Wallet

Abstract

“A wallet comprising: a casing; at least one content holding member; and a respective releasable lock associated with each holding member, each releasable lock being independently operable to release the respective holding member, allowing movement of each member, relative to the casing, between a content storage position, and a content viewing position, wherein when a given member is in the content storage position, the member, and any content held by the member, is at least partially stored within the casing, and when in the content viewing position, the member and any content held by the member is visible, while remaining attached to the wallet.”

Description

[0001]This application claims priority from Australian provisional application 2018902246 filed on 22 Jun. 2018, the contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The invention relates to a wallet for carrying contents. The wallet has particular application in the storage and use of contents such as credit cards in a contactless transaction such as a ‘tap and go™’ or ‘pay-wave™’ transaction. However it is to be appreciated that the wallet may be used in other applications requiring the storage of and presentation of personal contents often placed in a wallet.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0003]The following discussion of background art is included to explain the context of the present invention. A reference herein to a matter which is given as prior art is not to be taken as an admission that the matter was known or that the information it contains was part of the common general knowledge as at the priority date of any of the claims.[0004]Generally wallet...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0017]According to one form of the invention there is provided a wallet comprising: a casing; at least one content holding member; and a respective releasable lock associated with each holding member, each releasable lock being independently operable to release the respective holding member, allowing movement of each member, relative to the casing, between a content storage position, and a content viewing position, wherein when a given member is in the content storage position, the member, and any content held by the member, is at least partially stored within the casing, and when in the content viewing position, the member and any content held by the member is visible, while remaining attached to the wallet. In this respect contents of the wallet can be presented, viewed and / or scanned without removal from the holding member. This allows for a user to present a specific item held in the wallet, such as a credit card, quickly and safely, without the risk of dropping the card as the card remains attached to the wallet. Further, the user will not have to shift their focus to carefully re-insert the card into the wallet, rather, the content holding member need only be simply returned into the content storage position through the application of pressure, which can be done without having to look at the wallet. The invention will reduce the total time required to complete a transaction as it removes the need to remove a card from the wallet. Further it will reduce queue times, and remove a number of potential safety risks as the user will not have to visually focus on re-inserting the card into the wallet whilst walking or moving forward.

Problems solved by technology

Finding and removing a particular card may be time consuming and requires the removal and re-insertion of multiple cards, resulting in wear and tear to the wallet.

Further, the need to remove a single or multiple cards increases the risk of theft, or losing and dropping the card, or damaging a particular card, particularly due to the level of handling required to remove the desired card from the wallet.

Further, users are often forced to multi-task when removing and inserting cards into wallets to avoid slowing down the progression of a queue.

Further, the need to use two hands along with the amount of concentration required to remove and insert cards significantly increases the risk of people losing awareness of their surroundings and becoming oblivious to dangerous obstacles such as poles, walls, steps or other people.

In such instances, people may seriously injure themselves or others.

However, where a card is required to be presented, for example in a tap-and-go™ transaction, the card still needs to be removed from the wallet to provide the scanner with complete and exclusive access to the specific card, otherwise the casing (through RFID protection) or other cards may interfere with the transaction.

As long as there is a need to remove the card from the wallet, the risk of damaging the card or losing the card remains pertinent.

This risk is relatively high, for example, at train stations during peak hour travel, where queues build up around station entrances as people are required to tap their travel cards to gain access to the train station.

The act of having to remove the card from the wallet, using the card, and inserting back into the wallet also results in the slower movement of people as they will either stop or slow down to ensure that neither their wallet or card is dropped.

However, where people do not stop or slow down they risk walking into other people or obstacles, as their focus will shift to their wallet and card.

However, wallets can be easily misplaced, or inadvertently dropped or lost, or even stolen, resulting in significant amounts of emotional and financial stress.

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