Playing card holder and dispenser

Claim 1

A PLAYING CARD HOLDER AND DISPENSER COMPRISING A CARD CONTAINER INCLUDING A BOTTOM, SIDES AND ENDS TO ACCOMMODATE PLAYING CARDS IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP THEREIN, TOP RAILS DISPOSED ALONG THE TOP OF EACH SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER OF A WIDTH TO OVERLIE A PORTION OF EACH SIDE OF CARDS STACKED THEREIN, A PRESSURE PLATE SUPPORTING SAID STACK OF CARDS INCLUDING SPRING MEANS IN SAID CONTAINER DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY CENTRAL OF SAID PRESSURE PLATE URGING THE SAID PRESSURE PLATE UPWARDLY WITH THE UPPERMOST CARD IN SAID STACK POSITIONED AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF SAID TOP RAILS, THE TOP OF THE END WALLS OF SAID CARD CONTAINER BEING DISPOSED A DISTANCE BELOW SAID TOP RAILS SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF ONE CARD BYT NOT AS GREAT AS THE THICKNESS OF TWO CARDS WHEREBY TO ADMIT OF MANUALLY WITHDRAWING ONE CARD ONLY FROM EITHER END OF SAID CARD CONTAINER, A PAIR OF VERTICAL GUIDE SLOTS, ONE SLOT IN EACH END OF SAID CARD CONTAINER LOCATED UNDER THE REAR TOP RAIL, AND FIXED TRUNNIONS EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID PRESSURE PLATE AT ONE SIDE THEREOF SLIDABLE AND TURNABLE IN SAID GUIDE SLOTS MAINTAINING THE SAID PRESSURE PLATE IN ITS PROPER LOCATION UNDER A STACK OF CARDS PLACED IN SAID CARD CONTAINER AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PERMITTING SAID PRESSURE PLATE TO BE DEFLECTED A THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF DURING PLACEMENT OF SAID CARDS IN SAID CONTAINER.