Albert St George Stephens, 832414 Palo Verde Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85016

4847955, Jul 18, 1989

Mar 14, 1988

7/167530

Albert L. Stephens - Los Angeles CA

A45F 502

24 3K

A key holder consisting of an elongate, one-piece body of springlike material formed into a loop with overlapping lateral surface contacting end portions. In one version the end portions are sinuously formed so as to cam apart upon finger pressure being applied to the loop sides. Another version has end portion tip bent to embrace loop sides, in another the end portions sinuous in the loop plane, and in a still further version the overlapping end portions are each formed by doubling the body material back onto itself.

4951361, Aug 28, 1990

Jun 30, 1989

7/374284

Albert L. Stephens - Los Angeles CA

A45F 502

24 3K

A holder for keys or other orificed elements comprising a helical loop of a thin rigid but resilient element having overlapping end portions, said end portions being flattened to present faces abutting each other with at least one curved segment not in the plane of the loop nesting with the curved segment of the other end portion. When the sides of the loop adjacent the end portions are pressed inwardly towards each other, the curved segments are caused to unnest by camming action, thereby separating the tips of each end portion from contact with the other end portion so that a key or other orificed element may be threaded between the end portions and onto or off of the loop. Upon release of the pressure on the sides of the loop, the end portions return to their nesting position and any key or other orificed element may then be moved freely around the loop.