US1766599A - Safety carrier - Google Patents

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v June 24, i930 E. CAHILL SAFETY CARRIER Filed April 20, 1929 lilla!! lill A. lill-Illu il n WIT/V555 Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT OFFICE nii'izaisnrn CAHILL, or NRW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY CARRIER Application led April 20,

My invention relates to improvements in safety carriers for paper currency, rings, keys and similar small valuable or necessary personal articles, and consists in the construction, arrangement and disposition of the various parts herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a small thin safety carrier forpaper currency, 1o papers, valuables and keys, of simple and inexpensive construction; which may be securely attached to any. convenient part of the clothing, as for instance, to the inside of a pocket, without betraying its location on the outside of the garment; which may be attached tothe inside of a bag or pocket book and which will securely hold and retain the articles placed therein or thereon against accidental removal.

A yfurther object of my invention is to provide a bill, key and ring carrier of thin resilient sheet metalprovided with resilient fingers for holding folded paper currency, or other papers, pressed firmly againstl a generally flat plate portion of the device and having attached to the lower or bottom edge thereof, a safety pin or similar fastening device for detachably securing the device to the clothing or bag or pocketbook, or to whatever one may wish to attach it.

Other objects of my invention will appear in the specification and'claims below.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which the same reference characters are employed throughout the various views to .designate the same parts,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the preferred form of my improved carrier showing the manner in which paper currency or other folded papers, a ring and a ykey may be attached thereto and carried thereby.

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of a slightly modified construction.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary `perspective view of a further modification wherein the vertical edges of the main plate are bent at right angles to the main plate to form a narrow flat surface which is provided with a finger similar to that shown in Fig. l, on whichla 1929. Serial No'. 356,630.

key, ring or other similar device may be' hung and carried.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a slightly modified form of ring 0r key supporting hook or finger.

My improved cariier for paper currency, papers, rings and keys, and other small personal'articles comprises, in the preferred einbodiment of my invention, shown in Fig. 1,

a flat plate or sheet l of thin resilient metal, n

such as brass (preferably plated with nickel or one of the more valuable metals) or even terne-plate in the cheaper constructions, the

materials being, however, of such a nature that it may be cut, shaped and formed in dies in the manner in which sheet metal is usually manipulated in stamping.

vWith suitable dies, and preferably at a single operation, l cut and shape the fiat plate l out of al large sheet of said metal and simultaneously sever on three sides thereof,

rthree paper and currency holding lingers or prongs 2, 2, 2, leaving slots 3, 3, 3 in the metal where the material for the said lingers is removed, two smaller fingers or prongs 4, 4 either of which may be used to hold a key or a ring and herein referred to as key and ring holding lingers and forming slots 5, 5 where the material for said fingers is removed and a tab along the lower bottom edge of the plate arranged to be wrapped or bent into cylindrical form around the upper reach or length 7 of a safety-pin structure 7 .with which the plate is to be provided. The prongs or fingers 2 and 4 are of simple design and may possibly be shaped substantially simultaneously with the stamping of the plate l out from the large sheet of thin metal.

The upperend of each finger is integrally connected with the fiat plate or sheet 1 at ends each finger is bent into a concave portion 2 curving back into its slot 3 with the deepest part of the concave portion lying substantially in the plane of the plate 1. The extreme free ends 2d of the fingers 2 curve outwardly and lie above the plane of the surface of the plate 1. The ring and ke holding fingers 4, 4 are preferably somew at shorter and narrower than the fingers 2, but they are preferably similar thereto in shape and extend in the opposite direction. The upper ends of the fingers 2 are integrally connected to the plate 1, but the lower ends of the fingers 4 are the ends that are integrally connected with the said plate.

The fingers 4 are first provided with a short portion 3 preferably disposed in a plane normal to the plane of the plate and are attached integrally to the plate at the lower edge of the slots 5, 5 formed in the plate by the severence therefrom. of the fingers 4, 4. From the portion 4 the finrs are provided with an upwardly extend- 1n preferably straight portion 4b preferab y parallel to the surface of the plate 1 but spaced therefrom and parallel to the slots 5 and near their upper ends the are then bent down into their respective sly until the deepest point in the concave portion 4 lies substantially in the plane of the adjacent portion of the plate 1. The extreme upper ends 3d curve outwardly slightly above the lane of the adjacent portions of the plate 1. e extreme ends 2d of the fingers 2 and the extreme ends 4d of the fingers 4 are preferably rounded so that they do not present sharp corners; and the corners of the plate 1 are preferably rounded, all so that the device will not unduly wear or abrade the clothing or the inside of a bag or pocket in which it may be carried.

