Patent ID: 7845377

Claim:
Coin separator tray for a purse or handbag, wherein the purse or handbag has a base of a predetermined length and width; the coin separator tray comprising: an elongated pan dimensioned to match the length and width of the base of the purse or handbag, and having a bottom, side walls, an end wall, and being open at another end opposite said end wall; and a coin separating cover dimensioned to fit onto the side walls of said pan, and including a plurality of elongated, generally horizontal shelves, wherein one of said shelves is spaced above and overlapping another of said shelves and held apart therefrom to define a generally horizontal elongated coin slot opening, such that any coins in the purse or handbag that migrate to the base thereof can pass through the slot into said pan by the normal motion associated with carrying the purse or handbag, without permitting other objects in the purse or handbag to pass into the pan.