US20170251775A1

US20170251775A1 - Multifunctional wallet

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Publication number: US20170251775A1
Application number: US15/073,644
Authority: US
Inventors: Tak Nam Liu
Original assignee: Wing Tak Lee Silicone Rubber Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wing Tak Lee Silicone Rubber Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-03-04
Filing date: 2016-03-18
Publication date: 2017-09-07
Also published as: WO2017148151A1; CN105725409A

Abstract

The present invention provides a multifunctional wallet. The multifunctional wallet comprises: a front casing, a rear casing, a card accommodating layer and a concentric shaft; wherein one ends of the front casing, the rear casing and the card accommodating layer are each provided with a hole mating with the concentric shaft, and the other end of the front casing is snap-fit to the other end of the rear housing; and a left side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a left card guiding groove, a right side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a right card guiding groove.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201610125405.7 filed on Mar. 4, 2016, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of ornaments and wallets, and in particular, relates to a multifunctional wallet.

BACKGROUND

A wallet is a bag for accommodating money, and is also a very important packet in our daily life, which not only signify a user's identity, but also reflects his or her personality. A suitable wallet style may better reflect a fashion index of the user. The wallet not only gathers such monetary instruments as money, debit cards, credit cards into a small packet, but also is easily taken. Generally, the wallet is in a palm size. Nowadays, in addition to the above functions, the wallet may also be used as a portable ornament or a family photo holder. Therefore, with the advancement, the wallet is not just a simple money packet, but also provides the functionality of a photo holder.
To accommodate a family photo or an identity card, generally transparent small pockets are configured inside a wallet. Although such configuration provides the function of a photo holder, poor use experience is caused to the user. Generally photo(s) of a family member is hold in the wallet, for example, a photo of wife or child. To make the photo easily accommodated in the wallet, at present the photo is typically made to a hard card type photo. Since the integral image of the photo needs to be exposed (if the photo is only partially exposed, the photo holder is meaningless), a customary approach is to configure a card packet, and the intermediate portion of the card packet is made from a transparent material. As such, the entire image of the photo would be exposed. However, this approach is equivalent to adding a frame in the photo, which thus brings a feeling that the figure in the photo is confined into the frame and causes poor user experience. In addition, with respect to the card packet, the family photo needs to be replaced frequently, which may cause the transparent material and leather of the card packet to be subjected to an adhesive failure. Thus, the photo may not be better protected. Therefore, the conventional wallet has the disadvantage of poor user experience.

