Card holder

Claim 2

A card holder comprising a container having a bottom wall, a pair of front and rear side walls, and a pair of end walls, said container being normally open to the top, a closure provided for said normally open top of said container, means slidably mounting said closure on said container end walls for movement in a plane parallel to the bottom wall between container-open and containerclosed condition, said closure having a portion projecting beyond said rear side wall when said closure is in container-closed condition, and a support plate hingedly engaged to said closure in its rearward projecting portion, said support plate being presented rearwardly of said rear side wall and being swingable in a vertical plane.

Claim 3

A card holder as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said front and rear side walls being inclined inwardly toward said bottom wall, said support plate being substantially of like heigHt as said rear side wall being in close confronting relationship thereto when said closure is in container-closed condition, said support plate having a height greater than the perpendicular distance between the plane of said closure and the plane of said bottom wall so that when said closure is in container-open condition, said support will incline rearwardly and outwardly at its lower end for closure support purposes.

Claim 4

A card holder as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by clip means provided upon said support plate upon its face remote from the rear side wall of said container.

Claim 5

A card holder as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by an arm swingably engaged to said support plate for normal disposition between same and the rear side wall of said container for maintaining said support plate in selected swung position.

Claim 6

A card holder as defined in claim 4 and further characterized by said arm being swingably mounted upon said support plate in the lower central portion thereof, said arm being free in its portion remote from its swingable mounting, there being a recess formed in the rearward, confronting face of said rear side wall of complementary configuration to said arm.

Claim 7

A card holder as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by means for limiting the container-opening movement of said closure in which position said support plate will be commensurately removed from said container rear side wall.

Claim 8

A card holder as defined in claim 6 and further characterized by said arm being flat and having a thickness comparable to that of said support plate.

Claim 9

A card holder comprising a container having a bottom wall, a pair of front and rear side walls, and a pair of end walls, said container being normally open to the top, a closure provided for said normally open top of said container, means slidably mounting said closure on said container end walls for movement in a plane parallel to the bottom wall between container-open and container-closed condition, a support plate having an upper marginal portion being hingedly engaged to said closure in the rearward portion of the latter for normal dependence of said support plate downwardly from said closure in confronting relationship to the adjacent side wall of said container and being substantially coextensive with said side wall, said support plate being swingable about the established hinge axis between downward position and upwardly swung position, there being an arm swingably engaged to said support plate for normal disposition between same and the adjacent side wall of said container for maintaining said support plate in selected swung position.

Claim 10

A card holder comprising a container having a bottom wall, a pair of front and rear side walls, and a pair of end walls, said container being normally open to the top, a closure provided for said normally open top of said container, means slidably mounting said closure on said container end walls for movement in a plane parallel to the bottom wall between container-open and container-closed condition, a support plate having an upper marginal portion being hingedly engaged to said closure in the rearward portion of the latter for normal dependence of said support plate downwardly from said closure in confronting relationship to the adjacent side wall of said container and being substantially coextensive with said side wall, said support plate being swingable about the established hinge axis between downward position and upwardly swung position, there being an arm swingably engaged to said support plate for normal disposition between same and the adjacent side wall of said container for maintaining said support plate in selected swung position.

Claim 11

A card holder as defined in claim 8 and further characterized by said arm being swingably mounted upon said support plate in its portion remote from its hinged engagement to said closure, said arm being free in its portion remote from its swingable mounting, there being a recess formed in the confronting face of said adjacent side wall of said container of complementary configuration to said arm serving as a guide therefor during movement of said support plate in its swingable action.

Claim 12

A card holder as defined in claim 9 and further characterized by said arm being flat and having a thickness comparable to that of said support plate so that when the latter is in confronting relationship to the adjacent side wall of said container said arm will be accepted within said recess throughout the length of said arm.