Credit and identification card holder

Claim 1

A holder for a plurality of credit or identification cards comprising a rectangular case (10) enclosing an interior space and having an opening (12) to said interior space along at least one end, said case (10) comprising a front and a back face connected by two longitudinal side walls adjacent said opening and a rear wall (11) opposite said opening (12), wherein said longitudinal side walls are provided with a plurality of grooves (13) retaining a plurality of slides (21, 23, 25) arranged substantially parallel to one another and to said front and back faces in said interior space, each said slide is dimensioned to accommodate a credit or identification card (K), and each said slide is freely slidable in said grooves (13); the ends of said slides near said opening are provided with a front stop (29) and the ends of said slides near said end wall are provided with rear stops (29') for retaining said cards (K) on said slides; each slide is provided with a tab (22, 24, 27) extending at substantially right angles to said slide for a distance and merging into a tab portion oriented substantially parallel to said slide, said tab portion connected to a pad (30) on the exterior of said case (10) by means of pin (31); at least one said face of said case (10) is provided with a plurality of slots (14) corresponding to said pins (31), whereby each slide is individually movable from said interior space to protrude out of said opening (12) by lateral displacement of each said pad (30), and said case (10) is provided with a plurality of lateral cutouts (16) near said rear wall (11) and each said pad is provided with a latch pin (33) engageable in one of said lateral cutouts (16) to retain said slides (21, 23, 25) in said interior space and to prevent accidental displacement of each said slide.