Patent ID: 6871435

Claim:
A card holder comprising a basic base piece having a thick portion, an outer covering piece engaged with one end of said basic base piece so as to provide a card insertion opening on one side of the basic base piece, and a card pinching piece having elasticity and disposed in a space formed by the basic base piece and the outer covering piece, said card pinching piece being attached to said outer covering piece such that one end of the card pinching piece abuts against said basic base piece, wherein said basic base piece further comprises a base, a part of which is made of softer material than at least one of the outer covering piece, the card pinching piece and a remaining part of the base, so as to engage with a card, said thick portion being formed by folding from one end of said base, so that said basic base piece is formed to have a L-shaped cross-section, wherein said outer covering piece comprises a basic base-piece attachment portion for engaging with said thick portion of the basic base piece, an outer covering surface formed by folding from said basic base-piece attachment portion, and an outer covering tip end having a half-round cross-section, so that the outer covering piece is formed to have a J-shaped cross-section, wherein said card pinching piece is attached to a back surface of the outer covering surface, and wherein said card pinching piece is made of elastic material, and comprises an attachment portion for attachment to the outer covering piece and formed to have a linear cross-section, a leg protruding from said attachment portion, and a pinching portion extending from one end of said leg in a trapezoid shape, one end of said pinching portion serving as a basic base-piece abutting portion for abutting against the base piece and sloped in a direction of the card insertion opening.