Abstract: A coin storage device, which can be inserted in a coin testing device or in a cash register system, is described. The coin storage device comprises at least two opposing walls, wherein between the walls a shaft having a width is configured, and a track disposed in the shaft is provided. Of the two opposing walls, at least one is at least partially displaceable, and the width of the shaft can thus be varied. The track is arranged displaceably, and at least one retaining rail is provided, wherein the retaining rail is displaceably disposed above the track in the shaft. Such a coin storage device can be used to sort out foreign objects based on gravity. A coin storage device is possible for a coin testing device, and congestion by coins or foreign objects can be eliminated due to the variable width of the shaft.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes wig or hair piece boxes for both the efficient storage and display of wigs or hair pieces before sell, as well as providing simple, efficient and effective storage facilities for wigs or hair pieces for use of the consumer. The wig or hair piece boxes include a form which holds the wig or hair piece and preserves the curl, style, and one directional curl of the hair tip end on the wig or hair piece. This avoids the common problem of loss of original curl and style of the wig or hair piece which plagues conventional wig and hair piece boxes.

Abstract: A portable wig and hairpiece stand includes a substantially hollow box base having a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side wall; an inflatable support member for removably supporting a hairpiece, this support member being operably disposed within the top panel of the hollow box base; and a device in fluid communication with the inflatable support member for moving air into or out of it. Also included are provisions for accessing the interior space of the hollow box member, which can be disposed in one side wall or be a hinged top panel.

Abstract: There is provided hands-free lighting, components thereof, and other accessories combined with the hands-free lighting. The hands-free lighting is preferably lighted headgear including hats and includes various accessories for use therewith, such as a protective switch guard associated with hat packaging surrounding an activation switch to prevent inadvertent activation while still allowing intentional actuation thereof.

Abstract: The change replenishment management system includes a coin roll storage (1), a coin change dispenser (3), and a POS register (5). A control unit (16) of the storage (1) detects the presence and the denomination of a coin roll in a storage section of each drawer (11, 12, 13) in accordance with an output signal generated from a detection system (18), and transmits the result of detection to the coin change dispenser (3). When loose coins obtained by unpacking removed coin rolls, which are removed from the storage (1), are introduced into an inlet (30), a control unit (36 or 50) of the change dispenser (3) or register (5) compares the denomination and the number of the loose coins, which are detected by identification unit (31), with the denomination and the number of the removed coin roll determined on the basis of the detection result transmitted from the storage (1), and judging the correspondence therebetween.

Abstract: This product was invented to fill a void in the coin collection industry. All other products that I have researched only allow the display of one coin from each year. This invention will allow the collection of multiple coins, typically an entire roll. The drawings associated with this submission are geared toward the statehood quarter collection. However, this could be used for any type of coin collecting. The bottom has a latch to allow for easy removal of coin tubes. The bottom has rubber “feet” to avoid scratching other surfaces. The sides may or may not have writing and could easily be customized by the user. The sides may or may not have grooves to allow multiple boxes to be connected for display/transportation purposes.

Abstract: The hat box is a generally square or rectangular box with a lid dimensioned and configured for holding a hat. The hat box is provided with windows for viewing the contents of the box without having to open the lid. The hat box is further provided with a card holder and an identification card held by the card holder for identifying the contents and/or owner of the hat box. A pouch on the underside of the lid of the box provides a convenient place to store spare cards. The sidewalls and the bottom of the box are provided with pairs of slits for accommodating a flexible strap, which is wrapped around the box and tied over the top of the box. The strap keeps the lid on and serves as a handle for carrying the box, and may be used to bundle a plurality of boxes together.

Abstract: A souvenir display design is described comprising a transparent or translucent housing, the housing having at least one flattened surface for supporting the housing on a planar surface and a recess in a surface of the housing for frictionally receiving and engaging a souvenir. In another embodiment, the souvenir display comprises a keychain type configuration.

Abstract: A data storage device for use in combination with at least one collectable object is described. The data storage device is formed detached from the collectable object. The collectable object is provided with tamper resistant visual markings. And, the data storage device is provided with tamper resistant visual markings associative with the visual markings of the collectable object so as to provide association of the data storage device with the collectable object. The data storage device is compatible with a standard computer system to provide a user with at least one predetermined characteristic of the collectable object with or without an external database.

