Decorative name card holder
The present invention is a small vase that serves as a static name card holder. The vase is lightweight, reusable, and can be removably attached to the edge of a drinking glass, wine glass, or similar utensil. Used in this manner, the current invention will tastefully and attractively, in a floral setting, display the names of people seated around a table.
The present invention is directed toward a name car holder that can be attached to the upper edge of a drinking glass or similar thin-edged item. The current invention is further capable of supporting narrow-stemmed items, particularly flowers, for display.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of stationary name card holders, particularly for static display. The invention further relates to floral display items, and to holders with tabs for attachment to larger items, particularly to the edges of drinking vessels.
2. Description of Related Art
Static and portable name card holders are well known in the prior art. An example is described by Hickman, Sr. in U.S. Design Pat. No. 314,015, which teaches a clip-on plastic holder for name tags.
Name tag and card holders that additionally support or attach to stemmed flowers or the like are less prevalent. Wasilko describes an upright bottom display holder capable of holding a multitude of cards and having a top portion insertable into a center sleeve and capable of holding flower stems. Carroll shows a stand with a base that holds a card and a sleeve for a vial that can hold a flower stem. Slavik describes a holder for greeting cards with an attachment device for connecting the holder to one or more flowers.
Prior art card holders do not combine the function of presenting a card and a flower arrangement as an integral part of a table setting. Such a function would be useful because there would be fewer items to set onto the table, yet each table setting could have an individual place holder and flower arrangement. Individual arrangements and cards could also be delivered to a table while attached to a beverage class, reducing the number of separate items to be carried to the table.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention is comprised of a receptacle having an attachment tab for placement over the rim of a beverage glass or other thin-walled item, having integrally attached slot holder tabs for cards, and having a separate insertable mesh grid that may optionally be set into the center of the receptacle for holding a flower arrangement or other items with thin stems. The receptacle and mesh grid are comprised of molded plastic, which may be of any color, and which are formed in the shape of a multi-petal flower.
An object of the present invention is to provide a card and flower holder that can be placed on the rim of a beverage glass as part of a table setting.
Another object of the present invention is to reduce the number of separate items carried to and placed on a table, yet providing for separate individual place arrangements for each table setting.
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Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment are provided herein. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but rather as a basis for the claims and as representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed system, structure, or manner.
Claims
1. A holder for name cards, comprising:
- a small, lightweight, open-top container, capable of containing water, wherein the container when filled with water is sufficiently light as to be stably supportably on the upper edge of a drinking glass;
- means for attaching said container to said edge of said drinking glass in a stable, upright position;
- means for stably holding a card in an upright position on said container;
- wherein said holding means comprise at least one downwardly extending member forming a hanging means to hang said container over said upper edge of a drinking glass.
2. The holder of claim 1, wherein said means for attachment are comprised of a tab fixedly attached to a side of said holder, and extending outward and down in the shape of an inverted J.
3. The holder of claim 2, wherein said tab is permanently attached to the outside of said holder, and is capable of removably supporting said holder by means of stably resting astride the edge of a thin-walled item.
4. The holder of claim 1, wherein said means for stably holding a card are comprised of a plurality of tabs arising vertically from the top surface of said holder.
5. The holder of claim 1, wherein said drinking glass is a wine goblet.
6. The holder of claim 1, wherein said holder is constructed in the shape of a flower, with the top surface curving horizontally outward in the manner of petals of a flower.
7. The holder of claim 1, wherein said holder is capable of containing water without leakage.
8. The holder of claim 1, additionally comprising a substantially circular grid capable of residing in a stable horizontal position within the neck of said container.
9. The holder of claim 8, wherein said grid is capable of supporting one or more flowers or flower buds via insertion of the stems of said flowers or buds into said grid.
10. The holder of claim 1, comprised of plastic.
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Type: Application
Filed: Feb 9, 2004
Publication Date: Aug 11, 2005
Inventor: Shirley Dusenberry (Scottsdale, AZ)
Application Number: 10/775,726