Purses – wallets – and protective covers – Pocket or purse-carried container – Paper money container
Patent
1991-10-10
1995-03-07
Weaver, Sue A.
Purses, wallets, and protective covers
Pocket or purse-carried container
Paper money container
150118, 150143, 190901, 220343, 16380, 16381, 16385, 16DIG13, A45C 100, B65D 4314, E05D 512
Patent
active
053949137
ABSTRACT:
Personal leather goods (PLG's) such as wallets, billfolds, pocket calendars have a portion which is required to bend repeatedly. This bending causes cracking and extreme wear which adversely affects the looks of the item and reduces its useful life. Disclosed is a mechanical hinge which attaches to leather-like panels of such PLG's. The hinge includes a set of interleaving knuckles of relatively soft material which form an axial bore along the length of the hinge, the bore receiving a thin pintle made of a relatively stiff but resilient material. The pintle is shorter than the axial length of the bore and is held into the bore by end caps, either separately applied or integrally formed with the hinge leaf. The leaves of the hinge have an overall curving shape having a concave side and convex side to permit the panels to which the hinges attached to remain parallel when materials are received between them. Alternative constructions are shown, including a third panel comprising a paper binder-like spine or a body made of a series of independently attached knuckles and tubular body portions which in turn forms a second, expandable hinge-like body.
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Ferris Ian
Miles Richard
Walter Michael M.
Zezza, Jr. Carlo F.
O'Connor Gregory W.
Samsonite Corporation
Weaver Sue A.
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