Storage box

Abstract

To provide an article container which facilitates operation for taking out a target article.SOLUTION: A wallet 2 as one example of an article container comprises: a support body 4 having a top surface 4A and a lower surface 4B; and a card storage part 6 and a coin purse part 8 whose parts are fixed to the top surface 4A. The card storage part 6 is configured so that two sides, which are a lower side 6B and a left side 6C crossing the lower side, are joined so as to have a gusset, and an upper side 6A and a right side 6D crossing the upper side are not joined so as to be opened. The upper side 6A of the card storage part 6 is covered with a bottom surface 8b of the coin purse part 8. A lateral width of the card storage part 6 is shorter than a lateral width of a card C conforming to an international standard, and a front surface 6b is obliquely cut so that a half or more parts of the card C is exposed. A right side of the card storage part 6 can be raised from the support body 4. Between back surfaces of the card storage part 6 and coin purse part 8 and the top surface 4A of the support body 4, a sheet-shaped body 20 such as a bill or receipt can be held and stored, namely serving as a sheet-shaped body storage part 18.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an article container for storing articles such as cards and sheet-like bodies.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, as an example of an article container for storing articles such as cards and sheet-like bodies, a wallet for storing cards, bills (paper money), coins (hard currency), etc. has been generally used. In particular, a type of wallet that can store all of cards, bills, and coins is widely used. However, in such a wallet, when folded, the card storage area and the coin storage area overlap in a stacked state, resulting in a problem that the thickness of the entire wallet increases. To address this problem, for example, in Patent Documents 1 and 2 and Non-Patent Document 1, etc., wallets have been proposed in which a card storage area and a coin storage area are juxtaposed flat on one side of a double-folded wallet to suppress the thickness when folded. In these wallets, a bill storage area is formed between the card storage area and the coin storage area and the above one side.

[0003] Specifically, for example, in the wallet described in Patent Document 1, an intermediate layer is fixed to one side of a double-foldable base portion to form a bill storage area between the base portion and the intermediate layer, and a card storage area and a coin storage area are fixed on the intermediate layer. The rectangular intermediate layer has two intersecting sides fixed to the base portion, allowing bills to be inserted and removed from two directions. The rectangular card storage area has three sides except for the side where cards are inserted and removed fixed to the intermediate layer, and has a pocket shape capable of storing a plurality of cards in a stacked state. The front surface of the card storage area is cut obliquely so that a part of the surface of the card is exposed.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Non-Patent Literature

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Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] As described above, in a wallet with a conventional structure, although a part of the front surface of the card storage area is cut, basically, due to the three-side fixed structure, the degree of restraint of the cards stored in the card storage area is high, and the operation of selectively taking out the target card is troublesome. That is, when the target card is not in the frontmost position where it can be visually recognized, all the cards need to be pulled out straight in a bundled state from the opening side, and then, for example, shifted fanwise to a state where each card can be identified at a glance, and then the target card has to be taken out. Further, after taking out the target card, it is necessary to neatly stack the remaining cards and put them back into the card storage area with a low width margin.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to provide an article container that can easily take out a target article with a simple operation and contributes to an improvement in usability.

[0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide an article container that can suppress the thickness when not in use and contributes to simplification of the configuration and improvement of compactness.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] In order to achieve the above object, the article holder (2) of the present invention includes a support (4) and a rectangular card storage portion (6) fixed to the support (4). The card storage portion (6) has two sides, one of the upper side (6A) and the lower side (6B) and one of the vertical sides (6C) intersecting therewith, joined together, and the other two intersecting sides are open without being joined. There is an interval between the back surface (6a) along the support (4) and the front surface (6b) facing the back surface (6a) that can accommodate two or more cards (C) in a stacked state, and the front surface (6b) is cut so that a part of the stored card (C) is exposed.

[0010] According to the article holder according to the present invention, since the rectangular card storage portion has two intersecting sides (for example, the upper side and the right side) open without being joined, the degree of freedom in inserting and removing cards is large, and usability is improved. In addition, since there is an interval that can accommodate two or more cards in a stacked state, the insertion and removal of cards becomes smooth. Further, since the front surface is cut so that a part of the card is exposed, the frontmost card can be identified.

[0011] Further, in the above article holder (2), the card storage portion (6) is characterized in that only a part thereof is fixed to the support (4) so as to be able to be lifted from the support (4). According to this, the operation of pinching the card stored in the card storage portion with a finger and shifting it in a fan shape becomes easy, and the operation (usability) of selectively taking out the target card is significantly improved. Also, the operation of returning the remaining cards to the card storage portion becomes easy.

