Wallet theft guard

A wallet guard for use with a wallet and adapted to be used when placed in a pocket having a lower seam and a pair of side seams defining the width thereof to prevent removal therefrom, the wallet guard comprising:

• A. a frame having a base with a pair of arms extending upwardly from said base, each said arm including a lower section integrally coupled to said base and an upper section terminating in a free end, said arms movable between an open position and a closed position, whereby in the open position the distance between said free ends is normally greater than the width of the pocket such that said arms will be biased inwardly by the side seams when inserted into the pocket with the base adjacent the lower seam to provide the upper portion of the pocket in tension,
• B. engaging means including a gripping jaw formed at said free end of said upper section of each of said arms, each said gripping jaw having a distal end extending outwardly from said arm, such that said jaws engage the side seams of the pocket in the open position of the wallet guard to prevent removal therefrom, and said arms are narrower than the width of the pocket in the closed position thereof,
• C. retaining means associated with said arms for removably securing said arms at said upper sections thereof in releasably fixed relationship to each other to maintain the closed position when insertion or removal of the wallet guard and wallet with respect to a pocket is desired, such that in the closed position of the wallet guard it may be inserted within the pocket of the user and in the open position removal thereof is prevented,
• D. locking means associated with said retaining means so as to readily maintain said arms in the closed position thereof when said arms are compressed towards each other a defined distance,
• E. said locking means includes a protrusion having a slot therein extending from one of said arms, and a neck on the other of said arms adapted to extend in frictional interlocking relationship within said slot in the closed position and readily separable for movement to its open position, and
• F. guide means at one end of said protrusion for guiding said neck along said protrusion until said slot is reached and said neck is received therein for said interlocking relationship.