Patent ID: 7000291

Claim:
A money clip comprising: a substantially flat housing having an upper wall and a lower wall that are substantially parallel to each other and are spaced apart to form a flat cavity between the walls; an opening between the walls for communicating the cavity outwardly of the housing; a magnifying glass normally positioned within the housing, in the cavity between the walls in generally parallel arrangement with the walls; a hinge pivotally connecting the magnifying glass to the housing so that the magnifying glass may be manually pivoted about the hinge parallel to planes of the walls outwardly of the housing through the opening for extending away from the housing while connected thereto; a flexible, elastic band secured with the housing and forming a resilient loop of a size for encircling and resiliently gripping a wad of folded paper money bills, said paper money bills being gripped by the loop forcing the paper money bills against the housing lower wall and the loop; whereby the wad of paper money may be immovably held beneath and against the housing while the magnifying glass is manually pivoted outwardly of, and extended closely adjacent, the housing so that the user may manually hold the housing while looking through the magnifying glass, without affecting the position of the money which is held by the clip during the use of the magnifying glass, and the magnifying glass may, upon completion of its use, be pivoted back into the cavity, for storage therein, when not in use, so that the position of the wad of money that is gripped within the loop is not affected when the magnifying glass is stored.