With Ejector Mechanism Patents (Class 206/39.4)
  • Patent number: 11317528
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic badge and a housing for the same. The housing includes: a rear case defining a main board cavity, and formed with a display opening in communication with the main board cavity and a profile card receiving slot located outside the main board cavity; and a front case detachably disposed on the rear case to enclose the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot, a portion of the front case opposite the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot being made of a transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinggang Wei, Yan Ren, Lei Cao, Pan Ni
  • Patent number: 10893731
    Abstract: Card holder for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driving licences, electronic identity cards or similar cards, having a cuboidal housing with an interior for receiving at least one card, a card opening of the housing for inserting at least one card into the housing and pushing out at least one card from the housing, at least one dispensing element which is displaceable from a first position into a second position in order to be brought into engagement with the lower edge of a card in the interior and to push out the one card through the card opening from the housing, an actuating element which is coupled to the dispensing element in order to displace the dispensing element from the first position into the second position by actuating the actuating element, wherein a first spring apparatus is supported, on the one hand, on the dispensing element and, on the other hand, on the housing, wherein the first spring apparatus is able to be tensioned by displacing the dispensing element from the second position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Wingerter, Katrin Mengel
  • Patent number: 10653222
    Abstract: A card holder is provided. The card holder comprises a first housing and a second housing conjoined to form a casing for stacking one or more cards. The first housing comprises an ejector assembly comprising a sliding member, a spring, and a stair assembly. The sliding member comprises a force applying region adapted to receive an external force for causing a sliding movement of the sliding member within the first housing. The sliding member further comprises a shaft. An end of the spring is wounded on the shaft and another end of the spring is stacked against a wall of the first housing. The stair assembly is adapted to be moveably connected to the sliding member. In response to the sliding movement, the stair assembly rotates along an axis in an anticlockwise direction to cause partial ejection of the one or more cards out of the casing in a tiered arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventors: Rick Scharnigg, Olivier Momma, Richard Canneman
  • Patent number: 10278466
    Abstract: A device (e.g. a wallet) for storing article(s) (e.g. credit card(s)) which is made from hard, durable materials and allows the user to easily locate and select a given article without removing all articles. The magnet-free device is safe for use with articles containing magnetically stored information (e.g. credit cards with a magnetic strip).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: David Joseph Talarico
  • Patent number: 9876523
    Abstract: A smartphone case is provided with a card cache assembly for concealing one or a few cards therein, which may be credit cards, identity cards, or other cards selected by a user. The card cache assembly includes a slidably mounted card support member and a latch for retaining the tray inside of a main cache body. The smartphone case includes a concealed switch, which is operable to release the card support member from the main cache body using a spring-loaded ejection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventor: Ahmad H. Hodroj
  • Patent number: 8899411
    Abstract: A holder for cards, including a housing which tightly fits around a stack of at least three cards and has at least one card opening to locate and remove cards, while opposite the card opening in the housing there is a card remove feature through which the cards through the card opening can be slid out the housing, characterized in that at the inner side of the housing near the card opening at least one side a friction element is provided which exerts a friction force to the bearing side of each individual card which is at least partly contained in the housing, with the result that the card has such a stable position relative to the housing, that the card can not slide due to gravity, but indeed due to a with the finger tips exerted force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: R.J. van Geer Beheer bv
    Inventor: René Johan Van Geer
  • Patent number: 8662293
    Abstract: A badge holder for holding a badge includes a front piece and a back piece opposite the front piece. The back piece is coupled to the front piece to provide a holding slot for the badge. A first ejector has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is rotatably coupled to at least one of the front piece and the back piece. The first ejector is configured to rotate such that the distal end forces at least a portion of the badge out of the holding slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lazott, Scott M. Collins, Luc Chuong Lam, Andrew B. Terrill, Michael Barczak, Edward A. Raleigh, Kevin Kerwin
  • Patent number: 8567641
    Abstract: A business card case includes a storage case, a fixing part, a lifting part, a guiding part and a discharging button. The storage case comprises a discharging opening for discharging a card, which stores cards in its interior and comprises a lower case and an upper case vertically detachable from each other. The fixing part fixes the lower case and the upper case while both the cases overlap each other. The lifting part provided on the lower case lifts up cards stored in the lower case toward the upper case. The guiding part attached to one of sides of the storage case bends at least of the ones at the top of the cards stored in the lower case. The discharging button slidably provided toward the discharging opening on the upper case includes a locking portion for locking the cards at the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130220842
    Abstract: A badge holder for holding a badge includes a front piece and a back piece opposite the front piece. The back piece is coupled to the front piece to provide a holding slot for the badge. A first ejector has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is rotatably coupled to at least one of the front piece and the back piece. The first ejector is configured to rotate such that the distal end forces at least a portion of the badge out of the holding slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventor: BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC.
