EP0510386B1 - Agencement de porte-monnaie pour recevoir des moyens de paiement dans différentes monnaies - Google Patents

Agencement de porte-monnaie pour recevoir des moyens de paiement dans différentes monnaies Download PDF

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EP0510386B1
EP0510386B1 EP92105489A EP92105489A EP0510386B1 EP 0510386 B1 EP0510386 B1 EP 0510386B1 EP 92105489 A EP92105489 A EP 92105489A EP 92105489 A EP92105489 A EP 92105489A EP 0510386 B1 EP0510386 B1 EP 0510386B1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45CPURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C1/00Purses; Money-bags; Wallets
    • A45C1/08Combinations of purses and wallets
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45CPURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C1/00Purses; Money-bags; Wallets
    • A45C1/02Purses
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45CPURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C1/00Purses; Money-bags; Wallets
    • A45C1/02Purses
    • A45C1/024Purses fitted in handbags or the like

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  • the invention relates to a purse arrangement for means of payment of different currencies.
  • Wallet arrangements of this type which essentially consist of a wallet which comprises a plurality of compartments, each accessible via a zipper, for the introduction of means of payment of different currencies.
  • a wallet which comprises a plurality of compartments, each accessible via a zipper, for the introduction of means of payment of different currencies.
  • a wallet has a compartment for German marks, a compartment for Austrian shillings, a compartment for lira and a compartment for Swiss francs.
  • a disadvantage of such a wallet arrangement is that it is relatively large because of the many compartments and is bulky and heavy when loaded.
  • DE-GM 90 10 965.1 shows a non-generic men's wallet which has an envelope part with a front part and a back part which can be folded along a center line. On the inside of one of these Parts, preferably the back part, have a cash deposit compartment, while compartments for inserting ID cards, credit cards and the like are provided on the inside of the other part.
  • the coin pocket and / or a part designed as an identification pocket is detachably connected to the cover part. The purpose of this detachable arrangement is to provide a way to make the wallet as small and handy as possible when the ID pocket or the coin pocket are not needed at all.
  • FR-A-26 36 510 is a leather goods part that can be assembled from several elements to form a unit, wherein a book-like carrier element can be folded so that the elements in it both against each other and on the inside of the book-like Carrier element are attachable.
  • the meaning of this Leather goods part is that a tedious search for objects usually scattered in a handbag is avoided by combining these objects in the book-like carrier element.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve a wallet arrangement for means of payment of different currencies in such a way that it is comparatively small and therefore very handy.
  • the main advantage of the wallet arrangement according to the invention is that it comprises a wallet part with a detachable money compartment part for a certain currency and at least one other money compartment part for another currency, which is interchangeable with the one money compartment part, so that the currency required is in the the purse part connected money compartment part and the currency that is not currently needed is kept in a suitable place.
  • this makes it possible to store different currencies separately from one another and in an organized manner in money compartment parts and to connect only the money compartment part with the currency just required to the wallet.
  • the money compartment parts have a hard money compartment and / or a compartment for banknotes.
  • the present purse arrangement is sold as a set that includes several cash compartment parts for different currencies and, if appropriate, a storage part for the money compartment parts that are not currently required.
  • the present wallet arrangement 1 comprises a wallet part 2, to which a money compartment part 3 can be detachably fastened with the aid of a fastening device which will be explained in more detail later, and at least one further money compartment part 3 '.
  • the wallet part 2 preferably consists of an envelope part 5 which can be folded along a center line 4 in the manner of a book, with on the inside of one half of the Envelope part 5, the cash compartment part 3 can be detachably fastened with the help of the mentioned fastening devices and, for example, at least one compartment for inserting ID cards, pictures, credit cards or the like can be provided on the inside of the other half of the envelope part 5.
  • this compartment is a transparent compartment 6.
  • the cover part 5 can have openings 7, 8 which, in a manner known per se, lead to bill compartments or the like, which are formed on the cover part 5 by various partition walls 9 and 10 arranged one behind the other.
  • the mentioned fastening device has at least one preferably strip-shaped Velcro fastener part 12, which is on the inside of one Half of the envelope part 5 attached, for example sewn.
  • Two Velcro fastener parts namely an upper Velcro fastener part 12 and a lower Velcro fastener part 13, are preferably spaced apart from one another on the inside of one half of the cover part 5.
  • Velcro parts 12 and 13 are so-called soft Velcro parts and the other Velcro parts 14 and 15 are so-called hard Velcro parts, or vice versa.
  • the Velcro parts 12 and 13 together with the Velcro parts 14 and 15 form a fastening device.
  • insertion tabs 16 on the back of the money compartment parts 3, 3 ', as shown in FIG. 2 by dashed lines. These insertion tabs 16 are attached to their upper edge on the back of the money compartment parts, preferably sewn.
