COMBINED NAIL CLIPPER AND KEY HOLDER

COUPE-ONGLES ET PORTE-CLES COMBINES

English Abstract

A combined nail clipper and key holder which comprises a nail
clipper housing including a hollow portion provided with a pair of
lateral grooves disposed on opposite walls of the housing, the nail
clipper housing further including an aperture disposed at the rear
end and a key ring connecting member rotatably attached to the
front end thereof, a nail clipper having a pair of laterally
extending locking pins, the nail clipper being rotatably mounted
to the rear end of the nail clipper housing by an end pin which
extends into the aperture whereby the nail clipper is rotatable
between an inoperative portion where the nail clipper is held in
its housing by the functional engagement between the lateral
grooves and lateral locking pins and an operative position where
the nail clipper is rotated out of the housing about the end pin.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS
1. A combined nail clipper and key holder comprising:
a nail clipper housing including a hollow portion provided
with a pair of lateral grooves disposed on opposite walls of the
housing, said nail clipper housing further including an aperture
disposed at the rear end and a key ring connecting member rotatably
attached to the front end thereof,
a nail clipper having a pair of laterally extending locking
pins, said nail clipper being rotatably mounted to the rear end of
said nail clipper housing by an end pin which extends into said
aperture whereby said nail clipper is rotatable between an
inoperative portion where the nail clipper is held in its housing
by the functional engagement between the lateral grooves and
lateral locking pins and an operative position where the nail
clipper is rotated out of the housing about said end pin.
2. The combined nail clipper and key holder of claim 1,
wherein the aperture in the nail clipper container has an enlarged
portion and the end pin has an enlarged portion whereby when the
pin is inserted into the aperture, the aperture expands slightly
to receive the end pin.

3. The combined nail clipper and key holder of claim 1,
wherein the hollow portion in the nail clipper housing has a nail
clipper configuration and further has additional space for
inserting the finger to easily pull the nail clipper from the nail
clipper housing.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a combined nail clipper and
key holder and more particularly, to a nail clipper container
pivotably housing a nail clipper therein for readily carrying and
easily erecting the nail clipper from the nail clipper container.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Previously, several types of key holders and nail clippers
have been separately developed. However, these key holders and
nail clippers suffer from a number of difficulties since separate
key holders and nail clippers require separate purchases which are
expensive, and such separate items occupy a large amount of space
in a pocket, a hand bag, or the like. Further, the unavailability
of a nail clipper is frequently experienced when traveling.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
provide a combined nail clipper and key holder which makes readily
available the nail clipper for frequent use.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a key
holder panel having a hollow portion therein for pivotably housing
a nail clipper which can be rotated from the housing for instant
use.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a nail
clipper container including a key ring for carrying keys and a

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hollow portion disposed therein defined by a pair of grooves
provided on both walls of the hollow portion thereof for slidably
locking the nail clipper within the hollow portion through the use
of a pair of locking pins expended from the middle portion of an
outer cutting jaw member of the nail clipper.
Other objects and further scope of applicability of the
present invention will become apparent from the detailed
description given hereinafter. It should be understood, however,
that the detailed description and specific examples, while
indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way
of illustration only, since various changes and modifications
within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent
to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
Briefly described, the present invention relates to a combined
nail clipper and key holder which comprises a nail clipper
container, key holder, including hollow portion with a pair of
grooves and an aperture disposed at the rear end portion thereof,
and a nail clipper having a pair of locking pins for slidably
engaging a pair of grooves and an eyelet and a pin for pivotably
connecting the nail clipper to the key holder so that the nail
clipper can be easily detached from or attached to the nail clipper
container.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will become more fully understood from
the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying
drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are
not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a combined nail clipper
and key holder containing cut-away portions in order to illustrate
the construction of the device according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the combined clipper and key
holder according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the combined clipper and
key holder according to the present invention in erected position;
Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 3, and
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a pin operatively associated
with an aperture of a nail clipper container according to the
present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now in detail to the drawings for the purpose of
illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention,
the combined nail clipper and key holder 10 as shown in Figs. 1,
2, and 3 comprises a nail clipper 13, a nail clipper container 11
including a hollow portion disposed therein for pivotably receiving
the nail clipper 13, and a key ring 15 pivotably connected to the
nail clipper container 11 for pivotably holding keys 16.

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The nail clipper 13 includes an outer cutting jaw member 23a,
an inner cutting jaw member 23b, an actuating lever 27, a file
member, an eyelet 26, and a pair of locking pins 18 which extend
from the middle portion of the outer cutting jaw member 23a.
The nail clipper container 11 further includes an aperture 17,
disposed at the rear end thereof, having an enlarged portion 22
disposed at the outside portion thereof for slidably and rotatably
receiving a pin 20 having an enlarged portion 21 disposed at the
outside portion thereof for mounting the nail clipper 13 to the
nail clipper container (Fig. 5). Since the enlarged portion 22 has
plastic walls, it will be forced to expand slightly to receive the
rigid portion 21.
As shown in Fig. 4, the hollow portion 12 of the nail clipper
container 11 includes a pair of locking grooves 19 on both walls
thereof for slidably receiving the pair of locking pins 18 of the
nail clipper 13. The grooves 19 are slightly smaller than locking
pins 18 so that a function fit is established when the pins are
forced into the grooves 19.
In assembly, the nail clipper container 11 pivotably
containing key 16 through the connecting member 14 and the key ring
15 is assembled with the nail clipper 13 by inserting the pin 20
into the aperture 17 of the nail clipper container 11 through the
eyelet 26 of the nail clipper 13.

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In operation, when the user desires to use the nail clipper
11 from the combined nail clipper and key holder 10 according to
the present invention, the finger is inserted into a space 27 in
the vicinity of cutting jaws 23 of the nail clipper 13 and the nail
clipper 13 is pulled out in the direction indicated by the arrow
from the housed position shown in Fig. 2 to the erected position
shown in Fig. 3.
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that
the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to
be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the
invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one
skilled in the art are intended to be included in the scope of the
following claims.

Representative Drawing