Wallet identification card holder
AssigneeTRG Accessories, LLC
InventorThomas Bolanos
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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.
Claims24
A wallet identification card holder comprising an integrally formed semi-rigid plastic sleeve having an edge bracket surrounding three sides thereof, said edge bracket defining a slot for receiving and guiding said card as it is inserted into said holder, and an extension from the side of said holder not having an edge bracket, said extension being generally semi-circular in shape and flat to lie in substantially the same plane as said sleeve, said extension providing a convenient place for grasping and removing said holder from a wallet and having a plurality of raised ribs on said extension to improve its ability to be gripped by a finger.
A sleeve for carrying a card sized item in a wallet, the sleeve comprising:
- a generally flat tray having a plurality of sides;
- a plurality of edge channels extending along at least two of the sides of the tray, the edge channels providing a slot into which a card size item can be inserted and held adjacent the tray, the tray and edge channels being minimally dimensioned such that the sleeve can be inserted into a conventional pocket of a wallet of the type that is configured to hold a single credit card;
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- a tab extending outwardly from and parallel to the tray to facilitate grasping of the sleeve by a person's fingers for removal of the sleeve from within such a pocket of a wallet, the tab having a plurality of ridges to further facilitate grasping of the sleeve for removal of the sleeve from within a pocket of a wallet.
An improvement to a sleeve of the type comprising a flat tray having a plurality of sides and a plurality of edge channels extending from the tray along at least two of the sides of the tray for providing a slot into which an identification card can be inserted and held adjacent the tray with a substantial portion of the identification card remaining exposed when inserted therein, the improvement comprising:
- the tray and channels of the sleeve being dimensioned such that substantially all of the sleeve can be inserted into a wallet pocket of the type configured to snugly hold an identification card;
- a tab extending outwardly from and parallel to the tray, the tab having a plurality of ridges to facilitate grasping of the sleeve and being positioned on the sleeve where it will protrude from a wallet pocket of the type configured to snugly hold an identification card when the sleeve is fully inserted into such a wallet packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.