LONG WALLET CAPABLE OF CARRYING SMART PHONE WHILE EXPOSING CAMERA

Abstract

The present invention relates to a long wallet capable of keeping paper money without folding the paper money, and more particularly, to a long wallet which is capable of keeping various types and sizes of smart phones and exposing a camera of a smart phone without forming a through-hole thereon such that the easiness in use and convenience in carrying are improved. To this end, a receiving part for keeping paper money or a card is provided to one side surface of a foldable long wallet and an adhesive surface having a predetermined area is provided to an opposite side surface of the long wallet. And, a slide plate, on which the adhesive surface is formed, moves up or down. The slide plate is formed to be larger and greater than the adhesive surface exposed.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a continuation application, claiming the benefit under §365(c), of an international application serial number PCT/KR2014/003221, filed on Apr. 15, 2014, which claimed the benefit of a Korean patent application filed on May 22, 2013 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office and assigned Serial number 10-2013-0057943, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a long wallet capable of keeping paper money without folding the paper money, and more particularly, to a long wallet which is capable of keeping various types and sizes of smart phones and exposing a camera of a smart phone without forming a through-hole thereon such that the easiness in use and convenience in carrying are improved.

BACKGROUND

Currently, a wallet for carrying a credit card as well as paper money or an identification card is classified into a half or middle wallet for keeping paper money while the paper money is folded and a long wallet for keeping paper money while the paper money is unfolded. Although the middle wallet is easy to be carried, the middle wallet is folded for carrying so that the appearance is not neat.

Thus, when a long wallet is used to solve the defect of the middle wallet, although the long wallet may neatly keep paper money or a credit card, the long wallet is too easily unfolded.

Therefore, in recent years, a long wallet has been provided with hook means for preventing the long wallet from being open (Korean utility model unexamined publication No. 2010-0011329).

Since the hook means is more effective in thickly keeping paper money or various receipts in the long wallet, such long wallets have been used specifically by housewives or women.

Meanwhile, when going out, most of people carry long wallets together with smart phones, which are recently enlarged, mounted on separated cases. Thus, it is inconvenient to simultaneously carry a long wallet as well as a smart phone embedded in a case (Korean utility model registration No. 20-0263614).

In recent years, a portable phone case is provided with means capable of keeping paper money or credit cards to provide a wallet function such that the portability of the portable phone case is improved, but the case cannot sufficiently exhibit the typical functions of a wallet. In addition, since various kinds of cases must be provided according to various types or sizes of smart phones, it is not greatly economical in productivity. Further, since a through-hole for using a camera is formed in the case, the concept of a portable phone case rather than a wallet is predominate so that most people do not use the case as a wallet (Korean utility model registration No. 20-0464767).

That is, since the through-hole is formed in the wallet-type case according to a position of a camera or speaker of a smart phone, the concept of a case rather than a wallet is predominate so that paper money is conventionally kept in a separated wallet.

In addition, since the through-hole for the camera and speaker of a smart phone and an additional receiving part for fixing the smart phone are formed in cases due to various types and sizes of smart phones, it is difficult to produce various types of cases.

SUMMARY

Therefore, according to a long wallet of the present invention, an adhesive surface having a predetermined area is provided to an opposite side surface to one inner side surface of the long wallet in order to allow a rear surface of a smart phone to adhere to the adhesive surface, so that the long wallet can be portable while being folded up. In addition, the smart phone may be used after the long wallet is unfolded and the screen locking is released. Since the adhesive surface to which the smart phone is attached is able to slide up or down, when the smart phone is allowed to move up to use the camera of the smart phone, the camera can be exposed. Thus, it is possible to solve the problems without forming any through-holes.

To this end, according to the present invention, a receiving part for keeping paper money or a card is provided to one side surface of a foldable long wallet and an adhesive surface having a predetermined area is provided to an opposite side surface of the long wallet. In addition, a slide plate which can move up or down is attached to the adhesive surface, so that the slide plate can move up or down in a slide space.

In addition, the slide plate has longitudinal and traversal widths larger than those of the adhesive surface exposed to the opposite side surface of the wallet, so that the slide plate is prevented from escaping from a base sheet while the slide plate moves up or down. An opening part is formed in consideration of a movable width of adhesive surface when the adhesive surface moves up or down.

In addition, the slide space is formed to allow the slide plate to be guided by a sewing line, so that the slide plate exactly move up or down.