SUMMARY

An objective of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional wallet, to solve the problem that user experience is poor in the conventional technical solution.
One aspect of the present invention provides a multifunctional wallet, comprising: a front casing, a rear casing, a card accommodating layer and a concentric shaft; wherein one ends of the front casing, the rear casing and the card accommodating layer are each provided with a hole mating with the concentric shaft, and the other end of the front casing is snap-fit to the other end of the rear housing; and
a left side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a left card guiding groove, a right side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a right card guiding groove, wherein a distance between top surfaces of the left card guiding groove and the right card guiding groove is less than a width of a card, one end of at least one of the left card guiding groove and the right card guiding groove is fixedly provided with a soft member, the soft member being in contact with the card during use of the card accommodating layer.
Optionally, the soft member is a cylindrical soft member.
Optionally, two sides of a back surface of the front casing are provided with card guiding grooves, one end of at least one of the card guiding grooves on the two sides is fixedly provided with a soft member, the soft member being in contact with the card during use.
Optionally, the other end of a back surface of the front casing is provided with a card guiding slope.
Optionally, the multifunctional wallet further comprises a spring, wherein the spring is sleeved onto the concentric shaft, one end of the spring is connected to the front casing, and the other end of the spring is connected to the rear casing.
Optionally, a front surface of the rear casing is provided with a hanging member.
Optionally, the snap-fitting of the other end of the front casing to the other end of the rear casing specifically comprises:
the other end of the rear casing is provided with a card plate and a positioning member, the other end of the front casing is provided with a card receiving mouth, wherein the card plate comprises a column body, a card receiving plate and a supporting plate, one end of the supporting plate being fixedly connected to the column body and the other end of the supporting plate being connected to an arc bottom end of the card receiving plate, a top end of the card receiving plate being provided with a platform mating with the card receiving mouth of the front casing, two ends of the column body being positioned via the positioning member, the column body being sleeved onto another spring, and an exposed surface of the card receiving plate being provided with an anti-skidding member.
In the embodiments of the present invention, according to the technical solution provided in the present invention, the card accommodating layer is disposed in the multifunctional wallet, which not only increases the number of cards that can be accommodated but also avoids a frame configuration. In this way, if a phone is accommodated in the wallet, the photo in the wallet can be seen integrally, with no portion being shaded by the frame. This increases the user experience. Further, the cards are inserted into or pulled out from the wallet, and thus the wallet may not be damaged due to countless insertions and pulls. Therefore, the wallet has a long life time.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a multifunctional wallet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural view of a card accommodating layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a structural view of a card plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions contained in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail clearly and completely hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings for the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are only a portion of embodiments of the present invention, but not all the embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments derived by persons of ordinary skill in the art without any creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In addition, the following embodiments are described with reference to the attached drawings for illustrating that the present invention may be applied to practice specific embodiments. Furthermore, the directional terms described in the present invention, such as “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “inner”, “outer”, “side” and the like, are only directions with reference to the attached drawings. Therefore, the used directional terms are used for better and clearer illustration and understanding of the present invention, instead of indicating or implying that the device or element shall have a particular orientation and shall be structured and operated based on the particular orientation. Accordingly, these terms shall not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise specified and defined, the terms “mounted”, “coupled” and “connected” and derivative forms of these words shall be understood in a broad sense, which, for example, may be understood as fixed connection, detachable connection or integral connection; may be mechanically connected; may be directly connected, indirectly connected via an intermediate medium or communication between the interiors of two elements. Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention according to the actual circumstances and contexts.
In addition, during the description of the present invention, the term “multiple”, “more” or “a plurality of” refers to at least two unless otherwise specified. If the term “working procedure” is used in the description, the term does not merely signify an independent working procedure, and also include any procedure or process that is capable of achieving the anticipated effect of this working procedure in case of failure to distinguishing this specific working procedure from the other working procedures. In addition, the “en dash” used in the description denotes a value range in which the values given at a left end and a right end of the “en dash” are respectively used as a minimum value and a maximum value. In the attached drawings, like reference signs are used to denote units having similar or identical structure.
To make the objective, technical solution, and advantages of the present invention clearer, the following section describes the technical solutions of the present invention in combination with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the embodiments described here are only exemplary ones for illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a multifunctional wallet, as illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. The multifunctional wallet comprises a front casing 10, a rear casing 12, a card accommodating layer 11 and a concentric shaft 13; wherein one ends of the front casing 10, the rear casing 12 and the card accommodating layer 11 are each provided with a hole 14 mating with the concentric shaft 13, and the other end of the front casing 10 is snap-fit to the other end of the rear casing 12.
a left side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer 11 is provided with a left card guiding groove 110, a right side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a right card guiding groove 111, wherein a distance between top surfaces of the left card guiding groove 110 and the right card guiding groove 111 is less than a width of a card, one end of at least one of the left card guiding groove 110 and the right card guiding groove 111 is fixedly provided with a soft member 118, the soft member 118 being in contact with the card during use of the card accommodating layer.
According to the technical solution provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the card accommodating layer is disposed in the wallet, which not only increases the number of cards that can be accommodated but also avoids a frame configuration. In this way, if a phone is accommodated in the wallet, the photo in the wallet can be seen integrally, with no portion being shaded by the frame. This increases the user experience. Further, the cards are inserted into or pulled out from the wallet, and thus the wallet may not be damaged due to countless insertions and pulls. Therefore, the wallet has a long life time. In addition, since the soft member 118 is released from the cards during the use, for the multifunctional wallet, by setting the size, it is ensured by means of deformation of the soft member 118 that the cards may not fall off from the wallet no matter how many cards are overlaid. The specific reason is that because of the deformation of the soft member, the soft member 118 may be pressed when a card is inserted into a card guiding groove, and is capable of pressing the card into another card guiding groove when the card is totally inserted into the card guiding groove. In addition, connection of the front casing, the rear casing and the card accommodating layer via the concentric shaft facilitates user's opening of the wallet.
Optionally, the soft member 118 is a cylindrical soft member, which is capable of increasing the life time of the soft member.
Optionally, two sides of a back surface of the front casing 10 are provided with card guiding grooves, wherein one end of at least one of the card guiding grooves on the two sides is fixedly provided with a soft member, the soft member being in contact with the card during use. The card guiding groove disposed on the back surface of the front casing 10 is capable of increasing the number of cards that are accommodated in the wallet.
Optionally, two sides of a back surface of the front casing 10 are provided with card guiding grooves, wherein one end of at least one of the card guiding grooves on the two sides is fixedly provided with a soft member, the soft member being in contact with the card during the use.
Optionally, the multifunctional wallet may further comprise a spring, wherein the spring is sleeved onto the concentric shaft, one end of the spring is connected to the front casing, and the other end of the spring is connected to the rear casing. Such configuration helps a user conveniently open the multifunctional wallet.
Optionally, a front surface of the rear casing 11 is provided with a hanging member 19. With the hanging member 19, a user may conveniently hang the wallet around the waist.
Optionally, the snap-fitting of the other end of the front casing 10 to the other end of the rear casing 12 specifically comprises:
As illustrated in FIG. 3, the other end of the rear casing 12 is provided with a card plate 128 and a positioning member (not illustrated in FIG. 3), the other end of the front casing 10 is provided with a card receiving mouth 109, wherein the card plate 128 comprises a column body 31, a card receiving plate 32 and a supporting plate 33, one end of the supporting plate 33 being fixedly connected to the column body 31 and the other end of the supporting plate 33 being connected to an arc bottom end of the card receiving plate 32, a top end of the card receiving plate 32 being provided with a platform 34 mating with the card receiving mouth 109 of the front casing 10, two ends of the column body 31 being positioned via the positioning member, the column body 31 being sleeved onto another spring, and an exposed surface of the card receiving plate 32 being provided with an anti-skidding member.
The specific working principles are described herein: When opening a wallet, a user presses the card receiving plate 32, and the card receiving plate 32 drives the column body 31 to rotate. In this way, the card receiving plate 32 is separated from the card receiving mouth 109, and the front casing and the rear casing of the wallet are bounced by the spring sleeved onto the concentric shaft; when the wallet needs to be closed, the front casing is closed; the elasticity of another spring will drive the card receiving plate 32 to snap-fit to the card receiving mouth 109. Under effect of the elasticity of the spring, the wallet would not be opened by mistake because the card receiving plate 32 is subjected to no external force, which also has a theft-proof function and prevents the wallet being simply opened.
Described above are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present invention should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A multifunctional wallet, comprising: a front casing, a rear casing, a card accommodating layer and a concentric shaft; wherein one ends of the front casing, the rear casing and the card accommodating layer are each provided with a hole mating with the concentric shaft, and the other end of the front casing is snap-fit to the other end of the rear housing; and

