US1638462A

US1638462A - Bill fold

Info

Publication number: US1638462A
Application number: US123103A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick E Ryan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-07-17
Filing date: 1926-07-17
Publication date: 1927-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1944-08-09

Description

F. E. RYAN Aug 9 1927.

BILL FOLD Filed July 17. 1926 Patented Aug. 9, 1937.

nnirsn FREDERICK IE. RYAN, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BILL FOLD.

Application filed July 17, 1926.

This invention relates to a bill. fold, especially a fold for carrying paper money, and has for an object to provide a fold of this character which will be extremely simple 6 in construction and will so carry the bills as to occupy a minimum space in the pocket.

It is another object of the invention to provide a device of this characterin which when there are a number of bills carried they will be so held that they will not be liable to be accidentally lost from the fold, and may be so held by the user that they may be easily counted without removing them from the fold. A further object is to so hold the bills thatany individual bill desired may be easily removed without disturbing any of the remaining bills.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, I have devised the construction illus trated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, similar reference characters being employed throughout the various figures to indicate corresponding elements. In this drawing,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved bill fold in the open position showing the method of using the same.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking from the right of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fold in closed position showing the position of the bills in the fold, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a fold showing the tab secured in a slightly different manner.

The fold itself is extremely simple in con-- struction. It comprises an elongated strip or body member of suitable flexible material, such as leather, and the tab or division member 11 of the same or av different material secured at one of its edges to the inner side of the body member intermediate the ends of this member and extending transversely thereof. This member 11 is shown at 12 as stitched along one edge to the inner side of the body member 10 leaving its opposite edge 13 free. This tab or division member may be a piece of leather, metal, such as aluminum, or it may be of a suitable fibre, w or leather enclosing a stiffening element, or of any other suitable construction. It is preferably a strip of leather to correspond with the body member. It is located nearer one free end of the body member 10 than the other so that the

opposite side portions

14 and 15 of the body are of different Serial No. 123,103.

lengths. It will be apparent that these side portions are foldable toward the opposite sides of the division tab 11, and the longer portion 15 is of suflicient length to be foldable'over the free edge 13 of the tab and the other end of the body member.

The bills are placed in this fold in a peculiar manner. A'number of bills are indicated at 16 in superimposed relation. It will be apparent from Fig. 2 that the bills are folded over thefree edge 13 of the tab, this edge being placed at substantially the mid length of the bills, and the bills are folded against the opposite sidesof the tab and then are bent outwardly away from the tab and lie against the inner surface of the

portions

14 and 15 of the body, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. In this position the bills and fold are easily held in the left hand of the user with his thumb 1'7 resting on the top of the bills on one side of the tab and his index finger 18 resting on the other side of the tab, the remaining fingers 19 being on the under or outer side of the body member. It will be apparent that in this position the bills are all firmly held in position and the user with his right hand may easily count the bills by lifting up one of the free corners thereof, as indicated .in dotted lines 20, Fig. 2. It will also be apparent that the bills may be firmly held with no danger of any of them becoming loosened or dropping out during this operation. Furthermore, any bill desired may be gripped by the right hand of the user and withdrawn laterally and separated from the remaining bills without disturbing them, as indicated by dotted lines 21, Fig. 1. .Vhen folding or closing the fold the

opposite side portions

14 and 15 are folded with the free end portions of the bills against the opposite sides of the tab 11 and the bills as folded over this tab to substantially the position shown in Fig. 3, and then the free end of the longer portion 15 may be folded over the free edge of the tab and the free ends of the bills as indicated and secured to the other or shorter portion 14 of the body. Any suitable securing means may be provided, that shown being preferred, and the body 10 is preferably of sufficient length so that the free ends overlap in its closed or folded position. The fastener shown comprises the usual form of snap fastener in which the socket member is shown at 22 and the stud member is shown at 23.

In Fig. 4: I have shown the division tab as including a portion 26 which lies next to the inner wall of the portion 1aof the body and is secured thereto by a line of stitching 27 adjacent the free ends oi these portions. This arrangement i'ei'nores the stitches from the fold in the body when it is closed and places them in a position where they are covered by the overlapping free end of portion 15 when the told is closed. The stitches are thus protected from wear when the told is closed. This form tune tionsthe same as the first l orm.

it will be apparent from the foregoing description that the told is extremely simple in construction requiring; the use of a minimum amount of material and it will, therefore, require a minimum of space in the pocket of the usen The bills are fo ded in a peculiar way, that is, upon themselves at their mid lengths over the free edge of the tab 11 and then are folded back upon themselves substantially half way between the first told and the free ends of the bills as shown at 2-1. The bills are always easily accessible either for counting or removal of any bill desired, and during these operations the bills can be firmly held by the user so that there is no danger of losing any of the bills or having them become accidentally withdrawn.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention what I claim is:

A bill told comprising a body member, a division tab secured to one side 01 said body in a position intermediate the ends thereof and extending transversely of said body whereby the bills may be folded at their mid length over the free edge of the tab extend downwardly on opposite sides thereof and folded ugon themselves at the base of said tab, the opposite portions-of said body being toldable toward the opposite sides or said tab and one of said portions being; of a length to fold over the free edge of said tab and the other free end of the body and the free ends of the bills, and enacting securing means carried by the opposite ends of the body.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

FREDERICK 7E. RYAN.