Abstract:
A portable identification holder includes a base, a substantially transparent cover, a sealing member and a fastener. The cover is connected to the base to form a room therein. A card with information is received in the room and read via the cover. The sealing member is between the base and the cover surrounding the room. The fastener is provided at the base to fasten the base to a specific object.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present invention relates generally to a device for the use of identification, and more particularly to a portable identification holder. 
         [0003]    2. Description of the Related Art 
         [0004]    In order to find a missing pet, chip injection is a popular way in present days to avoid pets from getting lost. These pets have to be taken to a specific place for scanning in order to find out who the owner is. People may not know where to scan the chips, nor can they be sure if the missing animals they found were injected with chips. The consequence may be that people who found the missing animals will leave them behind without doing anything. In addition, “Will the chip injection harm my pet?” is still a big concern for a lot of pets owners. Some people made an identification card by himself/herself to be hung on their pets. However, the handmade identification card is usually not strong enough that it may be damaged in a short time, such as pets scratching it with their claws. 
         [0005]    Except for pet, people may lose personal goods too. Few goods can be identified that it is difficult to return lost goods. For a luggage, people fasten a plastic cover with a name card therein on the luggage for identification. Yet if rain or water wets the name card then people cannot read the information thereon. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0006]    The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a portable identification holder to be fastened to pets, goods or any other things for identification, which has information that is clear to read and not easy to be damaged. 
         [0007]    According to the objective of the present invention, a portable identification holder includes a base, a substantially transparent cover, a sealing member and a fastener. The cover is connected to the base to form a room therein. The sealing member is between the base and the cover surrounding the room. The fastener is provided at the base to fasten the base to a specific object. 
         [0008]    In an embodiment, the portable identification holder of present invention further includes a pressing member to be moved by user to disengage the cover from the base. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0009]      FIG. 1  is an exploded view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0010]      FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3  are perspective views of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0011]      FIG. 4  is a perspective view of the base of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0012]      FIG. 5  is a perspective view of the cover of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0013]      FIG. 6  is a sectional view of the  6 - 6  line in  FIG. 2 , showing engagement of the cover and the base; 
           [0014]      FIG. 7  is a sectional view, showing disengagement of the cover and the base; 
           [0015]      FIG. 8  is similar to  FIG. 6 , showing engagement of the protrusion of the pressing member and the guiding slots of the base; 
           [0016]      FIG. 9  is a sectional view of the  9 - 9  line in  FIG. 8 , showing engagement of the cover and the base; 
           [0017]      FIG. 10  is a sectional view, showing disengagement of the cover and the base; 
           [0018]      FIG. 11  is a perspective view of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the belts; 
           [0019]      FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13  are perspective views of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the operation of the belts; 
           [0020]      FIG. 14  is a perspective view of a third preferred embodiment of the present invention; and 
           [0021]      FIG. 15  is a perspective view, showing the foolproof device. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0022]    As shown in  FIG. 3 , a portable identification holder  100  of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base  10 , a cover  20 , a pressing member  30 , a sealing member  40  and two fasteners  50 . The portable identification holder  100  has a room S therein when the base  10  is engaged with the cover  20  to receive a card  200  with some specific information thereon. 
         [0023]    As shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 4 , the base  10  is a plastic shell with a recess  11  at a front side to receive the card  200  therein and two longitudinal through holes  12  at a rear side thereof. The base  10  has an edge side  13  on which a first recess  14  and a second recess  15  are provided. The first recess  14  has a locking device  14   b  and a stopping device  14   c  on a bottom  14   a  thereof and has a guiding devices  14   d  on each of two opposite sidewalls respectively and has two longitudinal guiding slots  14   e,  which are closed at tail ends, at a third sidewall. The second recess  15  is opposite to the first recess  14 . The base  10  has a transverse through hole  16  passing through the second recess  15 . The base  10  further has a slot  17  surrounding the recess  11 . 
         [0024]    As shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 5 , the cover  20  is transparent and has a connecting member  21  at a bottom of an inner side. The connecting member  21  has a through hole  21  a. The connecting member  21  is received in the second recess  15  and a pin  22  passes through the through hole  16  of the base  10  and the through hole  21  a of the connecting member  21  to pivot the cover  20  on the base  10  that the cover  20  is moved relative to the base  10  between a closed position P 1  ( FIG. 6 ) and an open position ( FIG. 7 ). The cover  20  has a protrusion  23  at the inner side adjacent to a top thereof. The protrusion  23  has a slot  23   a  at a bottom thereof to be engaged with the locking device  14   b  of the base  10  when the cover  20  is moved to the closed position P 1  to secure the cover  20  at the closed position P 1  and close the room S. The cover  20  has a convex curved face  24  at a front side thereof and a convex curved face  25  at the inner side between the connecting member  21  and the protrusion  23 . These two curved faces  24 ,  25  make the cover  20  a convex lens to magnify the characters on the card  200 . The cover  20  has a pressing face  26  among the curved face  25 , the connecting member  21  and the protrusion  23 . The pressing face  26  faces the slot  17  of the base  10 . 
