US2607384A - Stitchless wallet construction - Google Patents

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Aug. 19, 1952 F. A. BRADY sTITcHLEss WALLET coNsTRUcTloN 4 Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 29. 1949 fj l " INVENTOR an's Bra ryv ATTORNEYS Aug. 19, 1952 F. A. BRADY STITCHLESS WALLET CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 29. 1949 INVENTOR Tran's A. ra@

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ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 19, 1952 UNirsDsTArss PATENT oFi=1cslIi'rancis A. Brady, lCanada-igua, N. Y., assignor to Hickok Manufacturing Company, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 29, 1949, Serial No. 107,600

3 Claims. (Cl. 150-38) The invention relates to a stitehless vallet construction.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple, strong, durable and highly attractive stitchless wallet of practical, inexpensive construction, comprising an outer wall having pocket forming members and a separate inner wall confined in position by iiaps offsaid members and cooperating therewith to form pockets at the outer face of the inner wall, `one of the pockets being equipped with a removable card case rpositively secured in position with respect to such pocket forming member by fastening means carried by one of the covers of the card case and the Iwallet.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stitchless wallet comprising an outer wall having pocket forming members and a separate inner wall confined in position Within the wallet by flaps of said members and cooperating therewith to form pockets, one of the pockets being provided with a removable card case and the other pocket being provided with an insert cooperating with such pocket forming member Yto provide adthe end aps with the end portions of the pocket forming members.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stitchless wallet having inner and outer walls and provided with a dividing strip retained inr position and concealed at the upper portion by top marginal flaps of the outer wall of the wallet to form a concealed compartment especially adapted'for holding bills of high denominations, checks, and other papers, so that when the wallet is opened only a second bill holding compartment designed for holding bills of small vdenomination' is disclosed to View, said dividing stripvbeing cut away at its upper corners to afford ready access to the contents of the concealed compartment to facilitate easy removal of bills or the like.

With the above and other objects in view, thev invention consists in the construction and novelv `combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out inthe claims hereto appended, vit being understoodwthat vari- 2 ous changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is an elevation of a stitchless wallet constructed in accordance with this invention and shown in open position;

Fig. 2 isl a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 ofFig. l; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse A-l ofFigl; i f

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the lline 5 5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a plan View of the blank from which the outer wall, the pocket forming members and the naps and taibs are formed;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the inner wall; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the dividing strip; Fig. 9 is a plan View of one of the reinforcements oithe pocket forming members;

Fig. 10 is a plan view of one of the reinforce-l ments of the aps of the pocket forming members;

Fig. 1l is a detailed perspective View of the card case, partially open to show the front and back of the cover and the intermediate leaves;l

Fig. l2 is the blank Vfrom `which the pocket insert is formed;

Fig. 13A is a detail perspective view of the pocket; Y insert, partly open to show the front and rearv sides thereof;

Fig. 14 is a detail view of one of. thetranspar-v ent leaves of the card case.

In the accompanying drawings, in.y whichj is illustratedthe preferred form of thev invention,l I designates lan oblong outer wallet vwall constructed of leather or other suitable flexible sheet material and provided at the bottom with pocketforming members 2 and 3 extending upwardly inr parallelism with the outer wall and provided atl the top `with flaps 4 and 5 which fold downwardly and inwardly withinv the wallet over anv oblong inner Wall 6.

'Ihe naps are preferably tapered slightly by arranging their edges-.l and 8 divergingly at anY inclination, and the outer ends of the aps Il Aand 5 are provided with parallel slits 9 forming tongues f i0-, located at a point spaced fromthe upper and lower redges of the aps 4 and 5 andextending longitudinally of the wallet through vertical, transverse slcts l|- formed Y.in the'endmortions;

sectionalview on the line 3 of the inner wall 6 whereby the inner wall which is confined in cooperative relation with the pocket forming members by the flaps 4 and 5 is positively Vinterlocked with the flaps.

wise secured to the leaves and to the cover f the card case. The leaves 2'I and the inner side 29 of the cover are inserted in the card case receiving pocket and the outer cover is provided with flaps are provided with parallel slits I4 corresponding with the tongue forming slits V.9 and forming tongue portions I5 which Vreinforce the tongues I0 of the flaps. The portions of the'ilaps above and below the tongues I0 with the corresponding portions of the reinforcements of the flaps are folded around the end portions of the inner wall and adhesively secured to the same.

