IP Library Granted Patent US 10,028,605
Granted Patent B1
US 10,028,605 · App. 15/398,656 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Systems and methods for a detachable key holder and organizer

Inventor: Daniel Haarburger (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
A47G29/10A45C11/323A45C11/326A45C11/329E05B19/00G09F3/02G09F3/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,028,605
App. No.
15/398,656
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A key holder includes a key tag, the key tag attached to a key. The key holder further includes a device body, the device body including a slot, the key located in the slot of the device body and the key tag wrapping around the device body from the slot to an outer portion of the device body, the outer portion of the device body including an attachment point for the key tag, the key tag attached to the outer portion of the device body and under sufficient tension to prevent the key from sliding out of the slot.

Claims (20)

1. A key holder comprising:

a key tag, the key tag adapted to be attached to a key;

a device body, the device body including a slot, the key adapted to be located in the slot of the device body and the key tag wrapping around the device body from the slot to an outer portion of the device body, the outer portion of the device body including an attachment point for the key tag, the key tag attached to the outer portion of the device body and under tension to prevent the key from sliding out of the slot, wherein the attachment point is a peg and the key tag includes an aperture for interfacing with the peg, the peg has a notch, and the key tag has a key attachment system, the key attachment system including a receiving aperture having a narrowed portion and a neck and tabbed end, the tabbed end sized to fit through the receiving aperture but not the narrowed portion, the neck sized to slide into the narrow portion, wherein, to attach the key, the neck and tabbed end are adapted to be first passed through a key aperture in the key and then through the receiving aperture and subsequently slid to the narrowed portion.

2. The key holder of claim 1 , wherein the device body includes a first and second hook and a first and second hook receiving aperture, whereby the device body is adapted to interface with and attached to a second device body having a matching first and second hook and a matching first and second hook receiving aperture.

3. The key holder of claim 1 , wherein the device body includes an unattached tag receiving aperture that includes a narrowed slot, such that the neck and tabbed end are attachable to the unattached tag receiving aperture by placing the neck and tabbed end through the unattached tag receiving aperture and sliding the neck to the narrowed slot.

4. The key holder of claim 3 , wherein the device body includes a cutaway, allowing the neck and tabbed end to stretch to the unattached tag receiving aperture.

5. The key holder of claim 4 , wherein the tag is composed of a material that holds the mark of a pen.

6. The key holder of claim 5 , wherein the tag is stretchable.

7. The key holder of claim 6 , wherein the tag is composed of Starprene 5565 TPE, 68 Shore A.

8. A method of holding a key, the method comprising:

providing a key tag and a key;

attaching the key tag to the key;

providing a device body, the device body including a slot and an attachment point on the outer portion of the device body;

placing the key into the slot;

wrapping the key tag from the slot around the device body to the attachment point, such that the key tag provides tension to hold the key in the slot, wherein the attachment point is a peg and the key tag includes an aperture for interfacing with the peg, peg has a notch, and the key tag has a key attachment system, the key attachment system including a receiving aperture having a narrowed portion and a neck and tabbed end, the tabbed end sized to fit through the receiving aperture but not the narrowed portion, the neck sized to slide into the narrow portion, wherein, to attach the key, the neck and tabbed end are first passed through a key aperture in the key and then through the receiving aperture and subsequently slid to the narrowed portion.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the device body includes a first and second hook and a first and second hook receiving aperture, whereby the device body is adapted to interface with and attached to a second device body having a matching first and second hook and a matching first and second hook receiving aperture.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the device body includes an unattached tag receiving aperture that includes a narrowed slot, such that the neck and tabbed end are attachable to the unattached tag receiving aperture by placing the neck and tabbed end through the unattached tag receiving aperture and sliding the neck to the narrowed slot.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the device body includes a cutaway, allowing the neck and tabbed end to stretch to the unattached tag receiving aperture.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the tag is composed of a material that holds the mark of a pen.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the tag is stretchable.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2026
From: NITE IZE, INC.
To: NITE IZE, LLC
Reel/Frame 076014/0073 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2017
From: HAARBURGER, DANIEL
To: ETHIC LLC
Reel/Frame 041789/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2017
From: ETHIC LLC
To: NITE IZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 041789/0257 →