US2158913A - Billfold - Google Patents

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A., RAUHAUS BILLFOLD Filed qurie 10, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A ttorneys May 16, 1939. RAUHAUS v 2,158,913

BILLFOLD 4 Filed June 10, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JrZ/z ur flaakaeas' A itorneys Patented May l6, 1939 UNITED s'rsres PATENT OFFICE.

BILLI'OLD Arthur ltauhaus, Kittanning, Pa. 4 Application June II, 1088, Serial No.- 218,019

3 g The, present invention relates to billfolds. constructed of soft pliable leather and has for its primary object to provide anintegrallyformed gusseted change holding compartment adapted 5 to be collapsed into a substantially flat condition when the billfold is folded.

A further important object of the invention is to provide a billfold formed of a minimum number of flat piiable'leather sections connected 10' to each other and folded inia compact form to provide a plurality of bill compartments, a gusseted change or key compartment, a plurality of card compartments and a secret bill compartment formed on one of the walls of the main bill compartment, said secret bill compartment being slidably insertable in one. of the card coinpart ments to normally lie in a hidden position therein.

' 'A further object of the invention is to provide a billfold of this character in which the several sections are secured to eachother by sewing and wherein the blanks forming the sections are constructed and arranged so that the amount of sewingrequired for securing the parts together is reduced to a minimum. An additional object is to provide a bilifold of simple and'practical construction which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well so adapted for the purposes for which-the same is,

intended.

Other objects and advantageare'side in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter describedandclaimed. reference being bad to as theaccompanyingdrawingsfcrmingparthereof wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which i l 'lgurelisaplanviewoftheblahksections forming the invention showing the same secured mto each other in open position-before folding.

l'lgurefiisaplanviewoftheinnerside ofthe billfold in completed condition and unfolded Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on' a line ,I-I of l 'ignre 2. g rigureiisatransversesectionalviewtaken substantially on aline 4-4 of l'lgure 3. A

l'igureiiisaperspectiveviewofthebillfoldin folded position. and

l 'lgureii'isatransversesectionalviewtaken o substantiallyonalineI-Iofh'igureI.

Referring now to the drawings in detail. with particular reference to Figure 1. the billfold ls shownas-formedfromapairoi'mainblanksections Aand B, a iiapsection C, and a wall section A includes a panel I along one (01; lse-se) longitudinal edge of which extends a half panel section I anda half panel. section I integrally connected along one edge with the panel; I, .the line I designating a line of fold between the mainpanellandthehalfpanelsland l'. The s diacentedgesofthehalfpanelslandlare spacedapartandthehalfpanellisofgreater width than the half panel I and provided with longitudinal fold lines to form along each longitudinaledge of the. half panel I. It 10 will be apparent-that when the=halfpanellis folded along the lines I the free longitudinal edges of the half panels I and l terminate substantially in a common plane.

The blank Bis also formed of a main panel II II and a half-panel it connected by a fold line 5 ii, the free edges of panels I and being connected to'each other by stitching II. me free longitudinal edge of the half panel I is connected to one longitudinal edge of the blank Dby stitch- :0 ing it, said'blank D its unsecured edge in partially overlying position with respect to the half'pan'eliloftheblankB.

Adjacent the connected edge of the half panels I and ii is a fold line' i! which isin the plane 25 of theconnected edge of the blank" D. After securing theblanks together in the manner indioatail'the blanks A and B are folded upon each other along the fold line II with the half panel 1 outermost meme panels are then further folded along the fold lines I and II, the half panel 1 remaining outermost so that the parts willoocupythepositiona'sshowninl'igureiof the drawings. 'iheend edg'esand the free iongitudinal edges are then connected by stitching 35 e il, thereby forming a compartmentl'l between the flatwise pcsitioned panels land iI. The panels I and II have aigreaterwidth than the half panels I and ii, thereby exposing a portion of the wider panels when the parts are in folded ment H which constitutes a bill compartment The longitudinal edges. oil the half panels 5 and I immediately adjacent the opening II arefree ands-provide an opening affording access to a second bill compartment II. 5

