Removable Compartment Patents (Class 150/148)
  • Patent number: 8863793
    Abstract: The current invention comprises a mechanical enclosure capable of unifying a plurality of individual personal organization devices into one interchangeable platform. The apparatus maintains high spatial efficiency by use of materials and geometry allowing miscellaneous items to be carried in single compact space, while also allowing for convenient attachment and removal of modular elements for a variety of applications and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventor: Micah Black
  • Patent number: 8726953
    Abstract: A device for extracting a card such as a credit card from a wallet. The device may comprise a pulling hook formed from relatively thin material, a handle for grasping, and a strap connecting the handle to the pulling hook. The handle may be configured as a T-handle. The strap may bear adhesive to discourage the card from sliding along the length of the strap. The device may have a pushing hook opening in a direction opposite that of the pulling hook, such that the card may be inserted between and engage the pushing hook and the pulling hook and be entrapped therebetween. The hook may have sufficient overall length to project outside a pocket into which the card has been stored and in which the card is fully contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Kathie Paulsen
  • Patent number: 8555938
    Abstract: A personal storage device particularly well adapted to be carried in a foldable wallet or checkbook to occupy heretofore wasted space, providing a secure receptacle selectively closeable and extending parallel to and adjacent the fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Costello
  • Patent number: 8146209
    Abstract: A holder for securing a glove or other article to a bag, hook or other item is provided. The holder comprises a ring, a snap hook type fastener attached to the ring in swivel fashion, and a rigid or semi-rigid tag suspended from the ring by a strap. In one embodiment the tag comprises two members or halves hingedly connected to each other in clamshell fashion so that the two members can be folded together and held together via hook and loop type fasteners. The glove may be secured to the holder via hook and loop type fastening surface located on the glove. The holder can also secure an article not having a hook or loop type fastening surface by draping the article over the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: Oliver C Carnate
  • Publication number: 20110277892
    Abstract: The current invention comprises a mechanical enclosure capable of unifying a plurality of individual personal organization devices into one interchangeable platform. The apparatus maintains high spatial efficiency by use of materials and geometry allowing miscellaneous items to be carried in single compact space, while also allowing for convenient attachment and removal of modular elements for a variety of applications and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Micah Black
  • Patent number: 7628189
    Abstract: An insert pocket for a wallet. The insert pocket includes a front panel and a back panel adhering to the front panel about a border of the insert pocket. The front panel and back panel form an interior area sized and shaped to retain a card. A plurality of burbles are located within the interior area adjacent the border. The burbles reinforce the insert pocket and retain the card within the interior area of the insert pocket. The insert pocket may be utilized in any type of wallet for retaining cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventor: Alan Beckley
  • Patent number: 7303074
    Abstract: A foldable device for carrying and displaying at least one flat article is disclosed, including a foldable unitary member adapted for movement between an open and a closed position. The unitary member includes an inside surface, an outside surface, and top, bottom, left and right side edges and further includes a latitudinal fold located between the top side edge and the bottom side edge for separating the unitary member into upper and lower portions and a longitudinal fold located between the left side edge and the right side edge for separating the unitary member into left and right portions. The lower portion of the unitary member is folded onto the upper portion, and the left portion is folded onto the right portion when the unitary member is in the closed position and the unitary member in such a closed position is approximately one quarter of the size of the unitary member in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Inventors: Trudy M. Dombrowski, Randall P. Dombrowski
  • Patent number: 6886283
    Abstract: A document and card holder has a semi-rigid backing element. Flexible transparent sheets are mounted on the front and back sides of the backing element. Side and bottom edges of the transparent sheets are attached to the side and bottom edges of the backing element to form pouches for retaining documents and cards. Some of the pouches are formed by transparent sheets mounted over or directly on pouches which are mounted directly on the backing element. The pouches are made of different sizes to accommodate different size documents and cards. Bias cuts are formed in the tops of pouches to facilitate the installation and removal of documents and cards. Two backing elements having pouches installed thereon are hinged together so they can be folded over each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Inventor: Edward Arraut
  • Patent number: 6802348
