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US5267893A
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Vehicular ashtray coin holder
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-07-15
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Granted: 1993-12-07
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Expires: 2012-07-15
Abstract
Abstract A housing is secured within a vehicular ashtray, with the vehicular ashtray having a floor for receiving and mounting the housing thereon. The housing includes a plurality of top walls arranged in a tiered relationship relative to one another, with a finger recess directed into an upper wall for access to one of a plurality of wells receiving coins of various denominations into the respective wells.
Inventors
- 👤 Gretel C. Mangigian
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:28
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R7/00; B60R7/08; B60R7/087; G; G07; G07D; G07D9/00; G07D9/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
326 words
A vehicular ashtray coin holder, comprising, a vehicular ashtray having an ashtray continuous side wall, and an ashtray floor, and a coin holder housing, the coin holder housing including a housing front wall spaced from a housing rear wall, and spaced housing side walls, and a housing floor, and the coin holder housing including a housing first top wall extending from the housing front wall medially of the housing side walls, and a housing second top wall extending from the housing rear wall medially of the side walls, with the housing second top wall positioned above the housing first top wall, and a face wall extending from the housing second top wall to the housing first top wall, and a plurality of cylindrical wells directed into the coin holder housing extending from the housing first top wall and the housing second top wall orthogonally oriented relative to the housing floor, wherein the housing first top wall and the housing second top wall each medially intersect each of the wells, and the second top wall includes a plurality of semi-cylindrical finger recesses, and each finger recess is defined by a predetermined diameter, and each well associated with each recess is defined by a well diameter less than the predetermined diameter, and an annular abutment flange in confrontation to each well directed into the second top wall adjacent each finger recess, and a cavity plate mounted movably within each cylindrical well, and a spring member mounted within each well captured between each cavity plate within each well and the housing floor, and a battery contained within the housing, and an illumination bulb in electrical communication with the battery for effecting illumination of the illumination bulb, and a plurality of fiber optic cables, each fiber optic cable including a first end positioned in adjacency relative to the illumination bulb, and each fiber optic cable including a second end, with each second end positioned between a plurality of said wells.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
326 words
A vehicular ashtray coin holder, comprising, a vehicular ashtray having an ashtray continuous side wall, and an ashtray floor, and a coin holder housing, the coin holder housing including a housing front wall spaced from a housing rear wall, and spaced housing side walls, and a housing floor, and the coin holder housing including a housing first top wall extending from the housing front wall medially of the housing side walls, and a housing second top wall extending from the housing rear wall medially of the side walls, with the housing second top wall positioned above the housing first top wall, and a face wall extending from the housing second top wall to the housing first top wall, and a plurality of cylindrical wells directed into the coin holder housing extending from the housing first top wall and the housing second top wall orthogonally oriented relative to the housing floor, wherein the housing first top wall and the housing second top wall each medially intersect each of the wells, and the second top wall includes a plurality of semi-cylindrical finger recesses, and each finger recess is defined by a predetermined diameter, and each well associated with each recess is defined by a well diameter less than the predetermined diameter, and an annular abutment flange in confrontation to each well directed into the second top wall adjacent each finger recess, and a cavity plate mounted movably within each cylindrical well, and a spring member mounted within each well captured between each cavity plate within each well and the housing floor, and a battery contained within the housing, and an illumination bulb in electrical communication with the battery for effecting illumination of the illumination bulb, and a plurality of fiber optic cables, each fiber optic cable including a first end positioned in adjacency relative to the illumination bulb, and each fiber optic cable including a second end, with each second end positioned between a plurality of said wells.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A coin holder as set forth in claim 1 wherein the housing front wall includes a spring clip mounted thereon for securement of currency relative to the housing, and the housing floor includes a magnetic plate coextensive with the housing floor for magnetic adherence to the ashtray floor.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1996-12-06 | 1997-06-07 | 1997-12-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2000-12-06 | 2001-06-07 | 2001-12-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2004-12-06 | 2005-06-07 | 2005-12-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |