Information
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Patent Grant
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6536247
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Patent Number
6,536,247
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Date Filed
Monday, March 26, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, March 25, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A seat device of a key ring comprises a seat. The seat has an oblong shape, and an interior of the seat having a cruciform recess. One end of the sliding groove is formed with an opening and a movable opening can be formed through a control device. A movable track is formed interior the recess and near one end thereof for being connected to key rings. Thereby, the movable opening is installed at the middle portion of the movable track so that the key rings can be taken out easily and the user may take out any key ring from the opening at the middle portion.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a seat device of a key ring, and especially to a seat device having an opening at a middle of a movable track so that the key hanging ring can be taken out easily. The user may take out any key hanging ring from the opening at a middle portion.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Prior art key rings may can be used to locate a plurality of key hanging rings for being disposed with a plurality of keys. As desired, the key hanging rings can be taken out from or placed in the key ring so that the number of the key hanging ring can be adjusted as desired.
Referring to
FIG. 1
, the prior art key ring includes a seat
10
a,
key hanging rings
12
a
and a control device
12
a.
The seat
10
a
has an oblong shape and is connected to a key hanging ring
11
a.
Each key hanging ring
11
a
has an arm
13
a
and a head
14
a.
The key hanging ring
11
a
serves to hang keys. One end of the oblong seat
10
a
is installed with a movable track
15
a.
The head
14
a
is movably mounted to the movable track
15
a
of the seat
10
a.
One end of the movable track
15
a
is installed with a movable opening
16
a.
Through the opening
16
a,
the head
14
a
can be taken out from or placed in the movable track
15
a.
The movable opening
16
a
is formed by an enlarged end of the movable track
15
a
and is faced outwards. The control device
12
a
may be used to reduce the cross section of the movable opening
16
a
so as to be smaller than the cross section of the head
14
a.
Therefore, the movable opening
16
a
can be closed. Therefore, the head
14
a
is prevented from releasing from the movable opening
16
a.
When the control device
12
a
is pushed toward another direction, the movable opening
16
a
can be opened, so that the head
14
a
and the arm
13
a
may pass through the channel. As a result, the head
14
a
of the key hanging ring
11
a
may be taken out from or placed into the movable track
15
a.
Consequently, the user may adjust the number of the key hanging ring
11
a
as desired.
However, in the seat
10
a
of aforesaid prior art key rings, since the movable opening
16
a
is installed at one end of the movable track
15
a;
when a plurality of key hanging ring
11
a
are disposed on the seat
10
a
and the key hanging ring
11
a
to be taken out is placed at another end of the movable track
15
a,
farther from the movable opening
16
a,
all the key hanging rings
11
a
must be taken out for taking the key hanging ring
11
a
out at a farther end of the movable opening
16
a.
Therefore, the operation is time-consumed and inconvenient as the user is desired to taken out a key hanging ring
11
a.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a seat device of a key ring, wherein the key ring of the present invention has a movable opening being installed in the movable track. When a plurality of key rings are positioned in the seat and one of the key rings is to be taken out, that is, the key ring to be taken out is placed at one end of the movable track, it is only necessary to push other key rings to another end of the movable track, then the key ring to be taken out can be taken out from the movable opening. Therefore, the key ring can be taken out easily, and the operation is time and labor saved. Any key ring can be taken out from the opening at the middle section.
To achieve the aforesaid object, the present invention provides a seat device of a key ring comprising a seat. The seat has an oblong shape, and an interior of the seat having a cruciform recess. One end of the sliding groove is formed with an opening and a movable opening can be formed through a control device. A movable track is formed interior the recess and near one end thereof for being connected to key rings. Thereby, the movable opening is installed at the middle portion of the movable track so that the key rings can be taken out easily and the user may take out any key ring from the opening at the middle portion.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of the prior art key ring.
FIG. 2
is a perspective view of the seat of the key ring in the present invention.
FIG. 3
is a cross sectional view of the seat of the key ring in the present invention.
FIG. 4
is an exploded perspective view showing that the present invention is applied to a key ring.
FIG. 5
is an exploded perspective view showing that the present invention is applied to a key ring.
FIG. 6
is a cross sectional view of the key ring in the present invention.