  • Patent number: 8490828
    Abstract: A package for product pieces includes a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior adapter to hold a plurality of product pieces. The housing has a dispensing opening in communication with the interior. A resilient member is disposed in the housing interior and is adapted to urge the product pieces toward the dispensing opening. The housing has an aperture formed in one of the plurality of walls disposed adjacent the dispensing opening to permit the product piece to be engaged and moved out of the interior through the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Kaiser, Francis G. Schiro, Allen Aldridge
  • Patent number: 8443854
    Abstract: Two components slide with respect to one another, and hold a stack of cards. A first component includes three members extending into a chamber formed by its C-shaped cross-section. When the components are slid apart, the first card in the stack is partially exposed. The card is pushed back past the outer members providing resistance to prevent the cards from moving while allowing only the top card to be pushed past the outer appendages to expose the next card. When the components are pushed together, a bump on an L-shaped component assures that the cards are aligned in a stack. The two outer members include tangs at their terminations that retain a stack of cards within the chamber and prevent them from sliding past. Between the outer members, a central spring extends in an angled configuration into the chamber and presses against the cards and frictionally retains them in position within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Long
  • Patent number: 8418843
    Abstract: A holder of oblong objects pivotably mounted therein so as to be selectively positionable and selectively retainable therein comprising a pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart across an object retaining space from one another with a restraining spring formed of a resilient sheet curved sufficiently to form a joined spring end with a pair of spring sides across from one another to each have a free end across from one another with each free end having a spring opening therethrough and with the restraining spring supported on the mounting side end of a supporting one of the sidewall structures in the pair thereof such that the spring openings therein are also across from one another. An ejector is mounted in the holder to be positioned in the object retaining space at an ejector side of the object retaining space to extend between the pair of spaced apart oblong sidewall structures with the ejector formed of a resilient material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: David H. Palmer
  • Patent number: 8418842
    Abstract: A holder of oblong objects pivotably mounted therein so as to be selectively positionable and selectively retainable therein comprising a pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart across an object retaining space from one another each having a mounting end such that a supporting one of the pair of sidewall structures has a divide extending therein partially along its length to provide a pair of split sidewall spring sheets across the divide from one another with each of the pair of sidewall spring sheets having a sidewall spring opening therethrough. An ejector is mounted in the holder positioned in the object retaining space at an ejector side of the object retaining space to extend between the pair of spaced apart oblong sidewall structures with the ejector formed of a resilient material. A pivot pin is positionable concurrently through each of the sidewall spring openings, and also removable therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: David H. Palmer
  • Patent number: 8322523
    Abstract: A holder of oblong objects pivotably mounted therein so as to be selectively positionable and selectively retainable therein comprising a pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart from one another each having a mounting side end across from one another with at least one of said pair of oblong structures having a sidewall opening at the mounting end thereof extending therethrough. A pivot pin is positionable in said sidewall opening, and also removable therefrom. An oblong object holder has a connection structure at a connection end thereof and supports a selected object to be held in the holder at an opposite support end thereof with the connection structure having a pair of connection bars each extending away from the support end and about an opposite side of a connection opening between them to result in gap ends thereof facing one another across a connection gap extending between them from the connection opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventor: David H. Palmer
  • Patent number: 7857022
    Abstract: This case is made up of a bottom element (1) and of a lid element (4), both comprising a small rectangular plate (2; 5), the two plates being superimposed in such a way as to define a slim space into which the card (C) can be inserted, this space being open along one short side—termed “front side”—and closed along the other short side—termed “rear side”. The case is noteworthy in that the lid element (4) comprises a pair of longitudinal rims (3) exhibiting guide slots for the longitudinal edges of the small plate (5) of the lid element (4), the latter also being provided, on the rear side, with a transverse rim (50) which acts as an end stop for the rear transverse edge of the card so that it is possible to slide the lid element (4) and the card (C) that it covers, with one another, in the longitudinal direction, towards the front side, over a determined length of travel, thus making it easier to extract the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Erich Kräml Et Associes
    Inventor: Erich Johann Kräml
