Patent Application
20170340155
With conventional key holders you have to buy screws along with the key holder itself. You have to make new holes on the walls for the holder and sometimes use inserts for those screws depending on whether attached to drywall or wood. When you want it removed, you now have to cover up the new holes with plaster and paint, or patch holes made into wood which usually requires sanding and stain matching. By using an existing fixture within your home and the hardware included already on that fixture, you eliminate the sometimes tedious task of measuring and locating holes for hanging an item, and also eliminate the even more tedious task of touchup requirements to the wall, if you remove the item for any reason.
Typically, keys are the item most often lost or misplaced within a household because they can end up on kitchen counters, desk, coffee tables, bedroom chests, etc. In your daily haste, emptying your pocket contents as your routine usually encompasses, you may place pocket change, keys, cell phone, and other miscellaneous items all together in a heap at locations that are most convenient at the time, or because of what you are doing. Sometimes these items are placed in different places throughout the home, causing frustration when you need to retrieve them in a hurry. By placing a holder for some of such items in a place on the wall that is accessed more than others, it can be viewed as a reminder to not forget them, as well as knowing where they are when you turn on the most used light in your house.
For example, typically the kitchen is accessed every morning and late at tonight before bedtime. When the light is turned on, you see the keys, and you are reminded immediately of those keys, in the manner described above. In the same respect, when you leave the kitchen at night and turn off the switch, you see where you left them, and this seems to stick out in your mind, when the next morning arrives. Many can and may choose a different location for this placement, as to different lifestyles may call for it. Consistency in organization of items such as keys, built around consistent habits that we do every day, such as turning on certain lights, is where the intent lies within the thoughts related to the use of this item.
The disclosures made herein relate generally to a key holder for all of the household keys, or automobile keys, for a convenient location to place and retrieve within an area that is most often accessed within your home or office, and for reminding anyone to not forget their keys.
The drawings show a form of the invention that is presently preferred. However, the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement of the drawings. To elaborate, (2) hooks may be used at times for the invention embodiment, and the main housing and spacer plate may be adjusted to fit less common household switch plates, such as customized ones in high end homes and offices. The embodiment of the invention will overall and for the most part remain the same, with only slight adjustments to fit a wider variety of customized and specialty manufacturers of such electrical outlet covers and switch plates.
In the preceding detailed description, reference has been made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is understood that other suitable embodiments may be utilized and that logical, material, and mechanical changes made be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The preceding detailed description is therefore, not intended to be limited to the specific forms set forth herein, but on the contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalents, as can be reasonably included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
