Patent ID: 7293589

Claim:
A folding coin purse, comprising: a body formed from a layer of pliable rectangular material that is not self supporting having a first end peripheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first side peripheral edge and a second side peripheral edge, each of the first end peripheral edge, the second end peripheral edge, the first side peripheral edge, the second side peripheral edge being curled over with the first end peripheral edge secured to both of the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge, and the second end peripheral edge secured to both of the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge, forming a narrow peripheral border which frames an access opening; a coin confining panel across the peripheral border to form a pocket on the first half the body, the coin confining panel being one of mesh or transparent plastic so that coins can be viewed through the coin confining panel; strips of polymer plastic secured as stiffeners to portions of the peripheral border of the body thereby reinforcing the peripheral border so as that the material that is not self supporting is better able to confine coins; and the second half of the body being folded over a first half of the body along a fold line to close the access opening.