Abstract: A protection, authentication, identification device for a collectable object is described. The device comprises a holder formed for assembly with at least one collectable object to provide protection and preservation of said collectable object. The holder is further formed to resist disassembly and separation with the collectable object, once it is assembled. The protection, authentication, identification device also comprises a data storage device which comprises data of at least one stored digital image of the collectable object. The data storage device is nondetachably secured to the protection, authentication, identification device. And, the data storage device is compatible with a standard computer system for display and inspection of the digital image of the collectable object by a user to aid the user in the authentication of the collectable object. In some embodiments, for example, the collectable object is a coin.

Abstract: An enhanced mask system including a mask portion, for covering the nose, mouth and lower face of a wearer. The mask portion has an inner surface for being closer to the wearer and an outer surface for being further from the wearer. A head covering or balaclava is secured to the mask portion and a pocket secured to the inner surface of the mask portion removably contains the head covering or balaclava when in its secured position. The mask can be worn by the wearer either with the head covering or balaclava on the wearer's head in a deployed position or without the head covering or balaclava on the wearer's head and stowed in the pocket in the secured position.

Abstract: A book that is capable of displaying one or more coins related to its theme, including a front cover and a back cover. At least one book cover defines one or more apertures that are capable of receiving coins. The book theme is displayed on at least one of the book covers. The book may optionally include one or more caps that may be inserted into and removed from the coin-receivable apertures. These caps will preferably display images that are related to the theme of the book. The invention provides a coin specific display that stores and displays one or more coins in an appealing manner, and that also conveys or provides additional information about the theme displayed on the coin.

Abstract: A freestanding coin holder capable of displaying a coin such that all sides, namely the front, back, and circumferential edge are viewable. First and second panel members are connected in opposing face-to-face relation such that a coin may be received in a generally cylindrical and laterally projecting coin-receiving chamber defined by optically transparent portions so that the front and back of the coin (e.g. heads side and tails side) as well as the circumferential edge of the coin are clearly visible. A base functions as a stand thereby allowing the coin holder to be disposed in a vertically free-standing manner.

Abstract: A two-sided image product is disclosed having an image bearing side and a non-image bearing side; printing a plurality of undetermined images on the image bearing side. The image product is made from a single piece of an image bearing media folded such that the first and second sides are adhered together in a substantially co-extensive manner. The first and second sides having a plurality of slits cut therein prior to folding of the page which are sized and positioned to receive at least one corner of a document thereby securing the document to the page.

Abstract: A multi-function golf bag includes an outer bag of a rigid material functioning as a protective and decorative enclosure and being useable as a functional golf bag, a middle bag of a soft material functioning as a containment system for golf clubs and accessories, and an inner bag of a soft material for containing a plurality of golf clubs. The middle bag is adapted to nest within the outer bag and the inner bag is adapted to nest within said middle bag. The middle bag and the inner bag are removable as a unit from the outer bag and the inner bag is removable from the middle bag. The outer bag, the middle bag and the inner bag can be used separately and individually of one another.

Abstract: A savings book for encouraging the saving of money by your children having a plurality of pages having slots to hold coins on both sides of the pages is disclosed.

Abstract: A headgear packaging system is disclosed for point-of-purchase display of headgear. The headgear packaging system is removably mounted to the headgear and configured to allow the headgear to be fitted to a wearer's head without removal of the packaging system from the headgear. In a preferred implementation, the headgear packaging system includes a headgear engagement portion for engaging the headgear, an opening portion allowing substantially unhindered access to the headgear interior, and a lip portion connected to the engagement portion for receiving display graphics and optionally mounting the headgear packaging system and headgear for display.

Abstract: A snack food container comprises a blow molded extruded transparent polyvinyl chloride housing having solid wall and base segments, a token slot, and an opening through which a solid particulate snack food product is loaded into and removed from the housing. A releasable seal on an interior surface of the housing covers the token slot. The sealed cap, token slot seal and housing maintain the food product in a sealed state prior to the cap being removed and/or the seal being released. The housing is used as a token bank by inserting tokens through the released token slot after the food product has been removed from the housing and the seal has been released from the token slot. In one embodiment the token slot is a pressure sensitive adhesive strip adhesively attached to the housing, and in a second embodiment the slot is in the cap. The housing contains visible promotional material unrelated to the snack food.

