Patent ID: 6848288

Claim:
A key ring holder device, which comprises: a tubular housing, having a cylindrical body portion that includes a coaxial, cylindrical cavity that extends from a top end to a distal end of said body portion, said distal end being open to said cavity and shaped to form an attachment end; and a substantially planar disc-shaped cap portion that closes off said top end of said cavity; said cap portion having an exposed upper surface and a lower face that forms a top end wall of said cavity; and including an arm member which extends axially from said upper surface, said arm member including a first hole that is sized for fastening a key-ring thereto; a substantially planar disc-shaped nut having a circular, axial opening; means for removably attaching said nut to said attachment end of said housing; a sleeve, sized and shaped to slidably fit over said body portion of said housing, with defined space for wrapping a note or photograph around body portion; a first neodymium (Nd—Fe—B) magnet disc which is attached and set into said lower face of said cap portion in said cavity, concentric with said cavity; and an elongated, rigid shaft that is sized in length to extend substantially beyond said body portion of said housing; said shaft including a second neodymium (Nd—Fe—B) magnet disc that is set in one end of said shaft, and having a second hole bored transversely and located near a distal end, said second hole being sized for fastening a key-ring thereto and defining a key-ring end; said shaft normally being disposed axially inside said cavity in said housing, and held tightly at one end by an attractive magnetic force to said first neodymium magnet disc that is fixed in said end wall in said cavity; said distal end of said shaft extending through said axial opening in said nut; said shaft enabled for quick release by a manual application of a sharp, axial pull on said key-ring end.