US2390748A - Combined coin purse and billfold - Google Patents

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Dec. 11, 1945. N. H. swANsoN COMBINED COIN PURSE AND BILLFOLD Filed March 25, 1943,

Zia/6 2232". #5106225072 2 2 .K 4 x: r: n nL ..u E w 74 E Patented Dec. 11, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED COIN PURSE AND BILLFOLD Nels H. Swanson, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 25, 1943, Serial No. 480,465

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined coin purse and bill fold adapted to be constructed of flexible material, such as leather, and to include a rack or frame to receive coins.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved combined coin purse and bill fold.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bill fold which includes an upwardly open pocket, foldable upon itself at the middle of its length, together with a flap arranged to close the opening of the pocket, and means to secure the flap in closed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bill fold combined with a coin rack and provided with a flap which serves as a closure for the open side of the bill fold, together with a strap extending around the lower edges of the folded sections of the bill fold and means for connecting the flap to the strap.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a bill fold consisting of an upwardly open pocket foldable upon itself at the middle of its length, together with means for closing the pocket and means for holding the sections of the pocket in closely folded relation to each other Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description taken in conjunction with the drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined bill fold and coin purse embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the bill fold in open position, with the closure flap and securing strap released.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan or edge View of the purse in closed position.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken as indicated at line I4 on Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary rear elevation showing the attachment of the tab to the back wall of the bill fold.

A bill fold commonly consists of a single elongated pocket to receive paper currency, and sometimes includes supplemental pockets formed on the inner face of the money pocket so that when the latter is folded upon itself these inner pockets are concealed and substantially closed by the folding operation alone. In such a structure there is usually no necessity for securing means, since the bill fold assumes a fairly fiat form and is held closed when placed in the pocket of a garment. The present device, however, is slightly more bulky, in that the bill fold has secured to one of its inner faces a coin receiving rack which is of substantial depth or thickness so that when the bill fold is doubled over the rack it should preferably have some securing means to hold it in such folded position.

As shown in Figure 1, the construction embodying this invention includes an outer wall I and an inner Wall 2, which may be integral With the outer wall and folded upon it along the bottom line 3 of the device, while the lateral or end edges of the outer walll and inner wall 2 are stitched together at 4 and 5, as seen in Figure 2. This forms a pocket open at the upper edge, as indicated in Figure 2, and adapted to receive paper currency shown at A in said figure. The inner wall 2 may be slightly shorter than the outer Wall I at the middle of the length of the structure, so that these parts can be doubled upon themselves readily for assuming the closed position of Figure 1.

A card pocket may be provided by means of additional material 6, attached to one end of the structure, and the other end supports a coin rack 1 formed of metal or plastic, and of comparatively rigid construction for receiving coins of various denominations in the slots or guideways formed by its several fingers. The coin rack is attached by suitable fasteners, such as rivets 8, to a flexible hinge which may be composed of the same leather or other flexible material from which the bill fold Walls I and 2 are constructed. This hinge, as shown, consists of a strip of the flexible material doubled upon itself to form a tube 9, with stitching at I 0 securing the material in this form, and also attaching it to the inner face of a supplemental wall I2 which is secured to the inner wall 2 of the bill fold and forms a second card pocket therewith, said pocket opening at I3 toward the hinge or fold of the bill fold proper. One of the free ends or margins I4 of the strip which forms the tube 9 is attached to the coin frame I by rivets 8, and serves to position the frame with respect to the rest of the structure, also serving as a hinge which permits the frame to be swung forwardly from the wall I2 to facilitate handling of the coins (not shown) in the rack. The tubular portion 9 may be employed to hold a pencil I5, if desired.

When the half of the bill fold which carries the pocket at 6 is folded over the other half which carries the rack or frame I, the upwardly open side of the elongated pocket is disposed in two parts, side by side, and both parts are closed by means of a flap I6, which may be simply an extension of the outer wall I, as indicated in Figure 4, such flap extending through something less than one-half of the length of said outer wall.

It is found that if the flap I6 is folded over the front section of the outer wall 1 in the closed position of the bill fold, and merely secured to said front section, there is a tendency for the lower edges of the bill fold to spread or gap, giving an unsightly appearance and somewhat reducing the security of the device as a coin holder. Therefore, the present structure providesa strap I1 whicli may be stitched, as iridiicafied atf8} to the rear portion of the outer wall I, and may be dimensioned to fold around the lower edges of the bill fold in its closed position and to be detachably connected to the flap I6. Preferably, a snap fastener of the glove-button type is employed for this purpose, comprising a male.me1nber l9 secured to the end port-ion of the strap" i1;

and a female or socket member 20 secured in-the flap I6. Thus, when the strap IT is folded arouiid' the-lower edges of the bill fold in its-close'dposi tionpin which it-encloses the" coin rack, and whenthefiap I6 is folded over the'upper edges of the bill fold pocket, closing the latter, and; also clos ing' the guide wa-ys or slots whichare provid'ed for coins, then the connection of the flap' E 6" to the strap ll afi'ords very satisfactory; s'ecurer'nen-t for all parts of the structufe, and serves to hold the lower edges in neat,-- parallel: relation to each otherso as togive a finished and agreeable ap pear'anc'e tothe d'evice;as a'whole;

While there is' shown and: described herei-rf certain specific structure embodying the invention; it. will be manifest tothoseskilled in the art that various modificaltions and re-a-rran'ge ments of-the part's may be made-within-the'scope of thednvention, andthat the same'is notlimited to the particular form hereinshownand described, except in so far as indicated by the appended: claims:-

D claim asmy invention:-

11A purse which includes an outer wall and anuinner wall secured together at thei'r ends and lower. margins and forming a pocket between stantial thickness attached to the upwardly'ex-' tending free portion of said hinge and opening in the same direction as the pocket, the portion of the hinge below its securement to the pocket forming a tube open at one end, a flap extending upwardly from a portion of the outer wall adjacent one end and foldable over the open side'of the pocket and against the portion of said outer wall adjacent the other end, and a strap extending downwardly from said first mentioned portion of the outer wall and foldable upwardly around the lower edge portions of the pocket, coin rack and tube, together with means for detachably securing said flap and said strap together.

2 A purse which includes an outer wall and an inner wall secured together at their ends and lower margins and forming a pocket between them which is'ope'n at the upper side, a hinge of flexible sheet material secured to the inner wall of said pocket, a rigid coin rack of substantial thickness attached to said hinge at oheisideof itssecur'ement to" the pocket walltsaid hinge in cluding a tubular portion at the other side of its securement to the pocket walla a portion of thepocket being foldable" to overlie said r'acle and tube; a flap extendingupwardly from the? outer wall and foldable downwardly over the open side of the pocket to close it, and a strap extending from: said outer wall and foldable upwardly" around the lower edge' portions of the pobkh' together with means"- for detachably connecting saidfia'pand strap: 7 r

3. A purse which includes an outer"wal'l*and an inner wall secured togetherat'their e'nds ahd lower margins and for'riiing a= pocketibtween them which is open at the upper side; a hinge of flexible sheet material s'eeured-"to'the inner wall or saidpocket; a" rigid coin=r acl of substantial thickness attached to said hirl'ge at one side ofits securement to the pocket' walli said h'inge' in-L cl'u'ding' a tubular portion at the other side ofits

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