Abstract: A display card for displaying valuable collectible items such as coins, medals, fluids or the like that includes a card body having a display aperture extending therethrough. The card body has a core layer sandwiched between first and second card protective layers. A one sided self adhesive tape is adhesively bound to a surface of the card so as to extend across the display aperture. The display object is positioned within the display aperture so as to define a peripheral clearance relative to the latter. The display object is bound to the one sided self adhesive tape extending across the display aperture. A ring of adhesive material further binds the display object of the card by extending between the object peripheral edge and the peripheral edge of the display aperture.

Abstract: A hat travel case including an elongated container body defining a main body portion, the back plate portion, the bill portion and a first enclosed space therein. The main body portion has a main body chamber therein and dimensioned to receive a plurality of billed hats arranged in a shingled array. The billed portion having a bill chamber therein and dimensioned to receive the bill portion of a billed hat. The back plate portion is pivotally connected to the main body portion and allows access to the interior of the travel case so that the plurality of billed hats can be inserted therein. The back plate portion further includes a form preserving means such as a reversed dome attached thereto. The form preserving means secures the plurality of the billed hats and ensures that their shape is maintained.

Abstract: A set of coins is arranged relative to a display having discrete regions associated with discrete coins within the set. In a preferred embodiment, the display is a map, and an opening is provided within the borders of or proximate to each state on the map in order to receive a respective coin.

Abstract: A coin holder can hold coins for use in making a telephone call or paying a toll or fare. The coin holder can be attached to any item in any suitable manner, and is quite suitable for attachment to an electronic pager on which individuals are often summoned to make phone calls. The coin holder has an interior and a cover which conceals the coin or coins held in the coin holder. The coin holder can be a piece which is attachable to any item or can be an integral part of the item itself, such as in the instance of an electronic pager, where the housing for the pager can form the interior of the coin holder and a releasably securable cover can be provided to cover that interior and conceal the coin or coins held therein. The housing surface may or may not be altered to accommodate the coin or coins. Where it is not altered, the coin or coins can simply be held against the housing surface. A latching mechanism may include an undercut and a boss member.

Abstract: An article of headwear for hunters, security guards, motorcyclists, industrial workers, spectators, joggers, hikers and boy and girl watchers. The headwear reduces accidents and crime and is comprised of a pair of reflectors mounted on the frame at about the eye level of a user, a pair of elongated slender arms having inner end portions mounted for rotation on a front portion of the headwear and a pair of reflectors joined by spherical joints to outer end portions of the slender arms. The slender arms are independently rotatable from non-operative positions adjacent to the front of the frame to operative positions forward of the frame. When the arms are at the forward operative positions, the reflectors are selectively rotatable about the spherical joints to extend the user's field of vision in lateral, vertical and rearward directions. When the headwear is not in use, the arms are stored adjacent to the front of the headwear and the reflectors are stored adjacent to sides of the headwear.

Abstract: A package for a combination of a hat and garment is disclosed, wherein the package supports a contour of the hat as it would appear when worn by a user, and additionally, the package is configured so that the hat and garment remain in their desired displayable positions and orientations substantially regardless of how the package is handled under normal retail sales handling conditions. In particular, the package of the present invention can be made of molded plastic that is reinforced by various walls and contours to inhibit denting and folding of the package and thereby prevents inappropriate deformation of the hat and garment therein. More particularly, the package is reinforced to prevent the folding or creasing of the brim of the hat, wherein such reinforcements also maintain the brim in a predetermined desirable position.

Abstract: A cap display for displaying a cap having a bill affixed to a fully opened crown. The cap display having transparent inner and outer shells which are shaped and sized such that the inner shell is smaller than the outer shell and such that the cap can be interposed between them with the cap's crown fully opened. Inner and outer crown portions of the shells generally conform to corresponding inner and outer crown surfaces of the crown of the cap. A shell securing mechanism for releasably securing together the inner and outer shells may be in the form of latching mechanisms disposed on an inner base on the inner shell and an outer base on the outer shell. The shells may include inner and outer risers between the inner and outer bases and the inner and outer bill portions so that a sign may be placed between the risers at front ends of the bill portions.

