US1969835A - Flexible pocket receptacle - Google Patents

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Aug. 14, 1934.

' W. R. BUXTON FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE Filed July 15 1931 INVENTOR. \(VARNER RBuxra/v A TTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 14, 1934 UNITED STATES -OFFIC'E V 1 1,969,835 PQ'C'KE'T RECEPTACLE Warner R. Buxton, Longmeadow, Mass. f Application July 15,19 1;swat-Ne. 550,9ss

11 Claims. (ci.'1 5 0-a a)' This invention relates to an improved flexible pocket-receptacle,- intended primarily for carrying bills, notes, checks and the like and commonly known as a bill fold. I 1

.An object of the invention is to provide an improved and. simple bill fold construction, which embodies novel means for enablingthe desirable relative longitudinal shifting movement between the outer and inner walls for the purpose of avoiding buckling of the innerwalls when the bill fold; while well filled with bills, is moved to closed position. 1 I e Another object of the invention is to provide a. one piece construction fora bill fold, having simply outer and inner walls and connecting end flaps, which are so located and arranged as to enable a. considerable; and sufiicient degree of shifting of the free or upper edge of the inner wall relative to the outer wall. I

Preferably, the connection between" each end flap and the inner wall is a single one, located near the lower edge of the inner wall -such edge being the edge that is attached tO' thB outer wall. Then the inner wall is-transversely slotted in that part whichpverlies the central transverse line offold in the outer wa11,-.the slot extending from the lower edge of the inner wallupwardly toward, but not to, the upper edge of the inner walls With this arrangement, the upper portion only of the inner wall needs to shift relatively to the outer wall when the bill fold isopened or closed, and such. shifting is permitted because of the low location of the connection between the end flap and the innerwall and because of the use ;of a single connection which enables a limited degree of relatives-winging orpivotal movement between the connected parts. i Otherfeatures of theinvention will appear as the, detailed description proceedsandbe pointed outin the appended claims.

The invention will be disclosed for illustrative purposes with referenceto the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a developed view of the blank from which the bill fold is made; I I Figs. 2 andB are elevational views of the bill :fold, showing the same in open and closed positions, respectively; 1 l v H Figs.4 and .5 are full size plan views of the bill fold, showing the same in open and closed posiai ,-.res e ve I p j q I Fig. 6 isa .crosssectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2:; and

Fig. 7 is afull sizedelevatonal; view showing thebill fold part-ially closed and illustrating the manner in'which theinner wall shifts to avoid uck ma v eferring. to the drawing, the bill fold may, to advantagebe made from a single piece ofsuitable flexible material, such as leather or the like, and where the onepiece construction is desired/a blank ofleatheror other material is cut out in the form shownin Fig. 1. This blank affords an outer wall 8 of rectangular form; an inner wall 9 integrally and foldably. I connected along one side. edgeto the lower side edge of the outer wall; and twoend fiapsfllO, which are integrally and foldably connectedonetoeach end .edgeof the outer walld The lines of intersection between parts 8 and QandJbetW'een parts8 and 10 are preferably scored, as at 11 and.12, respectively. The outer wallhasaj transverse linej'of fold l3,

preferably scored to facilitate bending, and the inner. wall has a similar .but much shorter line of fold 14. Most of the central portion of. the inner, wallis cut away byja slot 15 which extends transverselyfrom the line of fold 11 or lower side edge of the innerwall toward, but not to, the

free and upper side. edgeof isuch walk; 'The end flaps 10,ha ,ve tongues 16to1engage'in andrinterlock-with slots 17 formed in the .inner'wall when the latter is superposed on the outer wall.

r The bill fold is formed from the described blank in a very simple manner. The inner wall 9 is folded .alongflinell and swung upwardlyover and uponithe outer wall 8 into superposed relation therewith. The end flaps .10 .are thenfolded inwardlyalong lines 12 andlswung over and upon the inner wall ,9 in overlapping relation with the end portions thereof.'1 The parts are then held together in folded .rel atio'n' by inserting the tongues 16in slots 17. The bill'foldthen appears -.as inFigs. 2. and 4, the space between the walls Band 9, forming a compartment for bills b and the like. f To close the bill fold, one half is folded "about lines, 13 and '14 over and upon the other half. The parts then appear'as in Figs. 3 and 5.

