Trading card vault
View Patent ↗The present application discloses a card vault that can be used for the storage of trading cards. The design of the vault allows for a penny sleeve to be stored within a toploader and the toploader to be placed within the vault. Collecting trading cards is an activity in which people store cards of various shapes and sizes. These trading cards may be sports cards or other types of collectible cards.
1. A card vault, comprising:
a card;
a penny sleeve that contains the card;
a toploader that contains the penny sleeve;
a base, the base comprising a first card slot, the first card slot of shape and size to allow for the toploader to fit in the first card slot, wherein the base comprises a pocket;
a cover, the cover comprising a surface, the cover secures to the base, wherein the cover comprises a notch, the notch inserted into the pocket to secure one side of the base and cover together to enclose the toploader, the penny sleeve, and the card; and
a base magnet, the base magnet attached to the base.
2. The card vault of claim 1 , further comprising a cover magnet, the cover magnet attached to the cover, the base magnet and the cover magnet positioned respectively in the cover and the base so the base magnet and the cover magnet are magnetically pulled together causing the base and the cover to be secured together on an end opposite to the notch and the pocket.
3. The card vault of claim 1 , further comprising a material that is magnetic, the material attached to the cover, the base magnet and the material positioned respectively in the cover and the base so the base magnet and the material are magnetically pulled together causing the base and the cover to be secured together on an end opposite to the notch and the pocket.
4. The card vault of claim 2 , wherein the surface is transparent.
5. The card vault of claim 4 , wherein the card is a sports card.
6. The card vault of claim 4 , wherein the card is a game card.
7. The card vault of claim 4 , wherein the card has dimensions greater than 6.00 cm×8.00 cm.
8. The card vault of claim 4 , wherein the card has a thickness of 55 point.
9. The card vault of claim 4 , wherein the toploader is a graded card package.
10. A card vault for a card, comprising:
a base comprising a first card slot to receive a card, the base comprises a pocket;
a cover that comprises a notch, the notch inserted into the pocket to secure one side of the base and cover together to enclose the card;
a base magnet attached to the base; and
a cover magnet attached to the cover, the base magnet and the cover magnet positioned respectively in the cover and the base so the base magnet and the cover magnet are magnetically pulled together causing the base and the cover to be secured together on an end opposite to the notch and the pocket.