FIG. 7
is a schematic view showing the operation of the present invention being used to a key ring.
FIG. 8
is a perspective view showing that the present invention is applied to a key ring of another form.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
To further understand the present invention, a detail description of the present invention will be described in the following with the appended drawings. Those skilled in the art may completely understand the objects, characteristics and features of the present invention from these descriptions. However, those descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to describe the present invention instead of being used to confine the spirit and scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
Referring to
FIGS. 2 and 3
, the seat device of a key ring of the present invention is illustrated. The seat device of a key ring includes a seat
10
. The seat
10
has an oblong shape, and the front side and rear side thereof have a cambered shape so as to present a beautiful outlook. The front side and rear side of the seat
10
have larger areas for being printed with characters or patterns about trademarks and advertisements. The interior of the seat
10
is formed with a cruciform recess
11
. The recess
11
extends along the longitudinal direction of the seat
10
so as to penetrate the upper and lower ends of the seat
10
. The middle portion of the recess
11
has a sliding groove
12
with a larger width. One or two ends of the sliding groove
12
are installed with openings
15
which is communicate-able with external environments. One or two ends in the interior of the recess
11
are installed with movable tracks
13
, respectively. The movable track
13
is transversally extended along the seat
10
and has a round cross section. The movable tracks
13
are orthogonal to the sliding groove
12
. Furthermore, one side of the seat
10
is formed with one or two long push button through holes
14
. The through holes
14
extend with a predetermined length longitudinally along the seat
10
. The through holes
14
penetrate the interior of the recess
11
. By the aforesaid components, the seat device of a key ring of the present invention is formed.
With reference to
FIGS. 4
,
5
and
6
, the seat
10
of the present invention may be combined with a plurality of key hanging rings
20
and at least one control device
30
. Each key hanging ring
20
has an arm
21
and a head
22
. The key hanging rings
20
serve to be hung with keys (not shown). The head
22
is slidably mounted to the movable track
13
of the seat
10
so that the key hanging rings
20
can be connected to the seat
10
so as to leave with a movable space. Therefore, the head
22
may freely move in the movable track
13
. By the opening
15
formed at the sliding groove
12
of the seat
10
, the head
22
can be inserted into or taken out from the movable track
13
.
The control device
30
is formed by a sliding block
31
and a push button
32
. Each sliding block
31
is slidably conformed to one end in the interior of the sliding groove
12
. An assembly hole
33
is formed on the sliding block
31
. The push button
32
is installed at one side of the seat
10
. The interior of the push button
32
is extended with a driven shaft
34
. The driven shaft
34
penetrates through the push button through hole
14
to be enforced into the assembling hole
33
of the sliding block
31
so that the sliding block
31
is combined with the push button
32
to be formed as an integral body.
A resilient spring
35
is installed in the seat
10
. In this embodiment, the seat
10
is combined with two control devices
30
. The resilient spring
35
is installed between two sliding blocks
31
of the two control devices
30
, The resilient spring
35
encloses a spring positioning post
36
at one end of the sliding block
31
. The resilient spring
35
will eject against one end of the sliding block
31
for pushing the sliding block
31
and push button
32
to move toward the opening
15
. Another end of the sliding block
31
is installed with a respective C-channel
37
. The head
22
may pass through the C-channel
37
to move freely in the movable track
13
. The C-channel
37
transversally extends in the sliding block
31
and has a round cross section. An outer end of the C-channel
37
is connected to a stop
38
. The stop
38
of the sliding block
31
is movably matched to the opening
15
for controlling the opening and closing of the opening
15
.
Referring to
FIG. 7
, when the user pushes the push button
32
of the control device
30
, the push button
32
will longitudinally move along along the seat
10
, toward a reverse direction in the opening
15
. The stop
38
at one end of the sliding block
31
and the C-channel
37
will reduce into the interior of the sliding groove
12
, i.e., the stop
38
and the C-channel
37
leave from the movable track
13
for opening the movable opening
15
. Therefore, the cross section for the channel passing through by the head
22
of the key ring
20
and the arm
21
, and thus the head
22
of the key ring
20
can be taken out from or placed into the movable track
13
. As a result, the number of the key rings can be selectively adjusted.
