Patent ID: 9681721
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A45C

Claim:
1. A card wallet for use with a card having lower and upper edge portions and a width W 1 , the card wallet comprising: a base comprising lower and upper end portions; a lower arm comprising an inner end portion engaged with said lower end portion of said base and an outer end portion; said lower arm further comprises a channel portion and a protrusion disposed at said outer end portion blocking entry to said channel portion, the protrusion extending inward toward a longitudinal axis of the card wallet; said channel portion of the lower arm having a level channel floor between the inner end portion and the outer end portion, configured to receive an entire length of the lower edge portion of the card; an upper arm comprising an inner end portion engaged with said upper end portion of said base and an outer end portion; said upper arm comprising a channel portion and a protrusion disposed at said outer end portion of said upper arm blocking entry to said channel portion of said upper arm, the protrusion of the upper arm extending inward toward the longitudinal axis; said channel portion of the upper arm having a level channel floor between the inner end portion and the outer end portion, configured to receive an entire length of the upper edge portion of the card; the upper and lower arms engaged to the base only at the inner end portions of the upper and lower arms, providing an opening through the card wallet of unobstructed display of the card from both an outermost exterior front surface and an outermost exterior rear surface of the card wallet, said outermost exterior front surface is axially symmetrical to said outermost exterior rear surface about the longitudinal axis; the lower arm comprises only one gusset disposed at the outermost exterior rear surface and the upper arm comprises only one gusset disposed at the outermost exterior front surface; and said base and said channel portions of said lower and upper arms form a retention area to retain the card, said base having a level inner surface configured to rest flush against a parallel width side of the card retained in said retention area; said protrusions of said lower and upper arms are moveable as the lower and upper arms flex between a non-biased position where said retention area is closed and a biased position where said retention area is open; said protrusions of said lower and upper arms are moved to said biased position upon insertion of the lower and upper edge portions of the card at said protrusions of said lower and upper arms allowing complete insertion of the card within said channel portions of said lower and upper arms and then return of said protrusions of said lower and upper arms to said non-biased position where the card is retained within said retention area.