card and that extends above said front wall top edge, said pocket rear wall having an attention-getting display extending a plurality of millimeters above said front wall top edge and positioned to be covered by a card lying fully inserted in the pocket and to be displayed when a card does not lie in the pocket; said display comprises a horizontally-elongated strip containing a highly reflective holographic-type image that reflects differing amounts of light in different directions, with the amount of light varying in steps of over 10% with angle changes of less than 5Â°.