Wallet

Abstract

A moulded wallet formed using at least two layers of plastics materials includes a first part having a free end and a fixed end, and a second part having a free end and a fixed end. The fixed ends cooperating to form a pivot bridge about which the first and second parts pivot between a first folded state and a second open state. A first of the layers of plastics materials includes a semi rigid plastics and a second includes a softer plastics which is less rigid than the first layer said plastics materials. Each of the first and second parts include an outer face and an inner face, the inner face at least partially formed of the semi rigid plastics. The semi rigid plastics co operates with the soft plastics material to define at least one compartment in each of the first and second parts.

1 . A moulded wallet comprising:
 at least two layers of plastics materials including a layer of semi rigid plastics material and a layer of softer plastics material which is less rigid than the layer of semi rigid plastics material;   a first part having a free end, a fixed end, an outer face and an inner face, said inner face being at least partially formed of the layer of semi rigid plastics material, and said outer face at least partially formed of the layer of softer plastics material;   a second part having a free end, a fixed end, an outer face and an inner face, said inner face being at least partially formed of the layer of semi rigid plastics material, and said outer face at least partially formed of the layer of softer plastics material;   a pivot bridge formed by cooperation of the fixed ends of said first and second parts and about which the first and second parts pivot between a first folded state when the first and second parts oppose each other and a second open state when the first and second parts are capable of lying in the same plane; and   at least one compartment in each of said first and second parts defined by a cooperation of the layer of semi rigid plastics material of the inner faces with the layer of softer plastics material of the outer faces.   
     
     
         2 . A wallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the pivot bridge comprises a flexible spine formed from the softer plastics material. 
     
     
         3 . A wallet according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one compartment is formed by a space between opposing layers. 
     
     
         4 . A wallet according to  claim 3 , wherein the plastics are selected from co moulded polypropylene, polyurethane, nylon and PVC. 
     
     
         5 . A wallet according to  claim 4 , wherein part of the plastics which forms the wallet is soft and pliable and another part of the wallet is semi rigid. 
     
     
         6 . A wallet according to  claim 5 , wherein a portion of the plastics material which comprises the first and second parts has a durometer within the range of shore hardness A 5-85 and a portion has a durometer range of greater than shore hardness A85. 
     
     
         7 . A wallet according to  claim 6 , further including a card holder which is retained in the at least one of the compartments and which is capable of receiving and retaining a credit or business card. 
     
     
         8 . A wallet according to  claim 7 , wherein at least one said first and second parts includes a compartment which occupies a majority of the area of the inner face of each said first and second parts. 
     
     
         9 . A wallet according to  claim 8 , further comprising a peripheral boundary having the softer plastics material. 
     
     
         10 . A wallet according to  claim 9 , wherein the same plastics type is used which is part semi rigid and part soft. 
     
     
         11 . A wallet according to  claim 9 , wherein different plastic types are used to form the plastics layers. 
     
     
         12 . A wallet according to  claim 11 , wherein at least one of said first and second parts includes a compartment which occupies a majority of the area of the inner face of the first part. 
     
     
         13 . A wallet according to  claim 12 , wherein, the first part and second parts are formed by interfitting of one plastic type forming one layer and another plastics type forming a second layer. 
     
     
         14 . A wallet according to  claim 13 , wherein the interfitting of the layers is via opposite gender profile parts. 
     
     
         15 . A wallet according to  claim 14 , wherein the profile parts are disposed along at least one edge of each said first and second parts. 
     
     
         16 . A wallet according to  claim 15 , wherein an inner layer of plastics has a male profile part and an outer layer of plastics has a female profile part which inter engages with the male profile part. 
     
     
         17 . A wallet according to  claim 16 , wherein the male profile part forms a rim about the periphery of the first and second parts. 
     
     
         18 . A wallet according to  claim 8 , further comprising a tab which allows locking closure of the first and second parts. 
     
     
         19 . A wallet according to  claim 11 , wherein the tab extends from one end of an outer wall of the first part and wraps about an opposite end of an outer wall of the second part. 
     
     
         20 . A wallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the layer of softer plastics material forms a cover extending substantially the length of an edge of the first and second parts and which cover is pivotal about the layer of semi-rigid plastics material such that the cover moves between a first state in which is wholly within a peripheral boundary of the bi fold wallet and a second state in which the cover is pivoted about the edge of the first and second parts. 
     
     
         21 . A wallet comprising:
 moulded layers of soft plastics material and semi rigid plastics material;   an outer layer and an inner layer co operating to form a wallet body in which a first part is foldable against a second part such that portions of an inner surface of the wallet body oppose one another;   the inner surface being formed predominantly of the semi rigid plastics material,   an outer surface of the wallet body being formed from the soft plastics material, and said outer surface including a peripheral boundary formed from the semi rigid plastics material and an intermediate flexible pivot bridge about which said inner surface may be folded;   at least one compartment defined by a cooperation of the outer layer and the inner layer, and when the outer layer and inner layer form the wallet body each of the outer layer and inner layer move in unison between a folded configuration and an opened out configuration.