[0012] Further, in the above article holder (2), a small change storage portion (8) capable of storing a plurality of coins is juxtaposed above the card storage portion (6). According to this, it is possible to prevent an increase in thickness due to the overlap of the card storage portion and the small change storage portion.

[0013] In addition, in the above-described article case (2), a small change purse section (8) capable of storing a plurality of coins is juxtaposed adjacent to the card storage section (6). The card storage section (6) has two sides joined together, one being the lower side (6B) and the other being the vertical side intersecting therewith. At least a part of the small change purse section (8) covers at least a part of the non-joined portion of the card storage section (6). According to this, it is possible to prevent the card from popping out due to opening of the card storage section with a member different from the card storage section, simplify the configuration, and maintain the ease of inserting and removing the card due to the opening.

[0014] In addition, in the above-described article case (2), the space between the back surface (6a) of the card storage section (6) and the support (4) is formed as a sheet-like body storage section (18) that stores with a sheet-like body (20) sandwiched therebetween. According to this, there is no need to separately partition and form the sheet-like body storage section, the configuration can be simplified, and the thickness can be suppressed.

[0015] In addition, in the above-described article case (2), only a part in the lateral width direction of the card storage section (6) is fixed to the support (4), and the unfixed side can be lifted from the support (4). According to this, the operation of picking out and taking out the card stored in the card storage section with a finger becomes easy.

[0016] In addition, in the above-described article case (2), a part of the back surface (6a) of the card storage section (6) on the card insertion / removal side is cut. According to this, the ease of the operation of picking out the card stored in the card storage section with a finger and shifting it in a fan shape is improved. Note that the reference numerals in the above parentheses are shown for reference as the drawing reference numerals of the corresponding components in the embodiments described later.

Advantages of the Invention

[0017] According to the present invention, an operation of taking out an article such as a target card can be easily performed, and the usability can be improved. Further, according to the present invention, the thickness when not in use can be suppressed, and the configuration can be simplified and the compactness can be improved.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0019] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0020] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a two-fold wallet as an example of an article case according to this embodiment in an open state, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the main part of the wallet. The wallet 2 shown in these figures has a rectangular support 4 formed of leather, a rectangular card storage section 6 fixed to the upper surface 4A side of the support 4, and a small change storage section 8 etc. juxtaposed and fixed above the card storage section 6 on the upper surface 4A side of the support 4.

[0021] The support 4 has an upper surface 4A and a lower surface 4B that overlap when folded at the central portion S, and is closed in a two-fold state by a wire fastener 10. A fastener tape 10b having a plurality of elements 10a is sewn around the support 4 except for the left side in the figure, and the elements 10a are fitted by the movement of a slider 10d having a pull tab 10c to close the opposing fastener tapes 10b. The reference numeral 10e indicates the seam of the fastener tape 10b to the support 4. A pressing piece 11 for pressing a sheet-like body such as a banknote described later is fixed to the right side of the lower surface 4B of the support 4.

[0022] The wallet 2 in this embodiment is vertical and for right-handed use, and the directions such as up and down, left and right are defined based on the posture during use (the state of being opened vertically). Therefore, among the elements fixed to the support 4, the back side is the back side in the thickness direction of the support 4 during use, and the front side is the front side.

[0023] The card storage section 6 is formed in a pocket shape where two sides, one of the upper and lower sides and one of the vertical sides intersecting therewith, are joined, and the other two intersecting sides are open without being joined. That is, the card storage section 6 has a back surface 6a along the upper surface 4A of the support 4 and a front surface 6b facing the back surface 6a. The back surface 6a and the front surface 6b are joined (including continuous bending) with a margin at the lower side 6B and the left side (one of the vertical sides) 6C intersecting therewith, and the upper side 6A and the right side (the other of the vertical sides) 6D are open without being joined. Due to the margin configuration, there is an interval between the back surface 6a and the front surface 6b that can accommodate two or more cards in a stacked state (including the concept of accommodation). As a result, two or more cards can be smoothly inserted and removed without expanding the card storage section 6.

[0024] The front surface 6b of the card storage section 6 is cut obliquely so that a part of the stored card C is exposed. The reference numeral 6b-1 indicates the cut hypotenuse of the front surface 6b. Thereby, the frontmost card can be identified without any operation. Also, due to the cut shape of the front surface 6b, all the cards can be inserted and removed not only from the right side 6D and the upper side 6A but also from the front surface 6b side, and the degree of freedom of inserting and removing cards with respect to the card storage section 6 is large.