In addition, auxiliary elevating units are formed on both sides of the slide plate to minimize the friction with the sewing line for guiding the slide plate, so that the slide plate is allowed to easily move up or down.

In addition, a rim, which serves as a sliding rail, is formed to the base sheet located on the opposite side surface of the wallet in order to allow the slide plate to smoothly move up or down, so that the slide plate slides smoothly and exactly along the rim of the base sheet.

Therefore, the wallet is portable without being separated from the smart phone, so that the function of a smart phone case is maintained while the function of a wallet is excellently performed. In this state, if the smart phone attached to the adhesive surface is pushed to move up in order to use the camera of the smart phone, the smart phone slides up to expose the camera so that the camera can be used without being damaged.

In addition, due to the property of the long wallet keeping paper money unfolded, the size of the long wallet is greater than that of the smart phone, so that the long wallet having such a large size surrounds the portable phone kept in the long wallet. Thus, even when the wallet falls down, impact is not directly transferred to the smart phone, so that the smart phone is prevented from being damaged.

In addition, since a portion on which the adhesive surface is formed on the slide plate which is attached closely to the base sheet giving strength to the wallet, the wallet has strength due to the base sheet and the slide plate so that the wallet is prevented from being bent. Thus, the slide plate is exactly operated to move up or down without bending the adhesive surface attached to the slide plate, so that the smart phone is prevented from being unintentionally separated from the wallet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outer appearance of a wallet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state that a slide plate, on which an adhesive surface is formed, moves upwardly or downwardly by a constant interval according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a step of exposing a camera as the adhesive surface moves upwardly or downwardly according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state that the adhesive surface, which adheres to the slide plate, moves up from an opening part according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detailed view showing a state that the slide plate is guided by a sewing line of dividing a slide space according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a state that auxiliary elevating units are provided to the slide plate.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are views showing wallets according to various embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a slide plate according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a cutting line for allowing the slide plate of FIG. 9 to slide on an opposite side surface of the wallet of FIG. 9 on which the slide plate moves up or down.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a state that the slide plate is guided to a base sheet according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a view showing the slide plate of FIG. 11 is guided to slide.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

According to a best mode for an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a long wallet which is capable of carrying a smart phone while exposing a camera of the smart phone. The long wallet includes one side surface (10) and an opposite side surface (20),

wherein the one side surface (10) comprises a paper money receiving part (11) for receiving paper money, card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c) multi-layered on the paper money receiving part (11) to secure spaces for receiving cards, and an identification card receiving part (13) formed on the multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c),

the opposite side surface (20) is spaced apart from the one side surface (10) by a constant width of a folding surface (30) in consideration with a thickness of a smart phone (200) and is formed of a flat plate,

an adhesive surface (21) is formed on a central portion of the opposite side surface (20) formed of the plate and has a predetermined area,

the adhesive surface (21) adheres to a slide plate (22) which moves up or down in a slide space (23) and has an opening part (24) for allowing the adhesive surface (21) to move up or down, and

a release paper (25) to be released in use is attached to a top surface of the adhesive surface (21).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a long wallet 100 according to the present invention includes one side surface 10 and an opposite side surface 20. In addition, the one side surface 10 is formed with a paper money receiving part 11 for receiving paper money as necessary, card receiving parts 12a and 12b multi-layered on the paper money receiving part 11 to secure spaces for receiving cards, and an identification card receiving part 13 formed on a top surface of the multi-layered card receiving parts (12a and 12b) as necessary. The identification card receiving part 13 is provided with an opening part 13a formed by cutting a central portion of the identification card receiving part 13 such that an identification card is easily taken out therefrom. The opposite side surface 20 is spaced apart from the one side surface 10 by a constant width of a folding surface 30 in consideration with a thickness of a smart phone 200 and is formed of a plate. An adhesive surface 21 is formed on a central portion of the opposite side surface 20 formed of the plate at a predetermined area. In addition, the adhesive surface 21 adheres to a slide plate 22 which moves up or down in a slide space 23 and has an opening part 24 for allowing the adhesive surface 21 to move up or down.

In addition, a release paper 25 to be released in use is attached onto a top surface of the adhesive surface 21.

In addition, the adhesive surface 21, which is attached to the slide plate 22 of the opposite side surface 20 is formed at such a position that the camera of the smart phone attached to the adhesive surface 21 can be exposed, as shown in FIG. 3, when the adhesive surface 21 is located at the uppermost position in state that the opening part 24 is open.

