ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,875, issued on Dec. 16.
"Card holder" was invented by Rene Vaudreuil (Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card holder for carrying a card and movable between card hiding, showing and protruding configurations. The card holder includes a casing defining a front aperture and a card slit, and a front cover for selectively covering the front aperture. In the card hiding configuration, the front cover obstructs the front aperture and the card is entirely contained in the casing. In the card showing configuration, the front cover is retracted from at least part of the front aperture and the card is entirely contai...