[0025] In this embodiment, the card storage portion 6 and the coin storage portion 8 are integrally formed from a single punched material, and are joined by a seam 12 at the overlapping portion 9 extending in the lateral width direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the integrated configuration of the card storage portion 6 and the coin storage portion 8 is fixed by a seam 14 over the entire range W1 (the entire left side) on the upper surface 4A of the support 4, and is fixed by a seam 10e of the fastening tape 10b over the range W2 (a part in the lateral width direction). The fixing to the upper surface 4A in the range W2 is directly made through the coin storage portion 8, but since the card storage portion 6 and the coin storage portion 8 are integrally formed as described above, it is synonymous with only a part of the card storage portion 6 in the lateral width direction with respect to the upper surface 4A being fixed to the support 4. Therefore, when the card storage portion 6 and the coin storage portion 8 are formed separately or when the coin storage portion 8 is not provided, the entire left side of the card storage portion 6 is fixed to the upper surface 4A, and in the lateral width direction, it is directly fixed with the range W2 which is a part thereof. In FIG. 2, the upper part of the seam 14 is hidden by the coin storage portion 8.

[0026] A part of the card insertion / removal side (right side 6D) on the back surface 6a of the card storage portion 6 is obliquely cut. Specifically described, it is obliquely cut such that the lower right end of the back surface 6a intersects the lower end of the hypotenuse 6b-1 of the front surface 6b, in other words, such that the cut width becomes larger toward the lower side. The reference numeral 6a-1 indicates the cut hypotenuse of the back surface 6a. The lateral width W3 of the card storage portion 6 is set shorter than the international standard of the card C, whereby the right end portion of the card C protrudes outward by a dimension n from the card storage portion 6. For this reason, it is easy to place a finger on the back surface of the card C, and it is easy to pick up the card C with a finger. Further, due to the oblique cut of the back surface 6a, it has become easier to pick up the lower right corner portion of the card C with a finger. Also, in combination with the fact that the lateral width W3 of the card storage portion 6 is set shorter than the international standard of the card C, due to the cut of the front surface 6b, more than half of the card C is in an exposed state, and the visibility of the card C is enhanced.

[0027] The coin storage portion 8 has a pocket shape with a flange and an open upper surface 8a, and its bottom surface 8b covers the upper side 6A of the card storage portion 6 that is not joined. This prevents the card C from shifting upward or slipping out due to relaxing the restraint on the card C by joining only two intersecting sides. That is, by arranging the coin storage portion 8, which is a part other than the card storage portion 6, adjacent to the upper side of the card storage portion 6 and making it function as the upper lid of the card storage portion 6, while ensuring a stable card storage function of the card storage portion 6, it aims to achieve both relaxing the restraint on the card C and improving the extractability. The right side of the upper surface 8a of the coin storage portion 8 is lower than the left side, thereby preventing a decrease in the visibility of the coins 16 due to the presence of the fastener tape 10b and preventing a decrease in the extractability of the coins 16 in the right side region.

[0028] As shown in FIG. 3, when using the wallet 2, while releasing the closure of the wire fastener 10, hold the central part of the support 4 with the left hand LH and open it vertically so that the upper surface 4A is on top and the lower surface 4B is on the bottom. When the wallet 2 is opened vertically, the stored items such as the card C, coins (small change) 16, and bills 20 can be listed. In this embodiment, the card storage portion 6 and the coin storage portion 8 are integrated on the upper surface 4A of the support 4, and since it is configured to support the upper surface 4A during use, the upper side does not fall during use and interfere with the operation of taking out the card or the like.

[0029] Since the upper surface 8a of the coin storage portion 8 is open and has no lid, when opened vertically, all of the coins 16a, 16b, etc. stored in the coin storage portion 8 can be visually recognized. Thereby, the user of the wallet 2 can immediately recognize how many and what types of coins 16 are in the coin storage portion 8 and can judge whether there is a need to pay with the coins 16. Also, since the coin storage portion 8 has no lid, it is easy to take out the coins 16. The lid function of the upper surface 8a of the coin storage portion 8 is borne by the fastener tape 10b when the wire fastener 10 is closed. This point will be described later.