In addition, the slide space 23, in which the slide plate 22 slides, is formed by a sewing line 26 and a rim sewing line 26a, and a base sheet 27 formed in the slide space 23 is fixed by the sewing lines 26 and 26a to allow the slide plate 22, to which the base sheet 27 is fixed, to easily slide.

The slide plate 22 has an area to be tightly close to the sewing lines 26 and 26a forming the slide space 23 such that the slide plate 22 is prevented from being inclined when the slide plate 22 moves up or down. In this case, according to the present invention, the slide plate 22 is formed of a plastic plate material having a predetermined strength to increase friction with the base sheet 27 flexible and formed of paper. However, the slide plate 22 may be formed of various kinds of materials having the properties.

In addition, when the slide plate 22 slides while tightly closing to the sewing lines 26 and 26a, the sewing lines 26 and 26a are pressed against the slide plate 22, so that the width is narrowed to increase the friction, whereby the slide plate (22) does not easily move up or down. For this reason, auxiliary elevating units 28 are formed on both sides of the slide plate 22.

According to the present invention, the auxiliary elevating units 28 are formed to both sides of the slide plate 22 in a rail band 28a, so that the friction is minimized to allow the slide plate 22 to easily move up or down.

In addition, there may be used various schemes well known in the art in order to improve easy of elevation, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, according to the present invention, after the opening part 24 is form in consideration of the ascent and descent width, the adhesive surface 21 is formed on the slide plate 22 exposed through the opening part 24, so that the adhesive surface 21 moves within the opening part 24 when the slide plate 22 moves up or down in the slide space 23 formed by the sewing lines 26 and 26a.

However, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, after a support 22c is formed between the slide plates 22, the adhesive surface 21 is formed to expose an upper slide plate 22a of the slide plates 22, and a cutting line 29 is formed only on the opposite side surface 20 after a low slide plate 22b is inserted into the slide space 23, so that the support 22c moves up or down along the cutting line 29, thereby allowing the adhesive surface 21 to move up or down.

In this case, cover surfaces 20a and 20b, which are formed of leather at both sides about the cutting line 29, are firmly supported by the rim sewing line 26a formed to the upper and lower sides of the long wallet in a strip shape, so that the low slide plate 22b may not be released in the slide space 23, thereby preventing the lower slide plate 22b from being delaminated.

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the slide space (23) is formed by a rim part 27a which is cut toward an inner side surface of the base sheet 27 combined and sewed in the cover surfaces 20a and 20b at which the smart phone 200 is located. The slide plate 22 is placed in the slide space 23 inside the rim part 27a. The adhesive surface 21 is only exposed to the slide plate 22 through the opening part 24 formed on the front cover surface 20a, so that the smart phone 200 can adhere to the adhesive surface 21. In addition. the slide plate 22 is guided in the slide space 23 defined by the cut rim part 27a of the base sheet 27 so that the slide plate 22 can easily and slidably move up or down.

That is, the slide space 23 is formed in the rim part 27a formed inside the base sheet 27 in a rectangular shape. Thus, the slide plate 22 is exactly guided by the rim part 27a in stat that the slide plate 22 is inserted into the slide space 23 of the rim part 27a. In this case, when the slide plate 22 moves up or down, the friction of the slide plate 22 is minimized so that the sliding operation can be easily performed.

In addition, the base sheet is interposed between the cover papers 20a and 20b so that the base sheet is sewed with the cover papers 20a and 20b to allow cover papers 20a and 20b to approach to the cut rim part 27a, so that the base sheet 27 does not move and the slide plate 22 located in the slide space 23 formed by cutting the base sheet 27 does not escape by the sewing line 26a.

In addition, in state that the smart phone is attached to the adhesive surface 21, the opening part 24 is prevented from being exposed. Further, since the slide plate 22 is closely attached in the slide space 23 and the cover surfaces 20a and 20 are wide, the smart phone is prevented from being swung while the slide plate 22 is raised.

Claims

1. A long wallet capable of carrying a smart phone while exposing a camera of the smart phone, the long wallet comprising:

one side surface (10); and

an opposite side surface (20),

wherein the one side surface (10) comprises a paper money receiving part (11) for receiving paper money, multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c) formed on the paper money receiving part (11) and having spaces for receiving cards, and an identification card receiving part (13) formed on the multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c),

the opposite side surface (20) is spaced apart from the one side surface (10) by a folding surface (30) having a predetermined width by taking into consideration a thickness of a smart phone (200) and is prepared as a flat plate,

an adhesive surface (21) having a predetermined area is formed on a central portion of the opposite side surface (20) prepared as the flat plate,

the adhesive surface (21) adheres to a slide plate (22) which moves up or down in a slide space (23) and has an opening part (24) for allowing the adhesive surface (21) to move up or down, and

a release paper (25) to be released in use is attached to a top surface of the adhesive surface (21).