The safety pin structure 7 is preferably secured to the plate 1 by the cylindrical tab 6 integrally connected to the bottom edge of the plate 1 which is bent -around the upper reach or stretch 7al of the safety pin 7. The lower stretch 7 b is the pin proper and is connected to the upper reach through a coil 7. The free sharp end of the pin portion 7b is adapted to be sprung into and out of a hook 7d formed at the adjacent end of the upper stretch or reach 7 a. The safety piln is preferably thus pivotally secured to t e plate 1. The plate 1 is free to swing around the upper reach or stretch 7a as on a pivot, thus making the connection of the carrier very mobile with respect to the inside of a pocket or to the inside of a bag or pocket book. When so placed in 4a pocket of a bag or of the clothing it is thin, and can be swung on the safety pin within the pocket, to give easy access to loose removable cars, papers or small articles, also in the pocket, and which may be on both sides of the carrier in said pocket. The thin carrier may be thus used to divide a pocket in a bag or in a garment, into two compartments into which small articles, not carried by the carrier, may be inserted and from which they may be easily withdrawn without interference with the carrier and articles carried thereby.

The outwardly turned lower ends 2d of the fingers permit one to slip a folded bill or pieces of paper currency 9 in under the resilient fingers 2 and when so inserted the resilient fingers clamp the same firmly against the plate 1, and if for any reason, the fingers 2 become fiexed or sprung away from the plate so that they do not so rmly press against the adjacent surface of a folded bill or paper, the lower edge of the paper will rest on and be supported either on the tubular or cylindrical portion 6 of the device or on the bottom of the ba or pocket, and this would prevent the iills from slipping downwardly out of engagement with the fingers 2.

The fingers 4, adjacent their upper ends, also preferably lie within their respective slots 8 and in the plane of the plate 1. In securing a key 10 or ring 11 thereon, the same are easily placed between the upper ends 3i and the plate and a slight downward pressure on the key or ring will force the upper ends of the fingers outwardly and permit the ring or key to pass or slide under the curved portion 4, whereupon the resilient fingers 4 spring again back into their respective slots 5 and the ring or key cannot be removed therefrom except by an upward pull thereon sufficient to spring the fingers 4 away froln the plate and permit of the passage of the key or ring between the curved portions 4 and the outer surface of the plate 1.

The modification shown in Fig. 2 is exactly like that shown in Fig. 1, except that the end 7 of the wire, instead of being twisted around the shank of the hook to form a hump 7*, extends vertically into an opening in the plate 1 formed by stamping a strip or strap 8 out from the plate 1. In assembling this device, the end 7 would be inserted under the strap 8 before the cylinder or tube 6 is completely closed around the reach 7 of the pin 7. 1n this construction the plate 1 is not free to rotate or swing around the upper stretch 7 of the safety pin as on a pivot. It is free to swing, however, with respect to the object to which the pin is secured, around the lower stretch or reach 6b of the safety pin as a pivot, when the device is pinned to the bottom of a pocket of a garment, bag, or pocket book.

lrVhere so thin a carrier as is provided bv the structure illustrated in Fig. 1 is not required, and stiffness is more desirable, I may form the key and ring holding fingers `4 in aiportion lfL of the plate l bent at 'right angles to the plane of the plate, as shown in"Fig. 3. This provides a construction whichl may be a little shorter than that shown in Fig. l, and probably be a little thicker under ordinary circumstances, but if all the paper money that the device can hold were inserted under the prongs or ngers 2 the lower free ends 2d thereof would be considerably further from the plate 1 than they are shown in Fig. l, and said ends 2d might be substantially in the plane of the free vertical edge of the end sections la, in which event the end sections would not be substantially wider than the thickness of the filled carrier.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the ring and key finger 4 is of the same thickness as the plate l and lies in the plane of the said plate. It is disposed with respect thereto in the manner somewhat similar to that shown in Fig. 8. |The free end 4d is preferably rounded and does not normally extend beyond the adjacent vertical edge of the plate l, the plate being provided with a recess 5 in the edge thereof into which fits the concave portion 4c of the finger 4. The parts 4a and 41 correspond to the parts 4a and 4b of the previously described construction.

In making this construction, shown in Fig. 4, the sheet material of which the device is made should be considerably stiffer and stronger and probably thicker than that which is actually required in making the other embodiments of my invention.