Abstract: A hat display structure is shown to include an opaque substrate, a transparent layer connected to the substrate by snaps or the like at its edges, and a multi-piece frame, which, in turn, is snapped onto the layer. The transparent layer is formed to, in part, conform to the shape of an athletic hat or cap, with a bill, which has its crown folded in half, with the back half folded inwardly of the front half. Provision is also made in the layer for housing a plaque or the like in order designate or explain the significance of the hat or cap displayed.

Abstract: A tray to be attached to a slot machine gaming device. The tray has a concave upper surface and an opening to cooperate with the coin accepting slot of the slot machine. The tray is manually removably attached to the slot machine.

Abstract: A hatbox including sidewalls, a bottom, and a lid, a hat stand secured on the bottom in the hatbox formed by a top and joining sidewalls opening through the bottom of the hatbox defining a storage vault within the hatbox opening through the hatbox bottom, and a storage box having a bottom, sidewalls, and a lid adapted to be latched in place concealed in the storage vault and to be mounted in the hatbox on the hat stand for containing and concealing jewelry and the like when traveling with a hat stored in the hatbox and accessible when the storage box is mounted on the hat stand and the hatbox lid is opened.

Abstract: A piece of transparent material has a hollow form extending away from a planar surface. The hollow form has a crown section and a bill section, both sections having a common bottom face. The inner dimensions of the crown section correspond to the outer dimensions of the crown when the back half of the crown is folded in back of the front half of the crown. The inner dimensions of the bill section correspond to the outer dimensions of the bill. A baseball style cap fits within the cavity formed by the crown section and the bill section. Backing material contacts the window piece against its rear surface and can be seen through the window piece. A frame holds the window piece, the backing material, and a rigid back piece together. The entire structure is mounted on a vertical surface such as a wall, for displaying the cap. A secondary display area below the hollow form is created by removing some of the backing material.

Abstract: An accessories kit for allowing a user to coordinate a clothing accessory with a variety of outfits without the expense of purchasing a separate clothing accessory for each outfit. The accessories kit includes a clothing accessory and a plurality of decorative, interchangeable ornaments for attachment to the clothing accessory. At least one of the ornaments is secured to the exterior surface of the clothing accessory by a VELCRO.RTM. fastener. The accessories kit further includes a storage container for conveniently organizing the clothing accessory and the plurality of ornaments therein. The ornaments are secured to the bottom surface of the storage container by a corresponding plurality of VELCRO.RTM. fasteners. The clothing accessory is secured to the bottom surface of the storage container, or to the opposed sides of the storage container by an elastic string.

Abstract: The storage cache is utilized to contain, in an interior cavity, flat items such as keys, flat stamps, coins and other small flat items. The storage cache is a multiple layer, flat pack, composite unit. At least two of these layers are flexible magnetic material. One of these magnetic layers has a cut-out cavity sized to contain the flat item. In one embodiment, the storage cache includes a top and bottom layer of flexible plastic material which is translucent. The translucent plastic enables the user to see into the cavity in order to determine whether the storage cache carries the key, stamp and/or coin. Other embodiments include a view passage rather than a translucent plastic covering layers.

Abstract: An improved visor includes a C-shaped band which fits around the head of the user and includes a brim attached to the band. A pliable cloth sleeve is provided which removably fits over the visor. The sleeve is removed for washing when soiled.

