Patent ID: 6823910
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
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.