  • Patent number: 7740132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for sheet products that makes it easy to take out each individual piece of the sheet products stacked in the container. The container having a tray-like container body (2), an opening/closing lid (3) that is slidably mounted on the container body (2), a pressing member (5) elastically pressing the sheet products (4) stored in the container (1) toward the inner surface of the opening/closing lid (3), a friction drag member (7) that is installed on the inner surface of the opening/closing lid (3) to feed out the sheet products (4) according to the closing operation of the opening/closing lid (3), and a stopper (6) formed in the container body (2) to stop the backward movement of the sheet products (4) by the friction drag member (7) when the opening/closing lid (3) is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Oono, Hiroshi Kitsutaka
  • Patent number: 7661555
    Abstract: Moving a lid dispenses single thin films from a container. A pad coated with TPE, rubber or silicone rotates downward and contacts the top thin film strip. The pad moves the strip toward a front opening. When the lid is fully opened, the strip has been ejected far enough for the user to remove it. A sliding top and lever dispense a strip. The user slides back the top of the container, causing lever with a living hinges and links to flex downward. A pad rotates downward towards the top strip and outward towards an opening exposed in the front of the container and the strip is ejected out this opening. The pad is connected to a lever on a gear. Sliding the top of the container rotates the gear. The pad contacts the strip and moves the strip through the uncovered front dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Union Street Brand Packaging
    Inventors: Christopher T. Evans, Christopher Gieda
  • Publication number: 20090101255
    Abstract: Two components slide with respect to one another, and hold a stack of cards. A first component includes three members extending into a chamber formed by its C-shaped cross-section. When the components are slid apart, the first card in the stack is partially exposed. The card is pushed back past the outer members providing resistance to prevent the cards from moving while allowing only the top card to be pushed past the outer appendages to expose the next card. When the components are pushed together, a bump on an L-shaped component assures that the cards are aligned in a stack. The two outer members include tangs at their terminations that retain a stack of cards within the chamber and prevent them from sliding past. Between the outer members, a central spring extends in an angled configuration into the chamber and presses against the cards and frictionally retains them in position within the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Long
  • Patent number: 7484640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing and providing stacked film pockets (10) filled with film-type or laminar materials (1). Said materials, e.g. lamellae (1), are individually packed in thin film pockets (10) which are embodied in the form of primary packaging. Said film pockets (10) are stacked in a form of so-called secondary packaging (30) in a gauged manner, the secondary packaging (30) being a lamella dispenser. Said dispenser is provided with a mechanism (61) by which means the individual film pockets (10) are directly released. During said process, the film pockets (10) are automatically opened and the individual lamellae (1) are administered for consumption. The present invention enables a device to be created for storing and providing stacked film-type or laminar materials (1), said device storing said stacked materials (1) from the first to the last withdrawal without any significant change in the aromatic properties of the materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Christian von Falkenhausen, Markus Krumme, Christian Gutsche
  • Patent number: 7389878
    Abstract: A protective enclosure for a portable electronic data storage device includes an outer shell having a base and a lid movable between open and closed conditions relative to the base. An insert is receivable within the shell. The insert has an interior compartment for accommodating the electronic data storage device and an opening formed through an upper end of the insert in communication with the compartment for extending the storage device therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: James R. Torrico
  • Patent number: 7287666
    Abstract: A device for packaging and dispensing stacked items may include, a box including: a first portion, in particular a cover; and a second portion, in particular a drawer, that is movable relative to the first portion between a retracted position and an extended position; and a stack of items disposed in the second portion; the first portion including a drive member configured to press against the stack of items while the second portion is being moved toward the retracted position, and to entrain an item in contact therewith relative to a remainder of the stack in order to enable the item to be grasped by a user; and the second portion and the drive member also being configured in such a manner as to prevent the drive member from pressing against the stack of items over at least a fraction of the stroke of the second portion from the retracted position toward the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 7267147
    Abstract: A three-dimensional card case including a cavity surrounded by two sidewalls, a rear wall and an opening on the side opposite the rear wall. The cards are inserted into slots at the opening of the cavity until they flush with an ejector tab at the rear wall. Each ejector tab is aligned with a pair of cards, allowing both cards to be ejected by the tab mechanism through the actuation of buttons located on the exterior of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: ACM Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Tiscione
  • Patent number: 6964350