Abstract: A cap container includes an elongated container body, a bill container body joined to the elongated container body, and an adjustable frame disposed within the elongated container body. The elongated container body has a front end, rear end, and a wall extending from the front end to the rear end. The wall is made of a supple material, such as cloth, and defines an elongated chamber within the elongated container body. The bill container body defines a cavity which together with the elongated chamber of the elongated container body allow for the compact storage of visored, baseball-type caps in a shingled arrangement. The frame prevents the caps from being crushed and also supports the supple wall. The supple wall in conjunction with the adjustable frame allows the length of the container to vary in order to accommodate the storage of varying numbers of caps. The adjustable nature of container ensures optimum utilization of available storage space.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing coins in a vehicle includes a housing adapted to be located in a vehicle. A carrier is movably connected with respect to the housing and includes a coinholder. The carrier is movable between a stored position inside the housing to conceal the coinholder and a use position outside the housing to expose the coinholder to a user. A spring and latch are provided to facilitate movement between the stored and the use positions. Responsive to a push from a user, a carrier travels from the stored position to the use position. The carrier may be returned from the use position to the stored position by a further push from the user. A method for providing coin storage in a vehicle is also contemplated.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a document sheet or a business form formed as a single sheet or part of a continuous web of interconnected sheets where an indentation is pressed into a front surface of the sheet and an object such as a card, label or coin is releasably adhered to the sheet in the indentation, whereby recessing the object in the sheet indentation enables the simultaneous printing of both the document sheet and object.

Abstract: A coin holding tool includes a rectangular frame with a slidable magnifier-loading platform, orthogonally disposed to and attachedly mounted thereon. The coin holding tool enables one to identify, arrange and preserve collected coins. Additionally, the means for loading a magnifier permits one to compare rare coins and distinguish and appreciate subtle differences in their respective appearances. A stand is also taught which enables the frame to be propped at an oblique angle.

Abstract: A coin carrier includes a front annular casing having a center hole, a rear annular casing having a center hole, and an intermediate annular casing connected between the front and rear annular casing and having a center hole aligned between the center holes of the front and rear annular casings, wherein the front annular casing can be turned about a movable axle pin to move the center hole thereof away from the center hole on the intermediate annular casing for permitting a coin or coins to be put into or removed from the center hole of said intermediate annular casing.

Abstract: This invention is for a packaging pad preventing wrinkles of caps with eyeshades. It is composed of many half-arc-shaped cutting portions to fix eyeshades, which are parts of caps, in an orderly manner, a supporting hole installed at one side of the pad which enables its hanging on the wall, and small holes installed at both ends of half-arc-shaped cutting portions to prevent ripping-off of the cutting portions.

Abstract: A keepsake transparent capsule having two compartments, one to receive a two dimensional item and the other to receive a three dimensional item, the capsule capable of being secured to a key chain or other physical item for visual inspection and display. The capsule includes an exterior tube and a piston member inserted within the tube.

Abstract: A flexible coin bander having two semi-rigid ends that are suitably fixed to two flexible, inelastic sides of a predetermined length; the two semi-rigid ends and flexible sides essentially form a rectangle around a row of coins of a specific denomination and number. The coins are held in a semi-rigid configuration forming a shaft wherein the rigidity is achieved only by the combination of an exact number of coins being tightly pressed together between the semi-rigid ends and the flexible, inelastic sides. The coins are easily placed into or removed from the coin bander. The configuration makes this coin bander easily reusable, and, thus, the invention is an ideal coin holder for bank usage, cash drawers in business, and general coin storage in the home.

Abstract: A device for storage and display of small, generally planar articles such as coins or the like, comprises one or more generally planar compartments for displaying a face of one or more articles. The articles are held in a cavity, preferably a closed, dust-tight cavity, of a generally planar article holder having a pair of opposed walls having the cavity therebetween. The article holder is releasably held in a display compartment by a generally planar retainer member which bears against an article holder which is correctly positioned in the display compartment. The article holder is also prevented from lateral movement in the display compartment and is thus held in an article viewing position in the display compartment whereby an article which is correctly positioned in the article holder is properly positioned in a display compartment and is viewable through an aperture in the retainer and through a transparent wall of the holder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nestable hat box comprising an upper lid member and a lower base member, each of the members having an identical upstanding hollow portion of decreasing cross-section in the vertical direction, each said portion being open at the bottom and said portions being in vertical alignment and a peripheral wall vertically separating said upper and lower members to provide a space between the upper surface of the upstanding portion of the lower member and the lower surface of the upstanding portion of the upper member to accommodate a hat disposed on said upstanding portion of the lower member, said hat box being nestable with similar hat boxes by means of the hollow, open upstanding portion in the base member accommodating the upstanding portion of the upper lid member of another similar hat box.