The pocket forming members 2 and 3 cooperate with the inner wall to provide at the outer face of' the inner wall exterior pockets. open at their inner ends. and having their outer ends closed by end flaps Io andv I'! which are foldable inwardly over the outer ends of the pocketforming members and are provided with longitudinal dovetail tongues I8 and I9 having their ends cut at an angle to. form inwardly converging endV edges andv 2l'. Thertongues I8 and I9V taper inwardly Vand are passed through vertical slits 22 and 23 and as the tongues I8 and I9 are of 1 a length greater than the length of the slits 22 and 23, the angularly cut end edges 20 and 2 I project beyond the ends of the slits and positively interlock the tongues I 8'.r andi 91 in the slits 22 and 23. The tongues I8 and I9, after being passed through the-slits 2'2 and 23, extend outwardly with respect to the slits and are located wholly within the contourof the narrow marginal end flaps I6 and I'I which. extend" upwardly from the lower edge of the outer wall to the upper edgeof the inner wall. The slits22 and 23 are arranged closely adjacent the outer side edges of the pocket forming members` and when the end flaps are folded over the outer side edges ofthe pocket forming members, theyL extend only to the slits and they provide a narrow edging at the ends ofthe wallet extending from the lower edge of the outer wall to the upper edge of the inner wall. l Y

The end flaps `I Gland I'land the tongues I 8 andr IS are-adhesively secured to vthe contiguous portionsrof the wallet. The wallet is folded transversely in the conventional manner andV whenf'oldedlthe pockets formed by the pocket forming members and'theinner wall are arranged withinY the wallet. 'I'he outer wall is providedl at the bottom at the center with aap 24which is folded inwardly against the inner face ofthe outer wall andfisfadhe'sively secured to the same to reinforce the central portion off thelower edge of the'outer,l wall at1th'el'spa'ce between the openinner ends*Y othepockets. Y p 1 1 The-'pocket formed by-the pocket forming-mem-v ber '23a/nd the inner wall 6 receives a removable cardl'case; 25 consisting lof a cover: '2li` anda plu-`-` ralityl'r of leaves? 21! arranged 'between' the outer andinner sides Ztl-land -29'lof the cover; 'Ifhelcover preferably consists of an oblong sheet ofleatherV orvothersui-table flexible :matc'eria-l:whichV is -folded transverselyfto form' the'louter and-inner sides` b *conf 70' stifucted? of.' 'any' -sui-'tallematerial, prefrablyf consistoif"s h'eetsfofL Celluloid or. similar tra`ns2- -l parent-amaterial, and are provided at their-inner verticaledgesiwith 'strips Silvi-0f fabric "orffot-her4 suitable materialwhicfiarevadhesively or ethereportion of the card case is closed. Instead of a snap fastener, any other suitable fastening means may be employed for securing the outer side of the cover to the end nap I6.

TheA end member 3 is provided with a slit 33 extending from the lower portion of the end member to the-upper portion thereof and terminating short of the top and bottom ofthe same and removably receiving an insert 34 consisting ofa substantially oblong sheet-of leather or other suitable flexible material folded transverselyinY its center to form two sides 35. The side portions ofi` the" insert forming sheet are arranged ata slight angle to each other, as clearly illustrated in Fig.. 12 of the drawings. The insert 34V extends` through the slit 33-of the pocket formingmember` 3Y and it projects exteriorly beyond the slit' and. provides additional pockets, and' it is reversible. toform aifurther additional pocket. Also-whenr the insert is arranged in its normal position,as` 35 The inner wall i-is provided at its upper andi lower edges withvcentral extensions 36 fand1 31;v thel upper extension is folded flat against th'ef inner face ofthe inne-r wall'and pro-videsa reinforcement at the central portion where it -isi usuallyv grasped to open Vthe wallet toV afford ac-v cess to the bill receiving compartrnen'ts;v hereinafter described andy located .betiiveen thev inner andv outer wallsfof the wallet The extension- 31'atthe'- :bottom of the inner wall is" folded.' on itselfandfproivides `a central downWardlyproject# ing pori-,ion` 3'3" which extends below thef lower" edges ofi the end portionsof the'innerl wall, butthe bottom' extension may be folded completely' againstv the nnerface of the end -wall in thev same` manner as thetopsextension 'so that the' lower edge of the inner wall will be straighten'vr continuous like its -upper edge.

Within thelwallet ybetweenthe inner and router"v wallsis arranged a dividing strip 39' c'onsisting offenv oblongisheet of-fexible material havin'gfitsrf upper marginal portion 40 bent or folded f down# wardly and -adhesively secured to the rea-rA face* ofi the dividing-strip -toreinforce theY same.A The upper corners-of the'dividin'gstrip -are cutaway? atI and'fthe central portion-of thelo-weredge* is freoessed or.l cut' away atl' 42 lto span 'the-bottomcentral'tab-'M'othe louter: wall. The lowervc'or-`4 ners of 'thedividing strip are Valso -cutawayat# sides off" thecentralcutjawayfportion -42is'ead nesivelyl secured to the inner* andouteriwaillsfat tlleflowerv edge portions -thereof..

