(19)
(11) EP 0 340 048 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.11.1989 Bulletin 1989/44

(21) Application number: 89304410.7

(22) Date of filing: 02.05.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A45C 11/32, E05B 19/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.04.1988 GB 8810209

(71) Applicant: Ritson, Mark W.
Kings Norton Birmingham B30 3HN (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Ritson, Mark W.
    Kings Norton Birmingham B30 3HN (GB)

(74) Representative: Goodenough, Nigel et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London WC1V 7LE
London WC1V 7LE (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Key and key holder


    (57) A key and key holder combination has the overall form of a credit card so that the key and holder can be kept in a wallet for emergency use. The key (1) is injection moulded from a plastics material able to withstand the mechanical stresses to be imposed on the key and the holder (2) is separately moulded from a relatively inexpensive plastics material. The key is connected to the holder by hinges (4,5) in a manner which permits free rotation of the key relative to the holder about the hinge axis. Means (6,10) are provided for retaining the key and holder co-planar until the key is required for use.







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