a left side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a left card guiding groove, a right side of at least one surface of the card accommodating layer is provided with a right card guiding groove, wherein a distance between top surfaces of the left card guiding groove and the right card guiding groove is less than a width of a card, one end of at least one of the left card guiding groove and the right card guiding groove is fixedly provided with a soft member, the soft member being in contact with the card during use of the card accommodating layer.

2. The multifunction wallet according to claim 1, wherein the soft member is a cylindrical soft member.

3. The multifunction wallet according to claim 1, wherein two sides of a back surface of the front casing are provided with card guiding grooves, one end of at least one of the card guiding grooves on the two sides is fixedly provided with a soft member, the soft member being in contact with the card during use.

4. The multifunction wallet according to claim 1, wherein the other end of a back surface of the front casing is provided with a card guiding slope.

5. The multifunction wallet according to claim 1, further comprising a spring, wherein the spring is sleeved onto the concentric shaft, one end of the spring is connected to the front casing, and the other end of the spring is connected to the rear casing.

6. The multifunction wallet according to claim 1, wherein a front surface of the rear casing is provided with a hanging member.

7. The multifunction wallet according to claim 1, wherein the snap-fitting of the other end of the front casing to the other end of the rear casing specifically comprises:

the other end of the rear casing is provided with a card plate and a positioning member, the other end of the front casing is provided with a card receiving mouth, wherein the card plate comprises a column body, a card receiving plate and a supporting plate, one end of the supporting plate being fixedly connected to the column body and the other end of the supporting plate being connected to an arc bottom end of the card receiving plate, a top end of the card receiving plate being provided with a platform mating with the card receiving mouth of the front casing, two ends of the column body being positioned via the positioning member, the column body being sleeved onto another spring, and an exposed surface of the card receiving plate being provided with an anti-skidding member.