Furthermore, the seat
10
can be used to be connected to a hanger
40
which can be used to hang the present invention to the belt of trousers. The hanger
40
is a slender steel rope. Two ends thereof have an arm
41
and a head
42
, respectively. The head
42
is slidably mounted to the movable track
13
of the seat
10
and thereby, the hanger
40
can be connected to the seat
10
. Thereby, through the opening
15
of the seat
10
, the head
42
can be taken out from or placed in the movable track
13
.
Moreover, referring to
FIG. 8
, the key ring
20
may be a slender steel rope. Two ends thereof have an arm
21
and a head
22
. The head
22
is slidably installed to the movable track
13
of the seat
10
so that the key hanging ring
20
can be connected to the seat
10
. Thereby, through the opening
15
of the seat
10
, the head
42
can be taken out from or placed in the movable track
13
.
The key ring
10
of the present invention has a movable opening
15
being installed in the movable track
13
. When a plurality of key hanging rings are positioned in the seat
10
and one of the key hanging rings is to be taken out, that is, the key ring
20
to be taken out is placed at one end of the movable track
13
, it is only necessary to push other key rings to another end of the movable track
13
, then the key ring
20
to be taken out can be taken out from the movable opening
15
. Therefore, the key ring
20
can be taken out easily, and the operation is time and labor saved. Any key ring
20
can be taken out from the opening
15
at the middle section.
Therefore, the defect of the prior art, such as the movable opening is installed at one end of the movable track so that it is hard to take out a key ring and the operation is time and labor wasted, is improved by the present invention.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Claims
- 1. A seat device of a key ring comprising:a seat, the seat having an oblong shape, an interior of the seat having a cruciform recess cavity; a sliding groove being installed in a medial portion of the recess cavity; one end of the recess cavity being formed with an opening; a movable track formed interior the recess cavity a predetermined distance form one end thereof; a push button through hole formed in one side of the seat, the push button through hole extends along the longtitudinal direction of the seat with predetermined length, the push button through hole penetrates into an interior of the recess cavity; the seat is combined with key hanging rings and control devices; each key hanging ring is a slender steel rope and has an arm and a head installed at two ends thereof; the head of the key hanging ring is slidably mounted to the movable track of the seat so that the key hanging ring is connected to the seat; each control device is formed by a sliding block and a push button; the sliding block is slidably matched to the sliding groove and the push button is installed at one side of the seat; a driven shaft extends into the recess cavity and is connected to the sliding block; a resilient spring serves to push the sliding block and the push button to displace toward the opening; one end of the sliding block is installed with a C-channel with respect to the moving track so that the head is movable in the moving track; an outer end of the C-channel is connected to a stop, the stop is movably matched to the opening for controlling the opening and closing of the opening.
- 2. A seat device of a key ring comprising:a seat, the seat having an oblong shape, an interior of the seat having a cruciform recess cavity; a sliding groove being installed in a medial portion of the recess cavity; two ends of the sliding groove are installed with openings; a predetermined distance from each of two ends of an interior of the recess cavity have installed thereon a moving track; one side of the seat is installed with two push button through holes; the push button through holes extend along the longitudinal direction of the seat with a predetermined length, the push button through holes penetrate into the interior of the recess cavity; the seat is combined with key hanging rings and two control devices; each key hanging ring has an arm and a head; the head of the key hanging ring is slidably mounted to the moving track of the seat so that the key hanging ring is connected to the seat; each control device is formed by a sliding block and a push button; the sliding block is slidably matched to the sliding groove and the push button is installed at the one side of the seat; a driven shaft extends into the recess cavity is connected to the sliding block; a resilient spring is installed in an interior of the seat, the resilient spring serves to push the sliding block and the push button to displace toward the opening; one end of the sliding block is installed with a C-channel with respect to the moving track so that the head is movable in the moving track; an outer end of the C-channel is connected to a stop; the stop is movable matched to the opening for controlling the opening and closing of the opening, the seat is connected to a hanger, the hanger is a slender steel rope and two ends thereof have an arm and a head; the head is slidably installed to the moving track of the seat so that the hanger is connected to the seat; through the opening of the seat, the head of the hanger can be taken out from or placed into the moving track.
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