The: dividing stripI dividesrthe spacer-betweentheinn'en and outer" wallsllinto Atwo billfreceivinglf compartments and! thecompartmenti betweenf theid=ividir1g '.stiipend the :outer constitutesa secret bill compartment as the upper edge of the dividing strip is engaged and concealed by upper flaps 45 formed by an upper marginal extension of the louter wall. The upper margin-al extension is cut away at its center to lform the two top flaps 45 and is folded downwardly and inwardly within the Wallet and is slit at 46 at the outer ends of the iiaps to provide tabs 47 which lare folded downwardly and inwardly and adhesively secured to the inner face of the outer wall. The slits 45 do"not extend the entire width of the aps 45 which thereby have their upper portions connected with the tabs 41 and are r-etained in position within the wallet by said tabs as the portions connecting the flaps 45 with the tabs 4l resist any tendency of the flaps 45 to move 'away from a position contiguous to the outer wall. When the wallet is opened and the inner and o-uter walls spread, only the bill receiving compartment which is located between the dividing strip and the inner Wall rwill be exposed as the upper portion of the dividing strip will be concealed behind the downwardly folded top flaps 45 of the outer wall. The cut away portions 4I at the upper corners of the dividing strip expose the corner portions of |bills contained within the secret compartment and facilitate ready removal of bills or other papers from such compartment when the flaps 45 are raised to expose the contents of the secret cornpartment. I claim:

` card case and the other part on the marginal end concealing the underlying pocket forming mem- 1. A stitchless wallet comprising an outer wall, l

an inner wall extending from one end of the wallet to the other, pocket forming members connected with and extending upwardly from the lower edge of the outer wall to the upper edge of the inner wall and arranged exteriorly thereof to form pockets exteriorly of said inner wall, said pocket forming members being provided with naps folded over the upper edge of the inner wall and extending downwardly at the inner face thereof and confining the inner wall in the wallet and securing the pocket forming members to the inner wall, said pocket forming members each being provided adjacent its outer side edge withv a straight marginal slit, narrow marginal end flaps connected with and extending from the end portions of the outer wall and folded over the side edges of the pocket. forming members and having tongues extending through the marginal slits in the pocket forming members and securing the end flaps to said members, the naps of the pocket forming members and the end aps of the outer wall cooperating to hold the inner wall in a fixed position against movement longitudinally and vertically, and a card case extending into one of the pockets formed by the pocket forming members and having an outer cover portion overlying the contiguous pocket forming member and concealing the same, and a two-part fastener having one :part mounted on the outer cover portion of the ber.

2. In a stitchless wallet comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall being provided at its upper edge at its inner face with a narrow downwardly extending longitudinal nap and with top end tongues rigidly secured in face-to-face relation with the inner face of the outer wall and integrally connected with the top marginal flap adjacent to the upper edge of the outer wall and resisting the opening of the top flap, and a dividing strip consisting of an oblong sheet of flexible material arranged within the Wallet between the said outer wall and the top flap and cut away at its upper corners at said top tongues and forming a concealed pocket, and said dividing strip being connected at its lower edge portion to the lower edge portion of the front wall.

3. In a stitchless wallet comprising inner and outer Walls, the outer wall being provided at its upper edge at its inner face with a narrow downwardly extending longitudinal ap and with top end tongues rigidly secured in face-to-face relation with the inner face of the outer wall and integrally connected with the top marginal flap adjacent to the upper edge of the outer Wall and resisting the opening of the top flap, and a dividing strip consisting of an oblong sheet of flexible material arranged Within the Wallet between the said outer wall and the top flap and cut away at its upper corners at said top tongues and forming a concealed pocket, said dividing strip being also cut away at its lower corners and provided at its lower edge port1on with spaced extensions secured to the inner and outer Walls of the wallet.

FRANCIS A. BRADY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STAP'ES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,679,807 Bohl 'Aug. 7, 1928 1,782,003 Epstein Nov. 18, 1930 2,095,593 Buxton Oct. 12, 1937 2,154,826 Stember et al Apr. 18, 1939 2,285,906 Davio June 9, 1942 2,350,503 Gardner June 6, 1944 2,433,714 Smallman Dec. 30, 1947 2,439,579 Renz Apr. 13, 1948 2,439,715 Broughton Apr. 13, 1948 2,444,581 Seamon July 6, 1948 2,453,780 Broughton Nov. 16, 1948 2,489,364 Broughton 1; Nov. 29, 1949 2,543,334 Pence et a1 Feb. 27, 1951 2,578,502 Brady Dec. 11, 1951

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