US2629419A

US2629419A - Billfold

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Publication number: US2629419A
Application number: US202550A
Authority: US
Inventors: Klein Ludolf
Original assignee: LESCO Ltd
Current assignee: LESCO Ltd
Priority date: 1950-12-23
Filing date: 1950-12-23
Publication date: 1953-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 1970-02-24

Description

Feb. 24, 1953 L KLElN 2,629,419

""2 BILLFOLD Filed Dec. 23, 1950 INVENTOR.

K [uffal/ Ela@ 5 QM-MZ/W Patented Feb. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE `BILLFOLD- Ludolf Klein, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Lesco Ltd., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 23, 1950, Serial No. 202,550

(ci. 15o- 38) Claims.

This inventionrelates to a pocket folder for carrying bills which serves the same purpose as the usual pocket bill clip. v

An object of the invention is to provide aV billfold which is small and compact and' yet which will hold suicient bills for ordinary purposes, and keep them readily available. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide a billfold from which bills may be removed withoutV the billfold being' opened up.

A further object of the invention is to provide a billiold from which bills may be removed' individually and without tendency of the bill being removed to draw along other bills.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which aids in the disclosure of my invention: y

Fig. 1 is' a perspective view showing the billfold open and unfolded as it would be when bills are inserted;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the bill'- fold closed but unfolded; n

Fig. 3 is a perspectiveV View showing the billfold closed and folded and containing several bills;

Fig. 4 isV a longitudinal section taken alongline 4 4 of Fig. 3, and shows the billfold closed and folded and with a bill partially removed.

Referring especially to Figs'. 1 and 2, it will? be seen that the billfold is made up of two sidesI and 2 preferably-of leather or some'other flexible material. Side I has a transverse fold 3 divi-ding that side into

parts

5 and 6. Side 2f has a transverse fold- 4 dividing that side into parts 'I and 8.

The parts 5 and 64 of side I are of the same width but of unequal length'. Thus the distance from fold 3 to end edge 9, where thev sides are joined, is less than the distance from fold 3 to end edge I0. For reasons that will appear hereinafter, side 2 is preferably of the same' width as side I but of lesser length. 'Thus partA 8 is slightly shorter than part 6, i.l e., the distance from fold 4 to edge 9- is lessv than fromy fold 3 to edge 9; Part l is. of substantially the saine length as part 8.

The sides I and 2- are joined, preferably by stitching, along edge 9` of parts 6` and 8. This seam extends the entire length of

edge 9Lv Parts

6 and 8 are then further joined along edge I2. This seam extends from edge 9 almost, but not quite, to the fold 4 on side 2 and fold 3 on side I. Accordingly, seam I2 goes from edge 9 to point I3. The distance from point I3 to fold 4 is of the order of a quarter of an inch in a billfold which is proportioned to carry bills of the size of the present United States currency. The dis- 2 tance from point I3` to fold- 3 would then be greater than that from point I3 to fold 4, and in this billfold would be of the order of half an inch.

Parts 5 and l are joined along edge I4, which isv part of the saine edge of sides I and 2 as is edge I2'. This seam begins at point I5 and runs to the end of part 2, i. e., edge II. Since part 5 is' longer than part 'I the" seam necessarily cannot extend to the end of part 5, here shown as' edge Ill. Point I5' on edge I4 corresponds to point I3 on edgel I2 and is determined as to so correspond. Thus the distance from point I5 to fold 4A is the saineI the' distance from point I3 to fold 4; andthe distance from point I5 tovfold 3 is the same as the distance from point I3 to fold 3.

As stated above, part 'I is-of substantially the same lengthV as' part' 8, part 8 is slightly shorter than part vIi, and part4 6' is shorter than part 5. BecauseV of this and since the distance from points I3 and I5 to the folds 3v and 4 correspond, as described above, it follows that part 5 is longer than part l: and that part 5` will overlapA part l. Thus edge I0 extends beyond edge II. best seeny in Figure v2'.

As a'.I result of the construction heretoforel described,. when the: billfold is closed and folded, as shown in Figure 3,

folds

3 and 4 are not contiguous; Rather, they remain parallel but spaced shown in Fig; 4. In ai billfold of the proportion'f given above, the horizontal distance between

folds

3 and 4` when` viewed horizontally as in Fig.. 4f is about a quarter o'f an inch.

A furtherY resultY of thisconstruction is that, with the billfold closed andv folded, edge 3 will be: adjacent to edge" II and a portion of part 5, adjacent tov edge I-Ili will extend. beyond the remaining-parts" ofthe billfold.

