Credit card holder with cards forming enclosing surfaces
First Claim
1. A credit card holder and wallet device having at least one enclosing side of the device formed by at least one credit card, wherein the device comprises:
- an enclosure means adapted for containing money and other items normally carried in a pocket and purse having a portion of the enclosure means adapted to receive at least one credit card removably inserted therein so that the at least one credit card forms a structural element in the enclosure means serving as a removable enclosing wall to retain the money and other items contained therein;
wherein the enclosure means comprises a top support frame and a bottom support frame and at least one rigid support connecting the support frames and the portion of the enclosure means adapted to receive the at least one credit card removably therein comprises opposing top and bottom grooves in the top and bottom support frames respectively to receive the at least one credit card slidably therebetween;
wherein the top and bottom support frame each have two side edges and the top support frame has a groove opening downwardly along each of the two top frame side edges and the bottom support frame has an opposing mating groove opening upwardly along each of the two bottom support frame side edges forming an opposing paired set of grooves on each of the two sides, the grooves at least equal in width to the thickness of a credit card, the top and bottom surfaces spaced apart a distance so that each of the opposing paired set of grooves is capable of receiving at least one credit card along each side edge slidably inserted in and retained within the grooves, so that the credit cards form enclosing surfaces on each of the two sides of the device creating an enclosed storage space between the cards and the top and bottom frame surfaces.
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Abstract
Top and bottom frame supports are spaced apart and secured together by central end posts. Downwardly opening grooves along the arcuate edges of the top frame support align with upwardly opening grooves along the arcuate edges of the bottom frame support to form mating tracks into which credit cards are inserted. The credit cards bend into the shape of the grooves and overlap with two cards on each side to form side enclosure surfaces which enclose a storage space between the cards on each side and the top and bottom frame supports for storing money and other valuables. A holder with a key, pen, knife, or other device may be inserted in a notch in the top frame support. Alternately the framed supports may be hinged together at one end to form a hinged clamshell-type container.
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17 Claims
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1. A credit card holder and wallet device having at least one enclosing side of the device formed by at least one credit card, wherein the device comprises:
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an enclosure means adapted for containing money and other items normally carried in a pocket and purse having a portion of the enclosure means adapted to receive at least one credit card removably inserted therein so that the at least one credit card forms a structural element in the enclosure means serving as a removable enclosing wall to retain the money and other items contained therein;
wherein the enclosure means comprises a top support frame and a bottom support frame and at least one rigid support connecting the support frames and the portion of the enclosure means adapted to receive the at least one credit card removably therein comprises opposing top and bottom grooves in the top and bottom support frames respectively to receive the at least one credit card slidably therebetween;
wherein the top and bottom support frame each have two side edges and the top support frame has a groove opening downwardly along each of the two top frame side edges and the bottom support frame has an opposing mating groove opening upwardly along each of the two bottom support frame side edges forming an opposing paired set of grooves on each of the two sides, the grooves at least equal in width to the thickness of a credit card, the top and bottom surfaces spaced apart a distance so that each of the opposing paired set of grooves is capable of receiving at least one credit card along each side edge slidably inserted in and retained within the grooves, so that the credit cards form enclosing surfaces on each of the two sides of the device creating an enclosed storage space between the cards and the top and bottom frame surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A credit card holder and wallet device having the enclosing sides of the device formed by a series of credit cards, wherein the device comprises:
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a support frame having an elongated solid top frame and an elongated solid bottom frame spaced apart from the top frame, both formed of a solid material and both having a similar elongated configuration, the top frame having a groove opening downwardly along the length of each long edge and the bottom frame having an opposing mating groove opening upwardly along the length of each long edge forming an opposing paired set of grooves on each long side, the grooves at least equal in width to the thickness of a credit card, the top and bottom frames spaced apart a distance so that each of the opposing paired set of grooves is capable of receiving at least one credit card along each long edge slidably inserted in and retained within the grooves, so that the credit cards form enclosing surfaces on each side of the device creating an enclosed storage space between the cards and the top frame and the bottom frame;
at least one rigid support connecting the top frame and the bottom frame.
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