a desirable refinement, a thin strip of leather 18 or othersuitable facing material is applied as 'a liningto the inner face of the inner 'wall; "It 'may, for example, be "fastened in place with adhesive. --Its' purpose is to cover the projecting tongues 16' and prevent them from interfering 'with the insertion of bills into the bill compartment;

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curvature of the path of movement of the inner V wall is inconsiderable and, for all practical putposes, the movement may be considered as in a longitudinal direction.

Without anything more than lthe -ordinary' degree of play between the .partslfi and 17., the described action can take" 'place' and it could equally well take place if the flap 10- and wall-.9

were riveted together at the location of the connection 16,17. This can-ibest be understood by considering what happens -whenthe bill told is closed. The inner wall has to bend aboutamuch shorter radius than the outer wall (see-Fig. 5). As a'consequence, its ends have to move out in opposite directions from the'li'ne of fold 13 relatively to the outer wall. This, of course, applies only to the upper portion of the inner wall because the lower portions are slotted as at 15, and do not have to bend but'move with the outer wall. Asthe upperedge of wall!) is pushed toward an endof the bill me; it is held at the location 16,"17 and forced to swing around this connection as ja pivot. The outer part of wall 9 is forced down and the inner part is forced up, as will be clear from Fig. '7: The lower edge of the inner wall draws up near the slot 15 to enable the outerpart to move .down. As the loweredge of the inner wall rolls up, as shown at 19,:the first action is to take up any play between the wall of slot l'l'and the edge20'oi flap 10; If therolling up of the lower part 'of theflinner'wall is con-- tinned, the wall of 'slot 17 will engageedgewand swing the end flap upwardly, andthefiap' being of flexible materiaL will' yield toperm i t this action. The edge 21, when viewed in 'plan, will bend outwardly away from the inner wall be tween its upper and lower "ends when the. flap thusvyields. Thisbending'of ilap 10 :does not al- "ways occur and is not necessary except whenan unusually large number of bills b are present in thebill compartment. It" is, however, pointed slot 17. The dimensions a: andy (Fig- 1 may be varied. The dimension :1: is necessarily at leastslightly less than the lengthiof slot l'lfand iti may be made materially less to, enable anap- [preciable degree of. sliding of the tongue lengthwisein the slot. TSo also; the dimension'll, is necessarily at leastfslightly,greater than the thickness of the leather wall -9 audit may be made even greater to permit. -a:substantiaide- .gree of, upwardmovementof thewall 9 without engaging edge 20 and movingflap 10. These .dimensions x and 1/ relative to the corresponding the presence of play at this point simply has the efiect of enabling the shiftingof wall!) to takeplaoe without bending flap 9."Some-play is desirable even though it is not essential to the accomplishment of the result.

I have obtained the best results by making the end flaps 10 of roughly triangular form, as shown. Assuming that the line 12 is the base of the triangle and the apex is the intersection of the edges 20 and 21, this apex should be nearer to the lower edge than to the upper edge oi:- the *inner wall and the tongue 18 is'de'sirably formed on the lower edge 20. -With such an arrangement, the flaps serve effectively as end closures for the bill fold notwithstanding that they each have but one connection with the in- .ner wall. And by the use of such single connection, located'nearer to the lower edge than to the upper edgeof the inner wall and nearer to .the. end edge 12 than to the line of fold 13, the

Wall 9is'afforded freedom to swing, as described, about the'single connection 16, 17 to enable the relative longitudinal shifting effect between the inner and outer-walls. Y T

I-believe that I am the first-to provide for relative movement between the inner and outer walls of a bill fold in the particular manner I herein set forth and! desire to claim my invention in the broadestpossible legaLmanneL' What'lclaim is: r Y 1. Abilli'old, comprising, anouter'wall, another wall superposed on the outerwall and connected along ones'ide edge directly to a side edge of the outer wall,-'and an end flap connected to one end edge of one of said walls and overlapping an end portion of the other wall, said flap having a connection with such portion of the other wall near said side edge, said connection enabling a; limited degree. or pivotal movement betweenthe flap and the wall towhich it is connected and 'constituting the only connection between said flap-and last named wall.