    Abstract: A book bag for easy carrying and accessing includes a detachable wallet styled book assembly. The wallet has multiple pages with transparent sleeves so that information can be presented much as a conventional book. This book bag permits a particular subject area to be collated and presented as a book within a book bag. The book does not require removal from the book bag. The detachable wallet can be quickly and conveniently replaced with another so that updating new study material for students or others can be easily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties
    Inventors: Mitzi R. Vernon, Tanya Blasko
  • Patent number: 6601622
    Abstract: A personal accessory includes an outer cover and a pocket disposed within the body and accessible through an aperture through the outer cover. A holder includes a peripheral frame defining at least one window for receiving and holding a substantially flat object, the holder adapted to be inserted into and extracted from the pocket. A tether has a first end attached to the body at a point within the pocket and a second end attached to the holder, the holder rotatable around the second end of the tether when the holder is substantially extracted from the pocket. A quick release mechanism is selectively provided within selected pockets of the personal accessory and includes a corresponding plurality of pocket liners attached to a rigid sheet. Manual force applied to the rigid sheet forces substantially flat objects within the selected pockets outward from those pockets for rapid access and extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: TBAC Investment Trust
    Inventor: Raymond Wallace Young
  • Patent number: 6427836
    Abstract: An identification card sleeve for use in a wallet or the like includes a semi-rigid tray with an edge channel surrounding three sides of the periphery of the tray to define a slot within which an identification card may be inserted or removed. A finger grab or tap is located on the side of the tray without the edge channel and provides a convenient locator and handle for inserting or removing the sleeve from a wallet slot. The front of the identification card is not obscured by any covering over the card and the relatively thin construction of the sleeve does not add significantly to the bulk or thickness of a wallet within which it is carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: TRG Accessories, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Thomas Bolanos
  • Patent number: 6105298
    Abstract: A removable insert which is used to frame and protect personal photographs and the like for use in conventional wallets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventors: Barry H. Grayson, Martin C. Shanker
  • Patent number: 5881788
    Abstract: A handbag is disclosed having an enclosure which defines a major compartment for receiving and retaining articles, a credit card holder for holding at least one credit card, a minor compartment defined within the major compartment for reception of the credit card holder, and a connecting member for attaching the credit card holder with respect to the minor compartment in a manner which permits insertion of the credit card holder into the minor compartment and withdrawal of the credit card holder upwardly with respect to the minor compartment up to a predetermined distance as limited by the connecting member. When the credit card holder is moved upwardly, such movement provides user access to the credit cards, while preventing outward movement of the credit card holder from the minor compartment a distance greater than said predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Rosetti Handbags and Accessories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahron Hersh, Chi Yueh Chen
  • Patent number: 4974983
    Abstract: A card holder comprises a binder including a plurality of holder sheets each formed with a plurality of transparent pockets for holding business cards, and a plurality of blank sheets interleaved between the holder sheets, such that when the binder is open to expose one of the holder sheets on one side of the open binder, a blank sheet is simultaneously exposed on the opposite side of the binder permitting entry of information thereon pertaining to the card held by the exposed holder sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Shakbar Investments Ltd.
    Inventor: Izhak Givati
  • Patent number: 4966210
    Abstract: A combination wallet and billfold includes a main wallet defined by a pair of generally rectangular members joined along their peripheral edges. A billfold is removably secured to an inner surface or face of the main wallet. A first strap engages the billfold along a bottom edge. A second strap or flap joined to the wallet is foldable within the billfold currency pocket. The second strap is fastened to an inner surface of the billfold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Inventor: John M. Folkertsma
  • Patent number: 4741372
    Abstract: A pocket organizer comprising a cover sheet, at least one first open topped envelope having a medial seam defining two separate pocket compartments, and at least one second envelope dimensioned to be received in one of the pocket compartments of said first envelope. Preferably, a plurality of first envelopes are releasably secured together by a resilient clip and one of the first envelopes is secured along the lateral edge to one end of the cover sheet. Preferably, the cover sheet and each of the first and second envelopes is formed of a clear plastic material so that the contents of each compartment and envelope can be readily identified. In addition, each envelope can be provided with a flexible tag secured to extend outwardly from the edge of each envelope and including alphabetic indicia to represent the type of contents desired in each compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Inventor: Michael A. Santilli