Patent Application
20160275826
The present invention relates generally to a proximity card holder, and more particularly to a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder comprising an outside portion that comprises a proximity card folder and an inside portion that comprise multiple storage interlayers.
Proximity cards are convenient to the modern people and have diverse uses, such as MRT tickets and door cards. The proximity cards are often placed and stored in a one-end-open holder or folder, in which one single proximity card is insertable, allowing for easy storage and removal for detection and reading. However, with the increasing popularization of the proximity cards, it becomes often that a person may own a number of proximity cards. The traditional proximity card folder is generally no longer fit to such a situation. To suit the needs of the modern people, a proximity card holder that is two-sided or has multiple layers is available in the market. Most of the proximity card holders currently available is structured as a single storage folder having an increased thickness to allow for simultaneous insertion of multiple proximity cards that are arranged overlapping each other therein or is alternatively structured to provide storage compartments on both surfaces thereof. However, these arrangements suffer certain drawbacks. When multiple proximity cards are arranged overlapping each other and are simultaneously inserted into a single storage compartment of the conventional proximity card folder, these multiple proximity cards may be detected and read simultaneously at the moment one of these proximity cards is used, so that the reading operation may fail or become ineffective, or the proximity cards may get damaged by each other due to be placed closely against each other for a long period of time, leading to demagnetized of magnetic strips of the proximity cards. It is thus desired to further improve the conventional proximity card folder and holder.
To overcome the above-discussed drawbacks of the conventional devices, the present invention provides a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder that features the following advantages:
(1) The present invention includes isolation layers that are arranged to allow a single one proximity card to be detected and read, while the other cards are isolated.
(2) The present invention includes isolation layers that separate proximity cards from each other so as to avoid a potential risk of demagnetization of any magnetic parts of the proximity cards.
(3) The present invention provides an excellent value for industrial use.
In view of these, the present invention aims to provide a technical solution that provides a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder that features security, convenience, and economic value for the ultimate purposes of benefiting the society and improving the development of industry.
In light of the problems that the conventional proximity card holder or folder often results in failure of reading a proximity card and multiple proximity cards when placed closely against each other without being properly separated often result in mutual demagnetization, the present invention aims to provide a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder, which comprises an interlayer formed of a thin metal sheet or a FAM film to provide an effect of isolation so as to prevent proximity cards placed on inside and outside from mutually influencing or demagnetizing each other, wherein, the interlayer, being in a simple form of an open-end folder, allows for insertion and storage of a single proximity card therein and is fixed by a circular button to the main body to be rotatable out of the main body so as to provide an effect of being readily rotated out for detection and reading.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder, which comprises: a main body. The main body comprises a first pocket, a plurality of interlayers, and a second pocket. The first pocket and the main body form a first receiving compartment. The second pocket and the main body form a second receiving compartment. The first receiving compartment and the second receiving compartment receive and hold therein articles, such as cards and proximity cards. The interlayers are arranged in the interior of the main body and are fixed by a circular button to the main body to be rotatable out of the main body. The interlayers are each an open-end folder that receives insertion of a single proximity card. As such, a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder is formed.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder, which comprises: a main body. The main body comprises a first pocket, an isolation layer, and a second pocket. The first pocket and the main body form a first receiving compartment. The second pocket and the main body form a second receiving compartment. The first receiving compartment and the second receiving compartment receive and hold therein articles, such as cards and proximity cards. The isolation layer is arranged between the first receiving compartment and the second receiving compartment to isolate proximity cards received in the compartments to prevent mutual influence and demagnetization therebetween. As such, a compound name-card-shaped proximity card holder is formed.
With the arrangement of an interlayer formed of a thin metal sheet or a FAM film in the main body to provide an effect of isolation so as to prevent proximity cards placed inside and outside from mutually influencing or demagnetizing each other. Further, the interlayer, being in a simple form of an open-end folder, allows for insertion and storage of a single proximity card therein and is fixed by a circular button to the main body to be rotatable out of the main body so as to provide an effect of being readily rotated out for detection and reading.
The foregoing objectives and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
