Patent ID: 6871682
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. Card holder for plastic cards with magnetically stored information, comprising: a pair of external covers hinged together at one end thereof to open in intersecting planes, and including a pair of edges transverse to the hinged end and an opposite end, wherein each plane extends from the hinged end to the opposite end; two paired, holding devices for holding a plurality of cards, each of said holding devices independently disposed between the covers and adjacent an opposed transverse edge of the covers, said holding devices being hinged together with the covers at one end of the holding devices, and having a plurality of paired, opposing holding surfaces having free ends opposite to the hinged end of the holding devices for receiving cards to be held, the paired holding devices being spaced apart by an amount sufficient that a card inserted between opposed holding surfaces adjacent each edge of the covers is retained adjacent opposed side edges of the card, said holding surfaces being substantially parallel with each other both when the card holder is open and closed.