Collectible card protector
A collectible trading card protector has a base plate and a cover plate. The trading card is positioned between the base plate and the cover plate. The base plate has female locking recesses positioned to the sides of the base plate, and the cover plate has male locking member positioned to the sides of the cover plate. The male locking member is received in the female locking recess and slidably engages a ledge in the recess to releasably lock the cover plate to the base plate. The base plate and cover plate each include magnets that align with each other and further facilitate the cover plate moving into the final locked position and prevent the cover from inadvertently moving to an unlocked position.
1 . A protector case, comprising:
a base plate having a base front surface, a base rear surface, a base top end portion, a base bottom end portion, a base left-side portion and a base right-side portion;
a base center recess formed at a center of said base front surface;
a first base coupling member formed at the base left-side end portion of the base plate;
a second base coupling member formed at the base right-side end portion of the base plate;
a first base magnet positioned at the base top end portion;
a second base magnet positioned at the base bottom end portion;
a cover plate having a cover front surface, a cover rear surface, a cover top end portion, a cover bottom end portion, a cover left-side portion and a cover right-side portion;
a first cover coupling member formed at the cover left-side end portion of the cover plate;
a second cover coupling member formed at the cover right-side end portion of the cover plate;
a first cover magnet positioned at the cover top end portion; and
a second cover magnet positioned at the cover bottom end portion;
wherein said case has an unlocked position where said base plate is separate from said cover plate, and a locked position where said first and second base coupling members are releasably locked to said first and second cover coupling members, and said first and second base magnets are magnetically engaged with said first and second cover magnets.
2 . The case of claim 1 , further comprising a protector sheet positioned in said base center recess.
3 . The case of claim 2 , wherein said base center recess is configured to receive a standard sized trading card.
4 . The case of claim 3 , wherein the standard sized trading card is a baseball card.
5 . The case of claim 1 , wherein:
said first cover coupling member comprising a first male cover coupling member;
said second cover coupling member comprising a second male cover coupling member;
said first base coupling member comprises a first female base recess aligned with and receiving said first male cover coupling member in a first direction and slidably locking with said first male cover coupling member in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and
said second base coupling member comprises a second female base recess aligned with and receiving said second male cover coupling member in the first direction and slidably locking with said second male cover coupling member in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
6 . The case of claim 5 , wherein:
said first male cover coupling member comprises a first tab that extends outward from said cover rear surface, and a first locking arm extending forward from said first tab parallel to said cover rear surface with an elongated locking slot therebetween;
said second male cover coupling member comprises a second tab that extends outward from said cover rear surface, and a second locking arm extending forward from said second tab parallel to said cover rear surface with an elongated locking slot therebetween;
said first female base recess comprises a first recess ledge that extends into said first female base recess and slidably engages said first locking arm in a locked position and prevents said cover plate from separating from said base plate in a transverse direction; and
said second female base recess comprises a second recess ledge that extends into said first female base recess and slidably engages said second locking arm in the locked position and prevents said cover plate from separating from said base plate in the transverse direction.
7 . A protector case for a collectible, comprising:
a base plate having a planar base front surface;
a planar base center recess formed in said planar base front surface;
a protector sheet removably received in said base center recess;
a base coupling member coupled to said base plate;
a cover plate; and
a cover coupling member coupled to said cover plate for releasably engaging said base coupling member to releasable couple said cover plate and said base plate, wherein:
said base plate has a base plate planar back side and a base plate planar front side, said base plate front side having the planar base front surface;
said base coupling member accessible at the base plate front side;
said cover plate forming a planar front cover plate, and having a cover plate back side and a cover plate front side; and
said cover coupling member accessible at the cover plate rear side, said cover coupling member configured to releasably engage said base coupling member at the base plate front side.
8 . The case of claim 7 , wherein said cover coupling member is slidably engaged with said base coupling member.
9 . The case of claim 7 , wherein the collectible is a trading card, said base center recess is elongated and planar to receive the trading card, and said protector sheet is configured to cover the trading card received in said base center recess.
10 . A protector case for a collectible, comprising:
a base plate having a planar base front surface;
a planar base center recess formed in said planar base front surface;
a protector sheet removably received in said base center recess;
a base coupling member coupled to said base plate;
a cover plate; and
a cover coupling member coupled to said cover plate for releasably engaging said base coupling member to releasable couple said cover plate and said base plate,
wherein said base center recess has a recess bottom surface that is recessed with respect to the planar base front surface, and said protector sheet is removably received between the recess bottom surface and said cover plate.
11 . A protector case for a collectible, comprising:
a base plate having a planar base front surface;
a planar base center recess formed in said planar base front surface;
a protector sheet removably received in said base center recess;
a base coupling member coupled to said base plate;
a cover plate; and
a cover coupling member coupled to said cover plate for releasably engaging said base coupling member to releasable couple said cover plate and said base plate,
wherein said base coupling member is formed in or on the planar base front surface, and said cover coupling member is formed in or on a cover plate rear surface.
12 . The protector case of claim 1 , wherein:
said base plate has a base plate planar back side and a base plate planar front side, said base plate front side having the base front surface;
said first and second base coupling members accessible at the base plate front side;
said cover plate forming a planar front cover plate, and having a cover plate back side and a cover plate front side; and
said first and second cover coupling members accessible at the cover plate rear side, said first and second cover coupling members configured to releasably engage said first and second base coupling members at the base plate front side.
13 . The case of claim 1 , wherein said base center recess has a recess bottom surface that is recessed with respect to the planar base front surface.
14 . The case of claim 1 , wherein said first and second base coupling members are formed in or on the base front surface, and said first and second cover coupling members are formed in or on a cover plate rear surface.