ES1066770U

ES1066770U - Support for handling of credit cards to pay in stores. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Info

Publication number: ES1066770U
Application number: ES200702547U
Authority: ES
Inventors: Juan Carlos Peral Garcia; Purificacion Peral Garcia
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-07-21
Filing date: 2004-07-21
Publication date: 2008-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2014-07-21
Also published as: ES1066770Y

Abstract

Support for handling credit cards for payment in establishments, which being of special application in the use of credit cards as payment in restaurants and similar establishments, where the card of the user or client is transferred from this to the cashier and from the box to the customer, together with the corresponding ballpoint pen to sign the ticket, is characterized because it is constituted by a plate as an independent and portable element, which incorporates a card holder for the credit card, as well as a clip for the ballpoint pen, which in turn holds the tickets by pressing that ballpoint on the upper surface of the plate. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Soporte para manipulación de tarjetas de crédito para pago en establecimientos.Support for credit card manipulation for payment in establishments.

Object of the invention

La presente invención se refiere a un soporte para manipulación de tarjetas de crédito para pagos en establecimientos, concretamente en establecimientos donde el usuario o cliente se mantiene sentado y es el empleado del establecimiento el que traslada la correspondiente tarjeta de crédito desde el lugar en que se encuentra el cliente hasta la caja y viceversa.The present invention relates to a support for handling credit cards for payments in establishments, specifically in establishments where the user or client remains seated and is the employee of the establishment that transfers the corresponding card credit from the place where the customer is to the cashier and vice versa.

Entre este tipo de establecimientos pueden citarse como mas comunes los restaurantes, sin descartar otro en los que se den los condicionantes anteriormente referidos.Among these types of establishments can cite as more common restaurants, without ruling out another in those given the aforementioned conditions.

Background of the invention

Habitualmente, cuando en un restaurante o establecimiento similar se paga con una tarjeta de crédito, el empleado del establecimiento suele trasladar la tarjeta en una bandeja hasta la correspondiente caja donde se realiza el proceso correspondiente de pago, devolviendo la tarjeta al usuario o cliente en la misma bandeja, incluido el ticket que lógicamente ha de firmar y la copia del ticket para el cliente. Además, en dicho tipo de establecimientos en la bandeja va dispuesto un bolígrafo para que el cliente o usuario pueda llevar a cabo la firma del ticket referido.Usually when in a restaurant or Similar establishment is paid with a credit card, the establishment employee usually moves the card in a tray to the corresponding box where the process is performed corresponding payment, returning the card to the user or customer in the same tray, including the ticket that logically has to sign and copy the ticket to the customer. In addition, in said type of establishments in the tray is arranged a pen so that the client or user can carry out the signature of the referred ticket.

Pues bien, en ese traslado de la tarjeta de crédito y bolígrafo, así como los tickets, en bandeja, es frecuente que se produzca una inclinación inadvertida de la propia bandeja, con la correspondiente caída al suelo de alguno de los elementos anteriormente citados, lo cual como es evidente da lugar a problemas e inconvenientes no deseados.Well, in that transfer of the card credit and pen, as well as tickets, in tray, is frequent that an inadvertent inclination of the tray itself occurs, with the corresponding fall to the ground of any of the elements previously cited, which as is evident gives rise to unwanted problems and inconveniences.

Description of the invention

El soporte que se preconiza ha sido concebido para resolver la problemática anteriormente expuesta, en base a una solución sencilla pero de gran eficacia, ya que en dicho soporte el traslado de la tarjeta, ticket y bolígrafo puede realizarse conjuntamente sin posibilidad de caída al suelo de ninguno de esos componentes.The support that is recommended has been conceived to solve the problem described above, based on a simple solution but of great efficiency, since in said support the transfer of card, ticket and pen can be done jointly without the possibility of falling to the ground of any of those components.

Mas concretamente, el soporte de la invención se constituye mediante una placa de un material apropiado y sensiblemente rígido, como puede ser madera, metacrilato, plástico, etc., en cuya placa está establecido un tarjetero de ubicación y retención a presión de la correspondiente tarjeta de crédito, mientras que en otra zona se ha dispuesto una presilla o pinza para sujeción del bolígrafo, de manera que como consecuencia de la presión que éste ejercerá sobre la superficie de la placa, en virtud del presionado que realiza la presilla o pinza sobre el mismo, el propio bolígrafo sirve como medio retenedor o de pinzado de los tickets, que se situarán lógicamente bajo el mismo, lo que hace que el empleado, sea cual sea la forma de llevar el soporte con los elementos referidos, no correrá el riesgo de que caiga alguno de éstos, puesto que todos ellos quedan perfectamente pinzados y sujetos de la forma referida.More specifically, the support of the invention will be constitutes by means of a plate of an appropriate material and noticeably rigid, such as wood, methacrylate, plastic, etc., on whose board a location card is established and pressure retention of the corresponding credit card, while in another area a clip or clip has been arranged to holding the pen, so that as a result of the pressure that it will exert on the surface of the plate, in by virtue of pressing the clip or clip on the same, the pen itself serves as a retaining or pinching means of the tickets, which will logically be placed under it, which makes the employee, whatever the way of carrying the support with the referred elements, it will not run the risk of falling any of these, since all of them are perfectly clamps and subjects as referred.