2. The long wallet of claim 1, wherein the adhesive surface (21) attached to the slide plate of the opposite side surface (20) is formed at a position allowing the camera of the smart phone attached to the adhesive surface to be exposed when the adhesive surface (21) is located at an uppermost position in a state that the opening part is open.

3. The long wallet of claim 1, wherein the slide space (23), in which the slide plate (22) slides, is defined by sewing lines (26 and 26a), and a base sheet (27) is formed in the slide space (23) and fixed by the sewing lines (26 and 26a) to allow the slide plate (22) to easily slide.

4. The long wallet of claim 3, wherein the slide plate (22) has an area sufficient to closely adhere to the sewing lines (26 and 26a) of the slide space (23) so that the slide plate (22) is prevented from being inclined when the slide plate (22) moves up or down, and the slide plate (22) is formed of a plastic plate having predetermined strength to increase friction with the base sheet (27) which is flexible and formed of paper.

5. The long wallet of claim 4, further comprising auxiliary elevating units (28) formed on two sides of the slide plate (22) to minimize the friction, which is increased when the slide plate (22) adheres to the sewing line (26 and 26a), so that the slide plate (22) is easily moved up or down.

6. The long wallet of claim 5, wherein the auxiliary elevating units (28) formed on the two sides of the slide plate (22) are prepared as a rail band (28a) to facilitate up or down movement.

7. A long wallet (100) capable of carrying a smart phone while exposing a camera of the smart phone, the long wallet comprising:

one side surface (10); and

an opposite side surface (20),

wherein the one side surface (10) includes a paper money receiving part (11) for receiving paper money, multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c) formed on the paper money receiving part (11) and having spaces for receiving cards, and an identification card receiving part (13) formed on a top surface of the multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c),

the opposite side surface (20) is spaced apart from the one side surface (10) by a folding surface (30) having a predetermined width by taking into consideration a thickness of a smart phone (200) and is prepared as a flat plate,

an adhesive surface (21) having a predetermined area is exposed at a central portion of the opposite side surface (20) prepared as the flat plate,

a support (22c) is interposed between slide plates,

the adhesive surface (21) adheres to an upper slide plate (22a), and

a cutting line (29) is formed on cover surfaces (20a and 20b) after a low slide plate (22b) is inserted into a slide space (23) such that the support (22c) moves up or down along the cutting line (29).

8. The long wallet of claim 7, wherein the cover surfaces (20a and 20b) are firmly supported on two sides of the cutting line (29) by a rim sewing line (26a) formed on an edge of the long wallet and having a strip shape, such that the slide plates (22) are prevented from being released.

9. A long wallet (100) capable of carrying a smart phone while exposing a camera of the smart phone, the long wallet comprising:

one side surface (10); and

an opposite side surface (20),

wherein the one side surface (10) includes a paper money receiving part (11) for receiving paper money, multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c) formed on the paper money receiving part (11) and having spaces for receiving cards, and an identification card receiving part (13) formed on the multi-layered card receiving parts (12a, 12b and 12c),

the opposite side surface (20) is spaced apart from the one side surface (10) by a folding surface (30) having a predetermined width by taking into consideration a thickness of a smart phone (200) and is prepared as a flat plate,

a slide space (23) is formed by a rim part (27a), which is formed by cutting an inside of a base sheet (27) sewed and combined in cover surfaces (20a and 20b) of the opposite side surface (20) prepared as the flat plate,

a slide plate (22) is placed in the slide space (23) inside the rim part (27a), and

an adhesive surface is exposed toward a front surface of the slide plate (22) through an opening part (24) formed on the front cover surface (20a), such that the slide plate (22) is guided to the cut rim part (27) of the base sheet (27) to allow the slide plate (22) to move up or down.

10. The long wallet of claim 9, wherein cover papers (20a and 20b) are sewed to approach to the rim part (27a) of the base sheet (27), which is formed by cutting the inner side surface of the base sheet (27), such that the slide plate (22) does not escape in a state that the slide plate (22) is located in the slide space (23) of the base sheet (27) while the base sheet (27) is fixed to be prevented from moving on the cover papers (20a and 20b).