[0030] As described above, the integrated structure of the card storage section 6 and the coin storage section 8 is fixed only on the left side and a part in the lateral direction (the left half). Between the back side of this integrated structure and the upper surface 4A of the support 4, there is formed a sheet-like body storage section 18 for storing a sheet-like body such as banknotes and receipts by sandwiching them. Here, an example is shown in which several banknotes 20 are stored as the sheet-like body. The lower half of the banknotes 20 is supported in a visible state by the lower surface 4B of the support 4. The banknotes 20 can be stored in the sheet-like body storage section 18 without being folded, and when the wallet 2 is opened vertically, approximately half of them can be seen. The displacement of the banknotes 20 to the left is restricted by the seam 14, the displacement upward is restricted by the seam 10e, and the displacement to the right is restricted by the pressing piece 11.

[0031] There is no element directly restricting the lower side of the banknotes 20. However, when the double-folded wallet 2 is opened vertically, an L-shaped tendency remains and it does not hang straight down. Also, due to the contact friction caused by the clamping between the back of the integrated structure of the card storage section 6 and the coin storage section 8 and the upper surface 4A, the banknotes 20 do not fall out downward. In other words, the absence of an element restricting the lower side of the banknotes 20 means an improvement in the ease of taking out the banknotes 20.

[0032] When taking out the target card C, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, press the lower surface 4B of the support 4 with the base M1 of the thumb F1 of the left hand LH, hook the thumb F1 on the hypotenuse 6B-1 of the front surface 6b of the card storage section 6 and pull it forward. Then, the right side of the card storage section 6 and the coin storage section 8 is lifted from the support 4. In this state, the lower right corner C1 of the card C group can be picked with the fingers of the right hand and each card C can be shifted in a fan shape like a playing card as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the target card can be selected without pulling out the card C group in the 6D direction to the right.

[0033] In this case, the operation of hooking the thumb F1 on the hypotenuse 6B-1 of the front surface 6b of the card storage section 6 and pulling it forward is not necessarily required. Instead, the right side of the card storage section 6 and the coin storage section 8 may be lifted from the support 4 along with the operation of picking up and lifting the card C group stored in the card storage section 6 with the fingers of the right hand.

[0034] By lifting the card storage section 6 from the support 4, the upper side of the group of cards C stored in the card storage section 6 is displaced with respect to the bottom surface 8b of the coin storage section 8, and a large space is formed between the back surface 6a side of the card storage section 6 and the upper surface 4A. Thus, the operation of picking up and shifting the group of cards C in a fan shape becomes extremely easy. During this time, the holding state of the wallet 2 by the left hand LH does not change. Also, since the group of cards C has not been pulled out from the card storage section 6, after taking out the target card C, the remaining group of cards C can be neatly stored in the card storage section 6 by simply releasing them. The insertion and removal of the card C can be performed from any direction, either from the upper side and the right side of the card storage section 6 or from the diagonal side located between them. The lifting configuration (movable configuration toward the front surface 6b side) of the card storage section 6 facilitates the insertion and removal of the banknotes 20 stored in the sheet-like body storage section 18. As shown in FIG. 2, since there is also a space 15 above the upper right of the card C, it is also possible to pick up the upper right corner portion of the group of cards C and shift it in a fan shape to select the target card C.

[0035] In the conventional structure shown in Patent Document 1 and the like, since the card storage area is fixed on three sides, when taking out the target card, all the cards must be pulled straight out from the card storage area and then shifted in a fan shape. In this case, since the card storage area is fixed to the intermediate layer, the pulling-out operation must be performed along the surface of the intermediate layer, which increases the complexity of the pulling-out operation.

[0036] On the other hand, in the configuration according to the present embodiment, the card storage section 6 is lifted and separated from the support 4 so that the presence of the support 4 does not interfere with the operation of taking out the card C. Therefore, the operation of immediately shifting the group of cards C in a fan shape can be performed, and the operation of taking out the target card C and the operation of returning the remaining group of cards C are significantly improved.

[0037] FIG. 5 shows the state of the wallet 2 when it is folded and the wire fastener 10 is closed, i.e., when not in use. FIG. 6(a) is a side view of the wallet 2 in FIG. 5 as viewed from the left side (in the direction of arrow Y). As shown in FIG. 6(a), the upper side of the coin pocket 8 is covered by the closed fastener tape 10b, preventing the coins 16 stored in the coin pocket 8 from popping out upward. That is, in this embodiment, the lid function of the coin pocket 8 is replaced by the fastener tape 10b (a part other than the coin pocket 8), which is the closed configuration of the wallet 2. This simplifies the structure of the coin pocket 8 and, as described above, allows the quantity and type of coins stored in the coin pocket 8 to be immediately visible when the wallet 2 is opened, making it easy to take them out.