The half panels I and i I being folded upon each other,- constitute a card compartment ii, the free ,edges II and II oi'said half panels deilningan opening aifordlng access to said compartment. 'I'heblank D constitutes one ofthe walls for the ing'the space between the adjacent edges of the half panels 8 and 1, as shown at 24 and the free end of the blank.D is removably inserted in the card compartment II. The under side of the inserted end of the blank D' has secured thereto a piece of material 25 by stitching 2 which extends around three sides of the piece of material,

the fourth side of the material being free and defining a pocket 21 which is completely contained within the card compartment 2i and constitutes a secret bill compartment.

By reason of the gusseting indicated at 28, formed by the fold lines 9 of the half panel-1,, a compartment 29 is formed which is of an expansible nature and'adapted to hold loose coins, keys and similar articles. The open end of the compartment 29 is adapted to be closed by a flap 30 which has one end overlapping the outer surface of the half panel I and secured thereto by a snap fastener 3|. the blank C and has its other end extending inwardly of'the compartment 29 and secured at the edge portion of the billfold by the stitching l6. a

By reason of the relatively large area provided for the compartment H the same is admirably adapted for holding larger papers such as'checks and the like and the compartment 20 is adapted for holding bills. The compartment 2| is suitable for holding cards, passes, tickets and similar articles and since the blank- C is free within the compartment 29, except at the end portion thereof, similar articles may also be inserted between the blank C and the blank D, as will be apparent from an inspection of Figure 3 of the drawings.

The slide fastener 19 may be omitted without interfering with the pocket construction found I between the panels 5 and l 0. Access to the compartment l1 therebetween may then be had through the opening it. i

It will also be apparent that the billfold may be folded upon itself at a transverse medial line into a compact form as shown in Figure 5.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of the article will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation The flap 30 is formed fromv compartment 20, a portion of said blank bridgupon each other in a predetermined manner, said panels and half panels when folded cooperating to form apocket at one end of the billfold, a strip of material secured along one longitudinal edge to,

said last named half panel and having a free end slidably inserted in said last named pocket and a pocket carried by the inserted end of said strip.

2. A billfold comprising a pair of main sections of flexible material, each section including a recpanels being likewise folded flatwise upon each other to form a pocket, stitching securing the folded end edges of the rectangular panels and the outer end of the fragmentary panels, the

' inner end of said last named panels being free to provide an opening aifording access to the pocket, a second fragmentary panel projecting from one of the rectangular panels and provided with parallel fold lines forming gussets,-a flexible strip secured along one longitudinal edge to the free edge of said gusseted panel, said strip ex tending parallel to said rectangular panels and adapted to lie flatwise against one of thepanels to form a compartment wall, a pocket carried at the free end of said strip and adapted for insertion inthe second named pocket and a flexible strip secured to the last named fragmentary panel butwardly of the gussets and cooperating therewith to form a pocket and a flap on said last named strip for closing said last named pocket.

3. A billfold formed of a plurality of blank sections, including an L-shaped blank section and a U-shaped blank sec'tion the latter including a pair of spaced parallel leg portions, one of said leg portions being secured to said L-shaped section to provide coextensive end panels adapted for folding flatwise upon each other to form a compartment'therebetwee'n, and a substantially rectangular wall section secured along one longitudinal edge to the free edge of the other leg portion of said U-shaped section, said wall sec-- tion being positioned flatwise against one of said -panels to form another compartment therebe tween, said last named leg portion having gusset fold lines and a back section secured to said last named leg portion and cooperating therewith to form an expanslble pocket, said back section being free at one end to provide an opening for the pocket, and a flap on said free end of the back section for closing said opening.

ARTHUR RAUHAUS.

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