With Means To Deter Theft Of Contents (e.g., Secret Compartment) Patents (Class 150/133)
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Publication number: 20140311636Abstract: A wallet for carrying and shielding portable wireless transponders. A flexible, thin liner capable of blocking electromagnetic radiation is used to construct the wallet. By placing portable wireless transponder into the wallet, the transponder is shielded from being read by an RFID base station and/or reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventor: Marie S. Jordan
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Patent number: 8863793Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Inventor: Micah Black
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Patent number: 8820368Abstract: A smart card with an RFID tag is held in a wallet comprising a back layer and at least one front layer stitched to the back layer around part of a perimeter thereof to define at least one pocket in the wallet dimensioned to hold and completely surround the smart card. Both of the layers are composed of a stainless steel fabric capable of blocking RF radiation.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Inventor: Theo Stewart-Stand
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Publication number: 20140060712Abstract: A wallet is disclosed for holding a plurality of articles such as credit cards, currency, identification cards, and licenses. A housing of the wallet is formed of a semi-rigid material having at least a container portion and a base portion. The container portion and the base portion are selectively slidably connectable to form a void space sized and configured to hold the plurality of articles. The housing includes an opening or a slot configured to slidably remove single articles from within the housing. A retention spring is preferably disposed within the housing and configured to secure a plurality of articles to an internal surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Daniel Vern Beckley
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Patent number: 8511508Abstract: A case for eyeglasses or other articles includes a pair of catches with each catch mounted to an opposite side of the case near its upper end. Elongate, flexible latches are also mounted on opposite sides of the case in cooperative alignment with the respective catches. Each latch includes a base secured to the case and a pocket-gripping member at its distal free end. Each latch is inherently biased outwardly from the case so that the pocket-gripping members engage opposite sides of a shirt or blouse pocket interior when the invention is in use, preventing the case from falling from the pocket when a user bends over. The latches are manually squeezed when in their deployed configuration to place them into their stored, catch-engaging configuration. The latches are manually removed from the catches to deploy them into their pocket-engaging configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventor: George M. Glover
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Publication number: 20090199940Abstract: A combination wallet tool includes a pair of hinged, mating shells which define a closed chamber when closed and latched. The chamber is partitioned to provide areas in which currency, cards and papers may be kept. A money clip is built into at least one of the shells. The mating surfaces of the shells are sealed by an O-ring to keep water from entering the chamber. Recesses which serve as secret compartments are molded into one of the shells and interchangeable partitioned trays are provided for the other shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: TONER MACHINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: James Carl Toner
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Patent number: 6919805Abstract: A wallet is disclosed in which a theft prevention device is installed. If the wallet departs from the pocket, a melody is generated so that the owner can recognize the departure of the wallet from the pocket, thereby preventing the theft of the wallet. An oscillation plate is installed between the outer cover and the inner layer of the wallet, and a photo sensor is installed to respond to the visible light so as to activate the oscillation plate. Further a manual switch is installed to make it possible to turn the power source on or off.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Inventors: Bae Ho Song, Chul Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20040144459Abstract: It is made from almost any durable material and is cut to the design of drawings # 1 through 8, the dimensions shown on the enclosed drawing specifications, then sewed together following the specific directions shown on each drawing, there are six sections identified as Items #1 through #6, and two pieces of velcro used for attaching and opening of the credit card cover, and drawing # 2 of 8 shows the attachment of the loop velcro, and drawing #8 of 8 shows the attach-of the hook velcro.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventor: Harvey George McFarland
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Publication number: 20040108032Abstract: A folding wallet configured to fit the front pockets of trousers, thereby encouraging such use to avoid neurological injury caused by carrying a wallet in the rear pockets of trousers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventor: Machael L. Lyons
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Patent number: 6601622Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: TBAC Investment TrustInventor: Raymond Wallace Young
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Patent number: 6401889Abstract: A luggage lock covering device for protecting a luggage lock from damage as well as protecting the luggage from damage caused by-the luggage lock. The luggage lock covering device includes a panel having a plurality of fold indentations therein such that a first portion, a second portion and a third portion are defined. The second portion is positioned between the first and third portions. The second portion includes an elongated slot extending therethrough. The elongated slot includes a size designed for removably receiving the luggage zipper. There is a fastening means for removably coupling the first portion to the third portion. The fastening means comprises a hook and loop fastening means that includes a loop portion and a hook portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Inventor: Rren P. McCleskey
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Patent number: 5314102Abstract: A handbag including various fasteners which enable the handbag to be unfastened and reassembled so that it can be worn by the user, for example around the ankle.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1991Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Inventor: Melinda S. Roy
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Patent number: 4972524Abstract: An anti-pickpocket device for pockets of garments, and for trouser pockets in particular, designed to make it extremely difficult to steal objects, for example wallets, from pockets after cutting the outer fabric of the pocket by means, for example, of a knife. According to the invention, the anti-pickpocket device is composed of a metal lattice from which extend at least two connecting elements designed to be secured to different points of the internal fabric of the pocket in such a way that the lattice extends over most of the internal surface of the outer fabric of the pocket, so that it is disposed between the object contained in the pocket and the outer fabric of the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1989Date of Patent: November 27, 1990Inventor: Karl Gasser
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Patent number: 4717908Abstract: An alarm system that signals when one or more credit cards are absent from a card stack in the case if the system is enabled. In preferred form, a card stack thickness sensor responds to the stack thickness to determine whether all cards are present in the stack. A first signal device (e.g., a buzzer) in a circuit that includes a single sensor switch operated by the card stack thickness sensor informs the case's owner when not all cards are present if the circuit is enables. A second signal device (e.g., one or more of the cards, or a separate flag) that is projectable from and retractable into the case's interior is operated by a circuit enabling switch, this switch being manually controlled for enabling the circuit when the case is to be stored (the second signal device being disabled, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1986Date of Patent: January 5, 1988Assignee: `totes`, IncorporatedInventors: Bradford E. Phillips, Roy J. Bertacchi, John E. Busse