    Abstract: A handkerchief dispensing apparatus for containing and dispensing handkerchiefs for a user. The handkerchief dispensing apparatus includes a housing comprising a base wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall and the base wall define a receiving space of the housing for receiving the handkerchiefs. The perimeter wall comprises a dispensing slot extending through the perimeter wall of the housing for permitting a portion of each of the handkerchiefs to extend through the perimeter wall when the handkerchiefs are positioned in the receiving space of the housing. A lid member is hingably coupled to the housing. The lid member selectively closes the open end of the receiving space when the lid member is positioned over the housing. A dispensing assembly is coupled to the housing. The dispensing assembly is designed for feeding one of the handkerchiefs through the dispensing slot when the dispensing assembly is actuated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventor: Manuel Padilla
  • Patent number: 6601622
    Abstract: A personal accessory includes an outer cover and a pocket disposed within the body and accessible through an aperture through the outer cover. A holder includes a peripheral frame defining at least one window for receiving and holding a substantially flat object, the holder adapted to be inserted into and extracted from the pocket. A tether has a first end attached to the body at a point within the pocket and a second end attached to the holder, the holder rotatable around the second end of the tether when the holder is substantially extracted from the pocket. A quick release mechanism is selectively provided within selected pockets of the personal accessory and includes a corresponding plurality of pocket liners attached to a rigid sheet. Manual force applied to the rigid sheet forces substantially flat objects within the selected pockets outward from those pockets for rapid access and extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: TBAC Investment Trust
    Inventor: Raymond Wallace Young
  • Patent number: 6581762
    Abstract: The present invention is a personal object holding device having an outer housing device having several separating walls inside the housing to form card holding chambers. The card holding chambers are sized to accommodate objects approximating the size of object such as credit cards, identification cards, drivers licenses and bank cards. The object holding device has at least one biasing member positioned on one of the separating walls for each of the chambers to hold the objects positioned in the chambers firmly in place. The personal object holding device further includes an ejection mechanism positioned within the housing which is used to urge the object positioned in the chamber out when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Keough
  • Publication number: 20030057112
    Abstract: The present invention is a personal object holding device having an outer housing device having several separating walls inside the housing to form card holding chambers. The card holding chambers are sized to accommodate objects approximating the size of object such as credit cards, identification cards, drivers licenses and bank cards. The object holding device has at least one biasing member positioned on one of the separating walls for each of the chambers to hold the objects positioned in the chambers firmly in place. The personal object holding device further includes an ejection mechanism positioned within the housing which is used to urge the object positioned in the chamber out when desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Keough
  • Patent number: 6491186
    Abstract: The invention is a business card dispenser that dispenses a single card using a sliding button which has a card counter and a means of indicating when the business card dispenser is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventor: Curtis D. Wiggins
  • Patent number: 6412627
    Abstract: The invention provides a three-dimensional card case including a cavity surrounded by two sidewalls, a rear wall and an opening on the side opposite the rear wall. The cards are inserted into slots at the opening of the cavity until they flush with an ejector tab at the rear wall. This allows a card to be individually ejected by the tab mechanism, which is linked to actuator buttons located on the exterior of the case. Each button is labeled to identify and select a specific card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventors: James Allen Tiscione, Anthony Tiscione
  • Publication number: 20020074246
    Abstract: The invention provides a three-dimensional card case including a cavity surrounded by two sidewalls, a rear wall and an opening on the side opposite the rear wall. The cards are inserted into slots at the opening of the cavity until they flush with an ejector tab at the rear wall. This allows a card to be individually ejected by the tab mechanism, which is linked to actuator buttons located on the exterior of the case. Each button is labeled to identify and select a specific card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: James Allen Tiscione, Anthony Tiscione
  • Patent number: 6230879
    Abstract: A name cards box which includes a bottom box, a top cover, a sliding piece and a spring. The top cover includes a downwardly extending circumferential edge and an opening within one of the sides of the circumferential edge. An indented opening is located at a corner next to the side opening and is indented with respect to the side opening, for receiving a bent stopping piece of the sliding piece. A trough opening is located near the indented opening and includes stops at each end thereof. The bottom box includes a circumferential frame and an opening in a side of the frame which corresponds to the opening in the circumferential edge of the top cover to permit card removal. An additional opening in the box bottom frame corresponds to the trough opening in the top cover to movably receive a block of the sliding piece. Movement of the block is limited by the stops of the trough opening The bottom box also includes a hole and a recessed areas for slidably receiving the sliding piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Inventor: Chang-Yi Lin