[0038] FIG. 6(b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X-X of FIG. 6(a). The card C stored in the card storage section 6 is prevented from shifting in the rightward 6D direction by the closed fastener tape 10b. The protrusion of the front side of the card C due to cutting the front surface 6b such that more than half of the card C is visible is blocked by the bottom surface 4B, and the upward protrusion is blocked by the bottom surface 8b of the coin pocket 8 as described above. As a result, the card C is stably stored in the card storage section 6 when the wallet 2 is closed, and this state is maintained. Also, since the right end of the group of cards C is pressed by the pressing piece 11 when the wallet 2 is folded, the rattling of the card C in the card storage section 6 is suppressed.

[0039] [Modification Example] Since the wallet 2 in the above embodiment is for right-handed use in the vertical type, as shown in FIG. 7(a), the card storage section 6 has an open shape with the upper side 6A and the right side 6D open. However, for left-handed use, as shown in FIG. 7(b), it has an open shape with the upper side 6A and the left side 6C open. As shown in FIG. 8, the coin pocket 8 may be configured to be long in the lateral width direction, and two or more card storage sections 6 for right-handed use may be provided. In this case as well, for left-handed use, the orientation of the card storage section 6 is reversed.

[0040] Also, in the above-described embodiment, the card storage section 6 and the change storage section 8 are arranged on the upper surface 4A of the support 4. However, as shown in Fig. 9(a), they may be arranged on the lower surface 4B. The two-dot chain line circle indicates the side where the card storage section 6 and the change storage section 8 are arranged. As shown in Fig. 9(b), in the case of the horizontal wallet 22, the card storage section 6 and the change storage section 8 can be arranged on the left side surface 24A or the right side surface 24B of the support 24. Further, as shown in Fig. 10(a), in the case of the long wallet 26, the card storage section 6 and the change storage section 8 may be arranged on either the upper surface 28A or the lower surface 28B of the support 28. The two-dot chain line ellipse indicates the side where the card storage section 6 and the change storage section 8 are arranged. As shown in Fig. 10(b), when there is a partition 30, the card storage section 6 and the change storage section 8 may be arranged on either one side 30A or the other side 30B of the partition 30.

[0041] As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been explained. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, the specification, and the drawings. For example, the upper side of the card storage section 6 may be covered with a fastening tape 10b without providing the change storage section 8. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the two-fold configuration is closed with the wire fastener 10. However, the closing configuration is not limited to this, and a button or a fastening configuration using magnetism or the like can be adopted. Also, in the above-described embodiment, a wallet is exemplified as the article storage. However, it can also be configured as another article storage mainly including the card storage section 6.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0042] 2 Wallet (article storage) 4 Support 6 Card storage section 6A Upper side 6B Lower side 6C One of the longitudinal sides (left side) 6D The other longitudinal side (right side; card insertion / removal side) 6a Back surface 6b Front surface 6a-1, 6b-1 Hypotenuse 8 Change storage section 10 Wire fastener 16a and 16b Coins (Articles) 18 Sheet-like Object Storage Section 20 Banknotes (Sheet-like Objects: Articles) C Cards (Articles)

Claims

1. A support, a rectangular card storage section fixed to the support, comprising: In the card storage section, two sides, one of the upper and lower sides and one of the vertical sides intersecting therewith, are joined, and the other two intersecting sides are open without being joined. There is a space between the back surface along the support and the front surface facing the back surface where two or more cards can be stored in a stacked state, and the front surface is cut so that a part of the stored cards is exposed. An article container characterized by the above.

2. Only a part of the card storage section is fixed to the support so that it can be lifted from the support. The article container according to Claim 1, characterized by the above. Article container.

3. A small change storage section capable of storing a plurality of coins is juxtaposed above the card storage section. The article container according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.

4. A small change storage section capable of storing a plurality of coins is juxtaposed adjacent to the card storage section. In the card storage section, two sides, one of the lower side and one of the vertical sides intersecting therewith, are joined, and at least a part of the small change storage section covers at least a part of the unjoined part of the card storage section. The article container according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.

5. A sheet-like body storage section is formed by sandwiching a sheet-like body between the back surface of the card storage section and the support. The article container according to Claim 2, characterized by the above.

6. Only a part in the width direction of the card storage section is fixed to the support, and the unfixed side can be lifted from the support. The article container according to Claim 2 or 3, characterized by the above.

7. A part of the back surface of the card storage section on the card insertion / removal side is cut. The article container according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized by the above.

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