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Claim 1

A BADGE AND INFORMATION CARD HOLDER FOR USE IN A COAT POCKET HAVING AN UPPER POCKET EDGE AND BEING OF A GIVEN DEPTH FROM ITS BOTTOM TO THE UPPER POCKET EDGE, THE HOLDER COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TRANSPARENT FRONT PANEL HAVING AN UPPER EDGE, A LOWER EDGE, AND SIDE EDGES; (B) AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR REAR PANEL HAVING AN UPPER EDGE, A LOWER EDGE, AND SIDE EDGES; (C) THE FRONT PANEL OVERLYING THE REAR PANEL AND THE RESPECTIVE UPPER EDGES AND LOWER EDGES BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO ONE ANOTHER; (D) THE FRONG AND REAR PANELS BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO ONE ANOTHER ALONG ONE PAIR OF SIDE EDGES; (E) THE OTHER PAIR OF SIDE EDGES BEING ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER WITH THE SIDE EDGE OF THE FRONT PANEL BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE SIDE EDGE OF THE REAR PANEL; (F) A LINE OF CONNECTION SECURING THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS TOGETHER ALONG A TRANSVERSE LINE TO DIVIDE THE HOLDER INTO AN UPPER COMPARTMENT AND A LOWER COMPARTMENT OF LESS THAN THE GIVEN DEPTH; (G) AN IDENTITY BADGE SLIDABLY POSITIONED IN THE UPPER COMPARTMENT AND VIEWABLE THERETHROUGH; (H) A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR INFORMATION-BEARING CARD DISPOSED IN THE LOWER COMPARTMENT; AND (I) THE FRONT PANEL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED SLIT THEREIN PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR FLAP INCLUDING A FLAP UPPER END LOCATED ADJACENT THE LINE OF CONNECTION, WHEREBY WITH THE LOWER COMPARTMENT LOCATED IN THE COAT POCKET AND THE FLAP EXTENDED OVER THE UPPER POCKET EDGE, THE UPPER COMPARTMENT IS SUPPORTED IN EXPOSED POSITION ABOVE THE COAT POCKET.