Abstract: A tamperproof coin case defined by two interlocking plastic plate members ultrasonically bonded together to define a unitary assembly within which a coin and its certificate of authenticity may be permanently secured. One plate member includes a cavity for fully receiving the other plate member therein, with opposing inner surfaces of the plate members being provided with corresponding cylindrical recesses which collectively form a cylindrical cavity within which a pliable plastic retention ring is disposed for securing the coin in a stationary position and permitting its obverse and reverse sides to be viewed through dome-shaped windows provided on the opposite sides of the case. The case is also provided with outwardly extending circumferential flanges which permit a plurality of cases to be vertically stacked for transport or storage.

Abstract: While measuring racks and the like are known to count or measure the number of coins required to wrap same into rolls, the actual wrapping requires considerable experience and dexterity and can be time consuming. The present device consists of a relatively thin plastic or card semi-circular trough having closed ends and a length equal to the required number of coins in a roil of that particular denomination with the curvature of the trough and length thereof varying with each denomination of coin. The entire trough and measured contents may then be wrapped in a conventional coin wrapper readily and easily as the closed ends of the trough retain the coins during the rollng process.

Abstract: A portable hat box for a brimmed hat having an upper member and a lower member. The upper member being pivotal relative to the lower member about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. The members in the closed position completely enclose a hat chamber. Each of the members having a platen surface. The lower member platen surface is substantially complementary in shape to the upper member platen surface. The platen surfaces are adjacent having a substantially constant vertical clearance therebetween in the closed position. The platen surfaces are nonadjacent and obliquely related in the open position.

Abstract: A tamperproof coin case defined by two interlocking plastic plate members ultrasonically bonded together to define a unitary assembly within which a coin and its certificate of authenticity may be permanently secured. One plate member includes a cavity for fully receiving the other plate member therein, with opposing inner surfaces of the plate members being provided with corresponding cylindrical recesses which collectively form a cylindrical cavity within which a pliable plastic retention ring is disposed for securing the coin in a stationary position and permitting its obverse and reverse sides to be viewed through dome-shaped windows provided on the opposite sides of the case. The case is also provided with outwardly extending circumferential flanges which permit a plurality of cases to be vertically stacked for transport or storage.

Abstract: A toy packaging is disclosed, which comprises a generally cylindrical container having an open end that is closable by a cap, and, in combination with this container, the toy hat that is removably fixable onto the upper end of the container, the hat having a cut-shaped portion sized to fit onto a child's head. Advantaeously, the cup-shaped portion of the toy hat is of such a diameter as to snuggly fit onto the upper end of the container, and a full-sized picture of a child's face is provided onto the wall portion of this container adjacent the upper end thereof. Thereby, when the toy hat is press-fitted onto the container, it seems to be worn by the child whose face is on the picture. This toy packaging is particularly well designed for use to sell, store and put away toys construction blocks including coupling elements making them detachably stackable onto the other.

Abstract: A hat storage container wherein outer walls define a body and a bill, enclosing a space comprising a main body chamber and a bill-shaped chamber adapted to receiving a hat bill. The main body chamber is adapted to receive the main body portions of one or more corresponding billed hats. Preferably, the main body chamber is longer than the main body portions of the hats to be stored therein, whereby the main body chamber is adapted to receive a shingled array of a plurality of the hats; and the bill-receiving chamber is adapted to receive the corresponding shingled array of bills.

Abstract: A form retaining holder or case for a visored cap comprises an upper shell and a lower shell, both shell portions sized and adapted to accommodate a visored type cap, such as used in the game of baseball, when the back portion of the cap is folded forwardly into the interior of the front portion of the cap. In such a holder, the cap is interposed between the upper shell and lower shell so that the form of the cap is retained during carriage and storage, and some modicum of protection for the cap is provided. The upper shell and lower shell are connected by means of known fastening means and by a lip disposed on the lower surface of the visor portion of the upper shell, such lip adapted to engage the visor of lower shell therein. Ventilation holes may be provided both upper and lower shell portions, particularly in portions adjacent to the periphery of the crown portion of the cap where it closely accommodates the wearer's head.

Abstract: An improved wig stand made of a compressible, open cell foam formed to resemble the shape of the human head and having a substantially flat base and a plurality of channels sufficient to ventilate the area under a wig resting on the wig stand.