  • Dotted lines in FIG. 2 serve as fastening devices, pressure closure elements 18 and 19, which are provided on the inner surface of one half of the envelope part 5 and accordingly also on the back of the money compartment parts 3, 3 'and when fastening a money compartment part 3 to the wallet 2 can be snapped into each other.
  • snap fastener elements are provided, for example, in the corner areas of the cash compartment parts 3 and in corresponding areas on the inside of one half of the cover part 5.
  • this device consists of a holding device 20 in the form of a strip which has fastening devices for holding the money compartment parts 3 ', 3'',3'''.
  • the strip is a plastic, textile or metal strip provided on one side with Velcro fastener parts 21, the Velcro fastener parts 21 either being spaced apart from one another or covering the entire surface (FIG. 3). It is only necessary to fasten the money compartment parts 3 ', 3''and3''' that are not required and to store them to press these with their Velcro parts 14, 15 against the corresponding Velcro part 21 of the holding device 20.
  • insertion slots for inserting the insertion tabs 16 or pressure-locking elements for receiving the pressure-locking elements 19 can also be provided on the strip-shaped holding device 20 in accordance with the configuration of the money compartment parts 3, 3 ′′, 3 ′′ ′′ with insertion tabs 16 or pressure closure elements.
  • FIG. 4 The configuration of the strip-shaped holding device 20 with insertion slots 22 is shown in FIG. 4.
  • two congruent textile strips are preferably sewn together at the edges, the insertion slots 22 being provided at a distance from one another in a textile strip in the transverse direction.
  • the pressure closure elements 18 are preferably spaced apart from one another on the back of the money compartment parts 3, 3 ′, 3 ′′, 3 ′′ ′′ in accordance with the pattern of the pressure closure elements 19.
  • Another storage device for the unnecessary wallet parts 3 ', 3'',3''' can also be a pocket with several compartments arranged one behind the other (FIG. 7).
  • the strip of the holding device 20 described in connection with FIGS. 3 to 5 preferably has a hanging device for hanging the holding device 20 on a wall or the like, which has, for example, the shape of a hole 24 through which a bolt or nail can be passed
  • a travel container for example a suitcase 25
  • an inner surface for example on a side surface or on the bottom surface
  • the case 25 shown in Figure 6 is drawn without a lid so that its interior is visible.
  • the cash compartment parts 3, 3 ' can have the form of known hard money compartments, which consist of a front part 30, a rear part 31, which are congruently folded by a line 32' such that the front part 30 is the same size or smaller than the rear part 31, and there are side parts 32, 33 which are folded into the space enclosed by them when the front part 30 and the rear part 31 are folded together.
  • a cover part 34 is connected, which, when the money compartment is closed, on the outside of the front part 30 by a suitable locking device, which is preferably the Has form of pressure fastener elements 35, 35 'or Velcro parts is attached.
  • a currency table can be arranged on the inside of the lid part 34 in accordance with the determination of the respective money compartment part, which is inserted, for example, into a compartment formed with a transparent film 36 in the direction of the arrow 37.
  • a label 38 for the respective currency can be attached on the outside of the front part 30 or the cover part 34.
  • the money compartment part 3, 3 ', 3' 'or 3' '' can also have at least one compartment for banknotes, which is preferably formed by the fact that an intermediate wall 39 arranged parallel to the rear part 31 has the rear part 31 on the edge side connected, e.g. B. is sewn that there is an insertion slot 40 for banknotes in the region of the upper edge of the rear part 31.
  • An insertion slot for the gel certificates can also be arranged in a side part 32, as is shown in FIG. 1 by a dotted line.
  • the wallet 2 and the money compartment parts 3, 3 ', 3' 'and 3' '' preferably consist of leather, plastic or a textile fabric in a manner known per se.

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  1. Agencement de porte-monnaie pour des moyens de paiement dans différentes monnaies avec un élément porte-monnaie (2) auquel un élément poche à monnaie (3) pour un moyen de paiement dans une première monnaie est fixé de manière séparable à l'aide d'un premier dispositif de fixation (12, 13, 17, 18) pour un élément poche à monnaie (3) unique, prévu sur l'élément porte-monnaie (2), et avec un deuxième dispositif de fixation prévu sur l'élément poche à monnaie (3) pour le moyen de paiement dans la première monnaie, l'agencement de porte-monnaie comprenant au moins un élément poche à monnaie (3', 3'', 3''') supplémentaire, pour un moyen de paiement dans une autre monnaie, pourvu d'un troisième dispositif de fixation (14, 15, 16, 19), qui peut être fixé de manière séparable sur l'agencement de porte-monnaie, à l'aide du troisième dispositif de fixation (14, 16, 16, 19), seulement à la place du premier élément poche à monnaie (3), sur le premier dispositif de fixation (12, 13, 17, 19) pour le premier élément poche à monnaie de l'élément porte-monnaie (2)
  2. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément porte-monnaie (2) a la forme d'un élément rabattable (5) qui peut être plié à la manière d'un livre autour d'un axe médian (4) et sur la face intérieure duquel est disposé le premier dispositif de fixation (12, 13, 17, 18).
