US932205A

US932205A - Bill-fold.

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Publication number: US932205A
Application number: US38675507A
Authority: US
Inventors: Samuel L Wentz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-08-02
Filing date: 1907-08-02
Publication date: 1909-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1926-08-24

Description

S. L. WENTZ.

BILL FOLD. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 2, 1907.

932,205. Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

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SAMUEL I. WENTZ, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BILL-FOLD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L.-WENTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at NeW- ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Bill-Folds; and I do hereby dec are the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates, generally, to that class of pocket-books known in the art as bill-foldsjand, the invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel, simple and neat construction of bill-fold, comprising two main foldable sections or elements, each section being provided with a retaining or holding member, and all being constructed and arranged in such a manner, that a stack of bills can easily be held in their folded relation between the two cover-sections of the billfold, without producing an unsightly package.

This invention has for its further object to rovide a bill-fold of the general character ereinafter set forth, the same being of such a construction, that any one or more of the bills, can be removed with the least inconvenience, and without being compelled to remove the entire stack of bills from the billfold, as has new ordinarily to be done with the various forms of pocket-books or billfolds at present in use.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly mentioned will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of my present invention.

Theinvention consists, therefore, in the novel bill-fold hereinafter more fully described; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the various novel arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be more fully described in the fol lowing specification, and then finally embodied in the claim which is appended to and which forms an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a face view of a bill-fold, with the foldable sections in their folded or closed Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24, 1909.. Application filed August 2, 1967. I

Serial No. 386,755.

.cover-sections of the bill-fold. Fig. 4 is a similar view to that shown in said Fig. 3, with the stack of bills removed, said view showing more articularly the arrangement of a pair of bil -holding or retaining members or elements each one of which is secured along one of the narrower marginal edges of the foldable sections of the bill-fold in a hinge-like manner. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on line 55 in said Fig. 1, said section being made on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on line 66 in Fig. 4, said section being made on an enlarged scale;

and Fig. 7 is a similar section, taken on line 77 in said Fig. 4, said view being likewise made on an enlarged scale. Figs. 8 and 9 are two detail plan views of the connecting strap or band by means of which the two main foldable sections of the bill-fold can be secured in their closed relation.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the accompanying draw ings, the reference-character 1 indicates the complete bill-fold, the same being made of any soft material, such as leather of the va- 'rious kinds, so as to produce an ornate article of manufacture of great use, and which is readily carried in the pocket. The main body of the bill-fold comprises two main cover-sections or

members

2 and 3 which are integrally connected at 4, so as to be adapted to be folded one upon the other in a hinge-like manner. At their marginal edgeportions, these'sections or

members

2 and 3 are usually formed with folded or turned over

portions

5, and 6 indicates a suitable inner lining made of leather, or any other suitable material.

Suitably secured in a hinge-like manner along or of the narrow edge-portions of the main section or element 2, upon the inner portion of the device, by means of stitches 7, or other suitable fastening means, is a substantially rigid or stiff body, member or element 8, usually made of the same material as the section 2, a facing 9 being referably arranged and secured upon sai body or member. A leather or other suitable ele ment is secured upon said facing 9,said

element 10 being doubled upon itself, as at 11, and the turned over marginal edge-portion 12 being sewed fast to the said main section or element 2 by means of the previously mentioned stitches 7, as will be clearly understood-from an inspection of Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The space between the element 10 and the doubled-over ortion 11 ma be provided with a suitabe lining, as 13; the various parts being suitably arranged to rovide a pocket or receptacle 14 into whie1 may be sli ped a card of identification, or the like. Li ewise there 'is secured in a hinge-like manner along the corresponding edge-portion of the other main section or element 3, upon. the inner portion of the device, by

toning means, a substantially rigid or stiff element ,-or -body l6, usually made ofthe sajme rnat erial" as the section 3, said element or-ib'ody'lfi' being provided with the folded or'iturned-ov'er edge-portions 17 and a facing J18, substantiallyas shown in said Fig. 7 of the drawings.- Owing to the substantially rigid or, stiff character of these two holding or retaining elements which are thus. fastened along one of their marginal edge-portions to the inner faces of the main bodysections or members of the bill-fold, theseelements have spring-like characteristics, so that their normal. tendenc is to forcibly bind upon the inner faces 0 the main bodyseetions of the bill-fold, so that anyone or more bills, when. arranged between the arts, in the manner illustrated in said ig. 1 of the drawings, will be securely and ositively held in position between the two fbldable members or

sections

2 and 3 of the bill-fold, whether in their closed or opened relations, as will be clearly understood.

