Patent ID: 9038885
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A45C,B65D

Abstract:
1. A dollar coin converter consisting of: a dollar coin holder in the form of an annulus; a dollar coin having a first thickness; the annulus having a top face, bottom face, and a central opening therethrough which removably receives the dollar coin therein; an outer circumferential peripheral surface of the annulus including a continuous outer ridge; an inner circumferential peripheral surface of the annulus including a continuous inner ridge; a plurality of ribs circumferentially spaced on the inner ridge and formed of a compressible, resilient material, the ribs having a second thickness in the direction of and greater than the first thickness such that the ribs directly engage and removably secure the dollar coin in the central opening; and a portion of the annulus between the ridges including indicia on at least one of the top and bottom faces.