  3. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que le premier dispositif de fixation (12, 13, 17, 18) se présente sous la forme d'un système de fermeture contact (12, 13) qui coopère avec un système de fermeture contact (14, 15) supplémentaire qui constitue le deuxième ou le troisième dispositif de fixation.
  4. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que le système de fermeture contact et le système de fermeture contact supplémentaire présentent chacun deux rubans de fermeture contact (12, 13 et 14, 15) espacés l'un de l'autre.
  5. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 3 en combinaison avec la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que les rubans de fermeture contact (12, 13) et les rubans de fermeture contact (14, 15) supplémentaires sont espacés les uns des autres dans la direction de l'axe médian (4).
  6. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que le premier dispositif de fixation a la forme d'au moins un élément de fermeture à pression (18) qui coopère avec au moins un élément de fermeture à pression (19) supplémentaire qui constitue le deuxième ou le troisième dispositif de fixation.
  7. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que le premier dispositif de fixation a la forme d'une fente (17), dans laquelle pénètre une patte (16) fixée à l'élément poche à monnaie (3) ou à l'élément poche à monnaie (3', 3'', 3''') supplémentaire, ou d'une patte (16) qui pénètre dans une fente prévue dans l'élément poche à monnaie (3) ou dans l'élément poche à monnaie (3', 3'', 3''') supplémentaire.
  8. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte en outre un dispositif de rangement (20, 30) pour conserver l'élément poche à monnaie (3', 3'', 3''') supplémentaire qui n'est pas fixé à l'élément porte-monnaie (2).
  9. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 8, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif de rangement (20) a la forme d'une bande sur laquelle sont disposés des dispositifs de fixation supplémentaires qui correspondent au premier dispositif de fixation.
  10. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que les dispositifs de fixation supplémentaires sont formés par une fermeture contact (21) qui couvre un côté de la bande ou constitue la bande elle-même.
  11. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que les dispositifs de fixation supplémentaires qui correspondent au premier dispositif de fixation sont formés par des rubans de fermeture contact espacés les uns des autres sur la bande.
  12. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que les dispositifs de fixation supplémentaires qui correspondent au premier dispositif de fixation (18, 17) sont formés par des éléments de fermeture à pression (18) espacés les uns des autres sur la bande (20) ou par des fentes (22) ou des pattes espacées les unes des autres sur la bande.
  13. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 12, caractérisé par le fait que la bande (20) est fixée à une surface d'un bagage.
  14. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 13, caractérisé par le fait que la bande (20) est fixée à une surface intérieure d'une valise (25).
  15. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon l'une des revendications 8 à 12, caractérisé par le fait que la bande comporte un dispositif d'accrochage (24) permettant de l'accrocher sur un mur ou similaire.
  16. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 15, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif d'accrochage est un trou (25) dans la partie d'extrémité supérieure de la bande.
  17. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon l'une des revendications 8 à 12, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif de rangement a la forme d'une pochette (40) pourvue de plusieurs compartiments destinés à recevoir l'élément poche à monnaie (3) ou l'élément poche à monnaie (3') supplémentaire ou des éléments poche à monnaie (3', 3'', 3''') supplémentaires.
  18. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon l'une des revendications 9 à 16, caractérisé par le fait que la bande est en matériau synthétique, en métal, en cuir ou en un tissu textile.
  19. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 18, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément poche à monnaie (3) et/ou l'élément poche à monnaie (3', 3'', 3''') supplémentaire présente(nt) une partie avant (30) et une partie arrière (31) identique à la première.
  20. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 19, caractérisé par le fait que la partie avant (30) et la partie arrière (31) peuvent être pliées l'une sur l'autre, le long d'une ligne (32), et par le fait qu'il est prévu des parties latérales (32, 33) qui lors du pliage des parties avant et arrière se replient dans l'espace délimité par lesdites parties.
  21. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 20 ou 21, caractérisé par le fait que l'espace entouré par la partie avant et la partie arrière sert au rangement de pièces de monnaie et par le fait qu'une poche à billets de banque accessible par une ouverture (40) en forme de fente est prévue.
  22. Agencement de porte-monnaie selon la revendication 21, caractérisé par le fait que la poche à billets de banque est aménagée entre la partie arrière (31) et une paroi (39) parallèle à celle-ci et par le fait que l'ouverture en forme de fente se trouve sur le bord supérieur de la partie arrière (31) ou s'étend le long d'un bord latéral de la partie arrière.
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