Quick access wallet

A quick access wallet comprising:

• a housing;
• the housing comprising:
• a housing base having a generally rectangular planar shape including a pair of longitudinal sides and a pair of transverse ends;
• the housing base having a bottom portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a rear portion, and a front portion;
• a housing cover having a generally rectangular planar shape and attached to the housing base, the housing cover covering the interior surface of the housing base;
• the front portion of the housing base having a card opening formed therein configured to allow cards to pass through the card opening and into and out of a card chamber configured to receive at least one card, the interior surface of the bottom portion of the housing base forming a surface of the card chamber;
• the card chamber having a first guide wall, a second guide wall, and a rear wall all upstanding from the interior surface of the housing base, the rear wall disposed between the first guide wall and the second guide wall proximate to the rear portion of the housing base;
• the second guide wall having at least three portions, the three portions including a front portion of the second guide wall paralleling the first guide wall at a first predetermined distance and being proximate to the card opening, a recessed portion spaced at least a second predetermined distance from the first guide wall, and a transition portion joining the front portion of the second guide wall to the recessed portion, the second predetermined distance being greater than the first predetermined distance, the difference between the first predetermined distance and the second predetermined distance being 0.025″ to 0.1875″, the transition portion of the second guide wall being angled approximately 45 degrees with respect to the interior surface of the bottom portion of the housing base;
• a spring element projecting from the first guide wall and into the card chamber for urging cards received within the card chamber towards the second guide wall to rotate and lock cards that are fully inserted into the card chamber against the recessed portion of the second guide wall, the transition portion of the second guide wall forming a physical barrier locking the cards in the card chamber against the recessed portion.