It will now be apparent that I have provided a safety paper currency, ring and key carrier and holder which can be easily stamped and shaped out of sheet material, which can be easily assembled and therefore which may be manufactured at a very low cost, thereby enabling one to place the same on the market in large quantities to be sold at a price within the reach of nearly everybody. The device is of great service to women, whose pockets are few and whose hand bags and pocket books are often filled with a variety of articles, including money and valuables, loose in the bag and easily pulled out and dropped and lost in hunting for and withdrawing an article from the bag. IVith my improved safety ca rier the money and rings and other valuables, held by the carrier, are not so easily separated from the carrier, and are held segregated from the other articles in the bag or pocket book, and the holder or carrier is firmly and flexibly secured to the inside of the bag (or pocket) against removal. The said valuable articles are, therefore, more safely carried, and the likelihood of the loss of them is greatly lessened, by the use of my device which is preferably so thin and mobile and flexible that it does not interfere with the insertion and withdrawal of other articles loose in the pocket and on both sides of the carrier.

It is to be understood that I have not intended to limit my invention to any particular method or process of stamping or dieing the carrier out of sheet metal or other suitabie material. rIhe process may comprise as few or as many steps as are necessary to provide a plate of thin sheet material with resilient fingers, disposed as above described and having a portion, lying within the slotl in the plate, provided by the removal of a portion of the sheet to 'form the integral fingers, and freely sprung out of the slot by the insertion of the money or ring or key under the free ends of the fingers.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letter Patent of the United States is:

l. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combinationof a plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge and provided with a series of parallel vertically disposed slots and with a series of downwardly extending resilient paper holding lingers extending parallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends to the plate at the upper edges of said slots, extending slightly outwardly away from the plane of the surface of one side of said plate and then extending substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface, then curved back to normally lie in the slots thereunder, substantially in the plane of said plate,`and having their extreme lower ends curved outwardly a little above the plane of the said surface of said plate, and a safety pin permanently secured to the bottom horizontal edge of said plate and extending generally parallel to said edge for removably securing said carrier to clothing, pockets, bags and the like. Y

2. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combination of a plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge and provided with a series of parallel vertically disposed slots land with a series of downwardly xtending resilient paper holding fingers extending parallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends to the plate at the upper edges of said slots, extending slightly outwardly away from the plane of the surface of one side of said plate and then extending substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface, then curved back to normally lie in the slots thereunder and substantially in the plane of said plate, and" having their extreme lower ends curved outwardly a little above the plane of the said surface of said plate, and a safety pin hingedly secured to the bottom horizontal edge of said plate and extending generally parallel to said edge for removably securing saidy carrier to the clothing, pockets, bags and the like.

3. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combination of a plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge and provided with a series of parallel vertically disposed slots and with a series of downwardly extending resilient paper holding fingers extending parallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends to the plate at the upper edges o said slots, extending slightly outwardly away from the plane of the surface of one side of said plate and then extending substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface, then curved back to normally lie in the slots thereunder and substantially in the plane of said plate, and having their extreme lower ends curved outwardly a little above the plane of the said surface of said plate, and a safety pin permanently secured to the bottom horizontal edge of said plate and extending generally parallel to said edge for removably securing said carrier to clothing, pockets, bags and the like, said plate being also provided with a slot located at one side of said bill holding fingers and with an upwardly extending resilient finger having its lower end integrally secured to said plate at the lower end of said slot and extending therefrom first outwardly from the lane of said plate, then extending up- War ly generally parallel to said slot and to the plane of the surface of said plate and spaced from the plane of the surface of said plate, and having its free upper end reversely curved first downwardly into said slot and then back out of it with the extreme upper end thereof spaced above the said surface of said plate.

4. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combination of a plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge and provided with a series of Cparallel vertical slots and with a series of ownwardly extending resilient bill holding fingers extending over and generally parallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends to the late at the upper edges of said slots, said ngers bein concave near their free ends to lie in saicgl slots thereunder substantially in the plane of said plate and having their extreme lower ends curved outwardly a little above the plane of said surface of said plate, said plate being also provided with a slot adjacent one side of said series of bill holding fingers and with an upwardly extending resllient finger, having its lower end integrally secured to said plate at the lower end of said slot and extending first outwardly from the plane of said plate, then substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface o said plate, and having its free upper end reversely curved first downwardly into said slot and then back out of it with the extreme upper end thereof spaced from said surface of said plate, and a safety pin ermanently secured to the bottom longitudinal edge of said base plate and extending parallel to said edge.

5. A combined paper currency, bill and key holder, comprising a plate of resilient sheet metal having a series of resilient parallel bill holding fingers integrally connected at one end to said plate and all extending downwardly across said plate and substantially parallel to the surface thereof, a similar resilient finger also integrally connected at one end to said plate and disposed at one side of said series of bill holding fingers and parallel thereto, etxending in the opposite direction upon which to hang a small article, and a safety pin secured to the bottom edge of said plate adjacent the free ends of said bill holding fingers and extending substantially parallel to said bottom edge.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of April, 1929.

ELIZABETH CAHILL.

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