US 11,937,674 B1
Card holder and ejector
James A. Tiscione, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to ACM ENTERPRISES, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by ACM ENTERPRISES, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/374,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/458,298, filed on Apr. 10, 2023.
Int. Cl. A45C 11/18 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 11/182 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holder for a card, the holder comprising:
a body including:
a top portion with an upper outer surface,
a bottom portion with a lower outer surface,
two side walls connecting the top portion with the bottom portion, each of the two side walls having a height,
an actuator platform that is supported by and extends substantially parallel to the lower outer surface between the two side walls and that is separated from the bottom portion by a first distance that is shorter than the height,
wherein a lower surface of the actuator platform, an upper internal surface of the bottom portion, and inner surfaces of the two side walls define an interior cavity with a front opening at a front end of the body and at least one back opening at a back end of the body,
at least one actuator configured to slidably and reversibly move toward the front opening of the case above an upper surface of the actuator platform, the at least one actuator including a J-shaped member having a first end configured to engage at least one card when said at least one card is housed within the interior cavity and reposition said at least one card in a direction towards the front opening,
and
a back cover dimensioned to be removably cooperated with the body by sliding a top of the back cover between the two side walls to close the at least one back opening at the back end of the body from view.