US 11,807,435 B2
Secure holder for collectibles
Stephanie Sabin, Tustin, CA (US); and Michael Oveido, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Collectors Universe, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US)
Filed by Collectors Universe, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,895.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,506, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144508 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 55/02 (2006.01); A47G 1/12 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 55/02 (2013.01) [A47G 1/12 (2013.01); B65D 77/2004 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holder for storing a collectible, comprising:
a first housing having a first wall;
a second housing having a second wall;
the first housing and the second housing being configured so that the first housing can be assembled with the second housing, and an enclosed space is defined within the assembled first and second housings, the enclosed space defined between the first wall, the second wall, and an outer wall extending between the first wall and the second wall;
a collectible receiving structure disposed within the enclosed space and spaced from the outer wall, the collectible receiving structure defining a collectible receiving space sized and configured to retain the collectible therewithin; and
a locking structure disposed within the enclosed space, the locking structure comprising a first locking member formed with the first housing and a second locking member formed with the second housing;
wherein the locking structure is configured so that before the first housing is assembled with the second housing the first locking member is movable relative to the second locking member, and when the first housing becomes fully assembled with the second housing the locking structure moves to a triggered configuration in which the first locking member and the second locking member are engaged with one another;
wherein one of the first and second locking members comprises a catch and the other of the first and second locking members comprises a slot configured to receive the catch; and
wherein when the locking structure is in the triggered configuration, the first housing is blocked from being disassembled from the second housing.