As will be noticed more particularly from an inspection of Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the turned over .marginal edge-portions of the two main body or cover-

sections

2 and 3 are preferably pressed into such shape, that their edges will form flexibly disposed flanges, whereby the parts will assume,

when closed upon each other, the relative positions substantially as indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, according to the th1ckness of the stack of hills which is held in place between the two foldable sections 2- and 3.

Having thus described the general-construction of the bill-fold, I will now briefly describe its use and the manner of lacing and removing one or more bills in t eir secured or held positions between the two foldable main sections and the inner holding of retaining members or elements of the device. After having opened or unfolded the two

sections

2 and 3 1n the-manner shown in said 7 device. means of stitches 15, or oth'ersuitable fas- Fig. 4 of the drawings, the bills 19, either one or more of them, are arranged directly beneath the spring-like holdin or retaining members orelements, with about one-third of the l'en gth, as 20, of the bill or bills extending beyond. the edge-portion of the section 2. Before closing the two

sections

2 and 3, the portion20 of the bill or bills is folded over upon and over the upper face of the holding or retainin member or element which is con- 7 5 nected wit the section 2, substantially as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, after which the two main body or cover-

sections

2 and 3, with the stack of bills held between them, are folded to ether in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 ant 2 of the drawings, the parts being held together by means 0 a fastening device 21, or other suitable locking This fastening device consists, essentially, of a pair of hollow bands or

straplike sections

22 and 23, made so that the end: portion of one section will slip over or te le scope with the other section, anelastic band or webbing 24 being arranged within the tubular or

hollow sections

22 and 23. The endportion of one of said sections, as 22, is suitably fastened to the section 3, the other section, as 23, being rovided with any formof catch 25, having t e usual head-receiving depression 26, see Figs. 3 and 4, for springing 5 said catch 25 in holding engagement with a suitable button upon the other body or coverseetion 2of the device, said button, however, in this instance not being shown. 'The use and operation of the strap or bandand its holding catch are evident, and neec' not be further described.

To remove one or more of the bills from the stack, all that is necessary is to unfold thefolded-over portion 20 of the said stack, so 5 that the o erator can select thev bill or bills desired, t 1e bill or bills thereupon being pulled from the stack without in the least disturbing the relative ositions of the other bills, which are still he din their place by the previously described holding or. retaining members or elements in the manner set forth in the foregoing specification. By slightly raising or lifting said holding or retaining elements or members into their angular positions, substantially as shown in said Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, it will be evident, that any one or more bills can be readily placed in osition between the foldable sections of the ill-fold, or between or upon a stack of bills already held in place.

I am fully aware that some changes may be made in the various arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details ofthe construction of the same, without departing from the scope of the present invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangemcnts and combinations of the I various parts as described in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact details. of the construction of the said arts.

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A bill-fold com rising a pair of main foldable sections, sai sections being connected in a hinge-like manner and said two sections when in their 0 ened relation beingcbut about two-thirds the ength of a bill, the marginal edge-portions of each section bein doubledover and provided with an inward y extending and flexible marginal flange, so as to provide a receiving depression in each main sec tion, a holding or retaining element arranged in each receiving de ression,"and means extending along one o the narrower edge-portions of each retaining element consisting of stitches for securing each retaining element in a hinge-like manner Within a receiving depression in each main section, one of said retaining elements being longer than the other element, said longer element being provided with a card-receiving pocket, all arranged that a' stack of bills can be placed beneath. said retaining elements, with one end-portion of the stack of bills projecting beyond one of the bill-fold sections and the edge of said lon er retaining element and adapted to be fol ed over said element, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 1st dayof August, 1907.

' SAMUEL L. WENTZ.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.