Carousel Business Card Holder with Rolling Card Trays on Twin Ring Tracks

The problem

Even in a digital office, printed cards keep arriving: business cards from clients and suppliers, appointment cards, vendor contacts at a reception desk. A single-slot holder shows only the front card; boxes and flip-files hide the rest; rotary card files are bulky. The patent’s aim is a card stand that makes the cards easy to look through, to carry and to store.

The solution

The patent sets the cards on a small circular track:

1. An outer ring (1) has a track opening upward (12).
2. An inner ring (2) sits concentrically inside it and has a track opening outward (22). Three feet (23) under the inner ring hold the stand.
3. Each card tray (3) has a bottom wheel (31) in the middle of its underside, which runs in the outer ring’s track, and a side wheel (32) at its inner end, which runs in the inner ring’s track.
4. On top of each tray is a card slot (33) whose opening tilts upward.
5. Guided by both wheels, each tray can travel all the way around the inner ring on the outer ring.
6. An outer entry gap (11) and an inner entry gap (21), matched to the size of the wheels, let trays be put on or taken off the rings. The stand can carry one tray or several.

Who it is for

• Office-supply and desk-accessory brands looking for a new take on the card holder that stands out on a shelf of flat stands and flip-files.
• Promotional products suppliers - a branded carousel stays on a client’s desk for years.
• Retail and hospitality counters that display several kinds of cards: staff cards, partner services, appointment cards.
• Gift and stationery stores selling desk items in coordinated sets.

How it works

The main parts

Using it

1. Load the trays with cards - one tray per category, company or person, for example.
2. Fit each tray by passing its wheels through the entry gaps into the two tracks.
3. Spin a tray to the front by pushing it along the ring; the angled slot presents the cards for reading.
4. Lift a tray out through the gaps to carry it to a meeting or to refill it.

Applications

Reception and front desks

Different trays for different departments or partner services; visitors spin the carousel to find the card they need.

Sales offices and trade-show booths

Sales staff keep their own tray in a shared carousel and lift it out to take to a meeting.

Personal contact sorting

People who collect many cards at events can sort them by industry or event into separate trays instead of one pile.

Salons, clinics and service counters

Appointment cards, staff cards and loyalty cards on one compact stand by the register.

Photo, recipe and flash cards

The same carousel holds small photo prints, recipe cards or study flash cards - a broader home market for the design.

Where it is less suitable

• Large card archives - a few trays hold a modest number of cards; hundreds of contacts still belong in a box file or a scanner app.
• Very tight desks - a ring layout needs more surface than a single upright card slot.