Por consiguiente, el soporte de la invención resulta un dispositivo u objeto portátil, sin necesidad de tenerlo que sujetar o llevar ni en bandeja ni en ningún otro elemento, ya que es llevado por el propio empleado del establecimiento con todos los elementos referidos.Accordingly, the support of the invention It is a portable device or object, without having it to hold or carry neither in tray nor in any other element, since which is carried by the establishment's own employee with all the referred elements.

Description of the drawings

Para complementar la descripción que seguidamente se va a realizar y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un juego de dibujos en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado lo siguiente:To complement the description that then it will be done and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization thereof, is accompanied as an integral part of that description, a set of drawings in where illustrative and not limiting, it has been represented the next:

La figura 1.- Muestra una vista superior del soporte de la invención con la tarjeta, el bolígrafo y los correspondientes tickets perfectamente sujetos en el mismo.Figure 1.- Shows a top view of the support of the invention with the card, the pen and the corresponding tickets perfectly subject in it.

La figura 2.- Muestra una vista de perfil de uno de los extremos del comentado soporte representado en la figura 1, dejando ver la pinza de sujeción del bolígrafo, el tarjetero y la tarjeta ubicada en el interior de éste.Figure 2.- Shows a profile view of one of the ends of the commented support shown in Figure 1, showing the clamp of the pen, the card holder and the card located inside it.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

Como se puede ver en las figuras referidas, el soporte de la invención se constituye mediante una placa (1) que puede materializarse en madera, metacrilato, plástico, o en cualquier tipo de material que resulte rígido, o de suficiente rigidez para la función que ha de cumplir.As you can see in the referred figures, the support of the invention is constituted by a plate (1) that it can be materialized in wood, methacrylate, plastic, or in any type of material that is rigid, or of sufficient rigidity for the function to be fulfilled.

En esa placa (1) y en correspondencia con la cara considerada como superior, incorpora un tarjetero (2) para la fácil introducción y extracción de una tarjeta (3), que quedará perfectamente sujeta en dicho tarjetero (2), requiriéndose el traccionado de la misma para su extracción.On that plate (1) and in correspondence with the face considered superior, incorporates a card holder (2) for the easy introduction and removal of a card (3), which will remain perfectly secured in said card holder (2), requiring the pulled from it for extraction.

Además, en la misma cara superior de la placa (1) del soporte se ha previsto una presilla o pinza (4) para un bolígrafo (5) que queda presionado lógicamente contra esa superficie superior de la placa (1), permitiendo este presionado del propio bolígrafo (5) la sujeción de tickets (6) que corresponden al comprobante que ha de firmar el usuario de la tarjeta (3) y la copia de ese comprobante que se entrega al propio usuario.Also, on the same top face of the plate (1) of the support a clip or clip (4) is provided for a pen (5) that is logically pressed against that upper surface of the plate (1), allowing this pressing of the pen itself (5) the securing of tickets (6) that correspond to the receipt to be signed by the user of the card (3) and the copy of that voucher that is delivered to the own Username.

Es evidente que mediante el soporte referido se elimina la posible caída de la tarjeta, bolígrafo o de los tickets, cuando son trasladados desde la caja al usuario, cuando éste ha pagado con una tarjeta de crédito (3), elementos que como ya se ha dicho se suelen llevar en una bandeja y que por inclinación de ésta algunos pueden caer al suelo, mientras que en base al soporte (1), todos esos elementos quedan perfectamente sujetos sin necesidad de bandejas u otros dispositivos, pues el soporte (1) en cuestión constituye un objeto portátil que no requiere sujetarse a ningún elemento, puesto que será trasladado directamente y de forma cómoda por el empleado del establecimiento, llevando consigo la tarjeta (3), el bolígrafo (5) y los tickets (6) que han de ser firmados con ese bolígrafo (5).It is evident that through the support referred to eliminates the possible fall of the card, pen or tickets, when they are transferred from the box to the user, when the user has paid with a credit card (3), items that have already been said are usually carried on a tray and that by inclination of this some may fall to the ground, while based on the support (1), all these elements are perfectly subject without need for trays or other devices, as the support (1) in issue constitutes a portable object that does not require subject to no element, since it will be transferred directly and in a way comfortable by the employee of the establishment, taking with him the card (3), pen (5) and tickets (6) to be signed with that pen (5).

Claims

1. Support for handling credit cards for payment in establishments, which being of special application in the use of credit cards as payment in restaurants and similar establishments, where the user's or customer's card is transferred from it to the cashier and from the cashier to the client himself, together with the corresponding pen to sign the tickets, it is characterized by the fact that it is constituted by means of a plate as an independent and portable element, which incorporates a credit card card holder, as well as a pen clip, which in turn it holds the tickets by pressing that pen on the top surface of the plate.

2. Support for handling credit cards for payment in establishments, according to claim 1, characterized in that the plate is rigid in nature and can be made of wood, methacrylate, plastic, or the like.