5 2. 'A bill--Iold,'comprlsing,' an outer well, an

end flap and the inner wall located close to the point of intersection of said othertwo edges of thefiap." H

3. A-billfold; comprising, an outer wall, an inner wall connectedalong one side edge directly 'toxafside edge of the outer wall, substantially triangular end flaps having their base edges connectedoneto each end edge of the outer wall and overlapping the end-parts of the inner wall the other two edges of each flap extending substantially from the'two adjacent corners of the outer wall at acute angles to the base edge of the flapuntil theyintersect; and a single connection only between eachtriangular end flap and theinne'r wall at a location close to the point of. intersection of said other two edges, said connection'comprising a tongue on that one oi the last named two edges which lies nearest to said side edge and a slot in the underlying part of said inner wall, said slot paralleling the edge having thetorlguel 4. In a bill fold, an outer wall, an inner wall co'nnected along one side edge directly toa side edge of the outer wall, and substantially triangular endflaps overlapping the irmer well one its near each end thereof, one edge of each triangular flap being connected to the adjacent end edge of the outer wall and a free portion of said flap near its apex having a tongue and slot connection with the inner wall, the slot of said connection disposed at an acute angle to said side edge and nearer to such side edge than to the opposite side edge of the outer wall.

5. In a bill fold, an outer wall having inter-- mediate its ends a transverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall and connected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having a transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to the upper edge and overlying said line of fold, and means connecting each end edge of the outer wall to the inner wall at a point near the lower edge of the inner wall leaving its upper ends unattached and free for a limited degree of longitudinal shifting movement. I

6. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall and connected directly thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having a transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to the upper edge and overlying said line of fold, and end flaps connected one to each end edge of the outer wall and each having a single connection only with the inner wall enabling a limited degree of pivotal movement between the inner wall and each flap.

7. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of told, an in ner wall superposed on the outer wall and connected directly thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having a transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to the upper edge and overlying said line of fold, substantially triangular end flaps connected along one edge one to each end edge of the outer wall and overlapping the end portions of the inner wall, and a tongue and slot connection between each end flap and the inner wall located near the apex of the triangular flap, said connection constituting the only connection between the flap and inner wall.

, 8. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall and connected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having a transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to the upper edge and overlying said line of fold, substantially triangular end fiaps connected along one edge one to each end edge of the outer wall and overlapping the end portions of the inner wall, and a tongue and slot connection between each end flap and the inner wall located near the apex of the triangular flap and closer to the lower edge of the inner wall than to its upper edge.

9. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall and connected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having a transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to the upper edge and overlying said line of fold, and end flaps connected one to each end edge of the outer wall, said flaps being approximately triangular in shape with their upper free edges directed approximately from the upper corners diagonally toward the lower extremity of said line'of fold and their lower free edges directed from the lower corners at a lesser degree of slope toward and to said upper free edges, and a single connection between each flap and inner wall at a point near the intersection of said free edges.

10. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends a transverse line of told, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall and connected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having a transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not'to the upper edge and overlying said line of fold, and end flaps connected one to each end edge of the outer wall, said 'fiaps being approximately triangular in shape with their upper free edges'directed approximately from the upper corners diagonally toward the lower corners and their lower'free edges directed from the lower corners at a lesser degree of slope toward and to said upper free edges, and a tongue and slot connection between each said lower free edge and the inner wall enabling limited relative movement therebetween.

11. A bill fold, comprising, an outer wall,

an inner wall connected along one side edge diotal movement between the inner wall and each flap about an axis located adjacent the end of said side edge adjacent said flap.

' WARNER R. BUX'ION.

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