Dollar coin converter

摘要

The Dollar Coin Converter is an annular attachment to a United States dollar coin, which semi-permanently converts the coin into a size that is tactilely and visually, more easily distinguished from the United States quarter coin. It allows advertising and marketing on the faces of the annular attachment to provide incentives to circulate the coin, saving billions of dollars. The Dollar Coin Converter is made of inexpensive, one-piece or two-piece construction. It holds a dollar coin securely, and will tolerate normal handling, cash transactions, flipping, or jostling in a coin purse, pocket or money bag without unintentional release of the coin. The coin may be easily removed or replaced even by a child or a person with long finger nails for use in a vending machine. The converted dollar coin retains the inherent magnetic and electrical, anti-counterfeiting characteristics of the dollar coin.

主权项

1. A dollar coin converter consisting of:
a dollar coin holder in the form of an annulus; a dollar coin having a first thickness; the annulus having a top face, bottom face, and a central opening therethrough which removably receives the dollar coin therein; an outer circumferential peripheral surface of the annulus including a continuous outer ridge; an inner circumferential peripheral surface of the annulus including a continuous inner ridge; a plurality of ribs circumferentially spaced on the inner ridge and formed of a compressible, resilient material, the ribs having a second thickness in the direction of and greater than the first thickness such that the ribs directly engage and removably secure the dollar coin in the central opening; and a portion of the annulus between the ridges including indicia on at least one of the top and bottom faces.