Seat device of a key ring

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6536247
  • Patent Number
    6,536,247
  • Date Filed
    Monday, March 26, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 25, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Barrett; Suzanne Dino
    Agents
    • Rosenberg, Klein & Lee
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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