As especially shown in Fig. 4 this construction has two advantagesJ in particular, the first is that' the endf of the bills I6, shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are exposedl and may be removed without unfolding the billfold, the other' is that by virtue of the distance between folds 3 and' 4 clearance is allowed for the bills to be easily removed with a minimum' of friction as they are slid around fold 3i.- rI-his latter feature' results in it being possible tol remove individual bills without also removing orpartially removing other bills in the billfold as a result of frictional contact between the bills.

In use, the bills are placed Within the billfold by unfolding it and opening it as shown in Fig. 1. Preferably the bills are placed in the billfold so that one end of each of them contacts or comes close to the inside of edge 9. The edges of the bills are placed so that they contact the inside of edges l2 and I4. The billfold is then closed and folded. If the billfold is of the proper proportions, i. e., has a total length very slightly longer and a total width very slightly wider than a dollar bill, the edges of the bills will protrude beyond edge Il to about edge I0, as shown in Fig. 3. The bills may be removed if desired just as bills are removed from any wallet, i. e., by unfolding it, opening it and withdrawing them. However, it is preferable and it is the purpose of this invention to have a billfold in which this is unnecessary. Accordingly, to remove bills it is only necessary to grasp the protruding end of the bill and to pull it slightly. The bills may be easily and conveniently removed one at a time. In Fig. 4, in which bills I6 are shown by dotted lines, one bill is shown partially removed.

It is to be understood that I have shown only the preferred form of my invention and that modifications thereof may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as described in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A billfold of small and compact size from which bills may be removed individually and without the necessity of unfolding the billfold, consisting of a first side, a single transverse fold in said first side dividing said side into two substantially equal parts, a second side of length greater than said first side, a transverse fold in said second side dividing said side into two parts each of greater length than the said parts of the first side, a seam joining the two said sides at one end, a seam further joining the said sides along one longitudinal edge, said latter seam being discontinuous adjacent the said transverse folds, the said folds being so constructed that the billfold folds with the shorter of said sides inside the other of said sides.

2. A billfold of small and compact size from which bills may be removed individually and without the necessity of unfolding the billfold, consisting of a first side, a single transverse fold in said first side dividing said side into two substantially equal parts, a second side of length greater than said first side, a transverse fold in said second side dividing said side into two parts of unequal length each of greater length than the said respective parts of the first side, a seam joining one end of the first side with the end of the shorter part of the second side, and a seam further joining the said sides along one longitudinal edge, said latter seam being discontinuous adjacent the said transverse folds, the said folds being so constructed that the billfold folds with the shorter of said sides inside the other of said sides.

3. A billfold of small and compact size from which bills may be removed individually and without the necessity of unfolding the billfold, .consisting of a first side, a transverse fold in said rst side dividing said side into two substantially equal parts, a second side of length greater than said first side, a tranverse fold in said second side dividing said side into two parts of unequal length each of greater length than the said respective parts of the first side, a seam joining one end of the first side with the adjacent end of the shorter part of the second side, a seam further joining the said sides along one longitudinal edge, said latter seam having a discontinuity adjacent the said transverse folds, the edge of said discontinuity along the second side being ofa greater length than the edge of said discontinuity along the said first side, so constructed and arranged that the transverse fold in said second side is outside the transverse fold in said first side when the billfold is in its closed position.

4. A billfold consisting of a rst side, a transverse fold in said first side dividing said side into a first and a second part, a second side of length greater than the said first side, a transverse fold in said second side dividing said second side into two parts, the first of said parts of said second side being of greater length than the first part of said first side and the second of said parts of said second side being of greater length than the second part of said first side, a seam joining the first part of the rst side with the first part of the second side at the ends of the respective sides, and a seam further joining the said sides along one longitudinal edge, said latter seam being discontinuous adjacent the said transverse folds, so constructed and arranged that the transverse fold in said second side is outside the transverse fold in said first side when the billfold is in its closed position.

5. A billfold consisting of a first side, a single transverse fold in said rst side dividing said side into a first and a second part, a second side of length greater than the said first side, a transverse fold in said second side dividing said second side into two parts, the rst of said parts of said second side being of greater length than the first part of said first side and the second of said parts of said second side being of greater length than the second part of said first side, a seam joining the first part of the first side with the first part of the second side at the ends of the respective sides, a seam further joining the said sides along one longitudinal edge, said latter seam having a discontinuity adjacent the said transverse folds, the edge of said discontinuity along the second side being of a greater length than the edge of said discontinuity when along the said first side, whereby the billfold may be folded along the transverse fold with the shorter of said sides inside the other of said sides.

LUDOLF KLEIN.

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