         [0025]    The pressing member  30  is received in the first recess  14  of the base  10 , as shown in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 8 , and has a slot  31  at each of two opposite sides to be engaged with the guiding devices  14   d  of the base  10  respectively and two protrusions  32  on a rear side to be engaged with the guiding slots  14   e  of the base  10  that the pressing member  30  may move up and down and will not leave the base  10 . The pressing member  30  has a contact face  33  and a flexible protrusion  34 , which is tilted relative to the cover  20 . As shown in  FIG. 9 , the contact face  33  and the edge side  13  of the base  10  are even in a normal condition to prevent someone from touching the pressing member  30  unexpectedly. The protrusion  34  touches the stopping device  14   c  of the base  10  and is very close to the bottom  14   a  of the first slot  14  of the base  10 . When the pressing member  30  is pressed downward by a force F, as shown in  FIG. 10 , the protrusion  34  touches the bottom  14   a  of the first slot  14  by a bottom thereof to move the protrusions  23  of the cover  20  and disengage the locking devices  14   a  of the base  10  from the slots  13   a  of the cover  10 , as shown in  FIG. 7 , that the cover  20  may be moved to the open position P 2  to replace the card  200  in the room S. The pressing member  30  will be returned to the normal condition by the protrusion  34  when one releases the pressing member  30 . 
         [0026]    The sealing member  40  is a rubber ring or a silicon rubber ring received in the slot  17  of the base  10 . A diameter of the sealing member  40  is greater than a depth of the slot  17  and is greater than a distance between the pressing face  26  of the cover  20  and the bottom  17   a  of the slot  17  of the base  10  when the cover  20  is moved to the closed position P 1  that the sealing member  40  has opposite sides  41  and  42  pressing the bottom  17   a  of the slot  17  and the pressing face  26  of the cover  20  to seal the room S. Therefore, the card  200  in the room S is well protected from water or other things. 
         [0027]    The fasteners  50  are two belts passing through the through holes  12  of the base  10  to fasten the portable identification holder  100  of the present invention to a specific object  300 , such as pet&#39;s belt and handle of luggage.  FIG. 11  to  FIG. 13  shows the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, which has two belts  60  with teeth. Each belt  60  has an end fixed to a rear side of a cover  70 . The belts  60  may be portions of the cover  70  or independent elements fixed to the cover  70 . Distal ends of the belts  60  pass through holes  72 ,  82  on bottoms of the cover  70  and a base  80 . The base  80  is provided with a paw  84  in each of the through hole  82  to be engaged with the teeth  62  of the belts  60 , and then cut the residual parts of the belts  60 . Any way to fasten the holder to a specific object may be incorporated in the present invention, such as clip, buckle, Velcro and other relative devices. 
         [0028]    In the identification holder  100  of the present invention, the card  200  is replaceable, and the lens on the cover  20  may magnify the information on the card  200 . The pressing member  30  is not protruded from the base  10  to prevent the pet from unexpectedly touching the pressing member  30  to open the cover  20 . The sealing member  40  may prevent water, dirt or other things from going into the holder  100  and protect the card  200  therein. 
         [0029]    In above preferred embodiments of the present invention, the holder  100  may be opened to replace the card  200 .  FIG. 14  shows a portable identification holder  100 ′ of the third preferred embodiment of the present invention without the pressing member. The holder  100 ′ provides a slot  23   a  on the cover  20  and a locking device  14   b  on the base  10  to be engaged with the slot  23   a  and they are unable to disengage. In other words, the holder  100 ′ of the third preferred embodiment is a single element and the card  200  is irreplaceable. The third preferred embodiment further provides a foolproof device to prevent the cover from being closed before the card is put in the room. As shown in  FIG. 15 , the foolproof device includes a bore  18  on the base  10  and a pin  19  inserted into the bore  18  that the locking device  14   b  is unable to be engaged with the slot  23   a  when the pin  19  is in the bore  18 . The base  10  and the cover  20  of the holder  100 ′ of the third preferred embodiment are disengaged before they are sold to a user. User buys the holder  100 ′, writes information on the card  200  and puts it in the room S, and then, user pulls the pin  19  out to engage the base  10  and the cover  20 . 
         [0030]    The description above is a few preferred embodiments of the present invention and the equivalence of the present invention is still in the scope of claim construction of the present invention.