US4779742A
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Article holder
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-07-31
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Granted: 1988-10-25
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Expires: 2007-07-31
Abstract
Abstract An article holder in the form of a flexible walled bag or pouch which is adapted to hold personal articles of a human being such as pens, pencils, combs, coins and the like. The pouch has an enlarged interior chamber within which is mounted a plurality of smaller sized pockets. Each pocket is designed primarily to retain a particular type of article. The back wall of the pouch has mounted thereon a sheet magnet which facilitates quick and easy secure attachment to the vertical side wall surface of a metallic locker. The pockets oriented within the enlarged interior chamber may be fixedly secured to the back wall of the pouch or may be mounted to be movable to various positions or locations.
Inventors
- 👤 Kimbrough T. Starkweather
- 👤 Allison M. Brush
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 08:01
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47G; A47G29/00; A47G29/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
An article holder to be used in conjunction with a metallic locker comprising: a sheet material housing, said housing being flexible, said housing having an enlarged interior chamber, a single first access opening permitting access into and out of said interior chamber, said enlarged interior chamber being adapted to retain personal articles of human beings; said locker having a vertically oriented side wall, means for mounting said article holder onto said vertically oriented side wall of said locker; a plurality of pockets, said pockets being substantially smaller in size than said enlarged interior chamber, each said pocket having a single second access opening, each said pocket being located within said enlarged access opening, each said second access opening being located substantially adjacent said first access opening; and each said pocket being movable to be able to occupy different positions within said interior chamber and also to be removable from said interior chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
An article holder to be used in conjunction with a metallic locker comprising: a sheet material housing, said housing being flexible, said housing having an enlarged interior chamber, a single first access opening permitting access into and out of said interior chamber, said enlarged interior chamber being adapted to retain personal articles of human beings; said locker having a vertically oriented side wall, means for mounting said article holder onto said vertically oriented side wall of said locker; a plurality of pockets, said pockets being substantially smaller in size than said enlarged interior chamber, each said pocket having a single second access opening, each said pocket being located within said enlarged access opening, each said second access opening being located substantially adjacent said first access opening; and each said pocket being movable to be able to occupy different positions within said interior chamber and also to be removable from said interior chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The article holder as defined in claim 1 wherein: said means for mounting comprising a mounting magnet attached to said article holder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
The article holder as defined in claim 2 wherein: said sheet material housing having a back wall, said back wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said interior surface forming a wall surface for said interior chamber, said mounting magnet being mounted on said exterior surface of said back wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
The article holder as defined in claim 3 wherein: each said pocket being mounted on said interior surface, each said pocket including a position fixing magnet assembly, each said position fixing magnet assembly being located about the periphery of said pocket, each said position fixing magnet assembly being magnetically attracted to said mounting magnet assembly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The article holder as defined in claim 3 wherein: said sheet material housing having a front wall, said front wall being transparent permitting observation into said interior chamber.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-10-25 | 1992-04-25 | 1992-10-25 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-04-25 | 1996-10-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-10-25 | 2000-04-25 | 2000-10-25 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |