Folding coin purse and method of making same

Abstract

The method of making a folding coin purse involves forming a first pocket and a second pocket on a layer of rectangular material. A peripheral border is biased into an upstanding position. The peripheral border frames an access opening between the first pocket and the second pocket. A second half of the body folds over a first half of the body to close the access opening.

1 . A method of making a folding coin purse comprising the steps of:
 providing a layer of a pliable rectangular material having a first end peripheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first side peripheral edge and a second side peripheral edge;   folding the first end peripheral edge over and securing the first end peripheral edge to the layer of pliable rectangular material and leaving seams spaced from the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge to form a first pocket;   folding the second end peripheral edge over and securing the second end peripheral edge to the layer of pliable rectangular material and leaving seams spaced from the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge, to form a second pocket;   turning the first pocket and the second pocket inside out, thereby forming a body with a first inside out pocket, a second inside out pocket and two peripheral side walls biased into an upstanding position by the turning of the first pocket and the second pocket inside out, the peripheral side walls framing an access opening between the first inverted pocket and the second inverted pocket, and a size of the side walls being determined by the width of the pocket seams; and   folding a second half of the body over a first half of the body along a fold line to close the access opening.   
   
   
       2 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , the first pocket having a viewing window covered by a substrate that confines coins within the first pocket while enabling the contents of the first pocket to be viewed. 
   
   
       3 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , having stiffeners attached to the peripheral side walls on the second half of the body which provide leverage to hold coins better when the purse is closed. 
   
   
       4 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , including a further step of attaching a first fastener to the first half of the body and a second fastener to the second half of the body, whereby the first fastener and the second fastener engage to maintain the body in a folded condition. 
   
   
       5 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , including a further step of securing a “T” shaped stiffener to the body to make the body more rigid, a stem of the “T” shaped stiffener being secured to the bottom of the purse, with a top of the “T” shaped stiffener placed to end of the end wall. 
   
   
       6 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , including a further step of securing an elastic material between end walls of the body, such that a key positioned between the elastic material and the body is held in position by the elastic properties of the elastic material. 
   
   
       7 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , including securing with one of sewing, clamping, stitching, gluing, taping riveting, heat sealing or stapling. 
   
   
       8 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , the first pocket being made larger than the second pocket, a transparent covering substrate being placed across a portion of the access opening, so that coins are visible within the first pocket after the first and the second pockets are inverted and the second half purse can be made instead as the second method purse has on the second half. 
   
   
       9 . A folding coin purse comprising:
 by a first method a body made from a layer of pliable rectangular material having a first end peripheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first side peripheral edge and a second side peripheral edge, the first end peripheral edge being folded over and secured to the layer of pliable rectangular material with leaving seams spaced from the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge to form a first pocket, the second end peripheral edge being folded over and secured to layer of pliable rectangular material with leaving seams spaced from the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge, to form a second pocket;   the first pocket and the second pocket being turned inside out to form the two peripheral side walls biased into an upstanding position by the turning of the first pocket and the second pocket inside out, the peripheral side walls framing an access opening between the first inverted pocket and the second inverted pocket, the size of the peripheral side walls being determined by the width of the pocket seams; and   a second half of the body being folded over a first half of the body along a fold line to close the access opening.   
   
   
       10 . A method of making a folding coin purse, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a layer of pliable rectangular material having a first end peripheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first side peripheral edge and a second side peripheral edge;   curling over each of the first end peripheral edge, the second end peripheral edge, the first side peripheral edge, the second side peripheral edge and securing the first end peripheral edge to both of the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge and securing the second end peripheral edge to both of the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge, thereby forming a body with two peripheral side walls and two peripheral end walls which frames an access opening; and   folding a second half of the body over a first half of the body along a fold line to close the access opening.   
   
   
       11 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , including a step of securing a coin confining panel across the peripheral side walls to form a pocket on the first half of the body, the coin confining panel being one of mesh or transparent plastic so that coins can be viewed through the coin confining panel. 
   
   
       12 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , having stiffeners attached to the peripheral side walls on the second half of the body which provide leverage to assist to hold coins when the purse is closed. 
   
   
       13 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , including a further step of attaching a first fastener to the first half of the body a second fastener to the second half of the body, whereby the first fastener and the second fastener engage for maintaining the body in a folded state. 
   
   
       14 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , further comprising the step of securing by one of clamping, sewing, stitching, glueing, taping, riveting, heat sealing and stapling. 
   
   
       15 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , including a further step of having a U-shaped plastic insert with a transparent plastic underneath and hinged to the mid section of U-shape, or a more durable piece material like upholstery or leather is used for hinging and is secured to the transparent material to the mid section of U-shape so that when transparent plastic is moved up between the U-shaped sides, the transparent plastic opens access to facilitate taking coins from the coin panel when the U-shaped insert is secured to the first half purse. 
   
   
       16 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , including a further step of securing the end wall to side walls by sewing through the walls of the purse or through the purse sides near the corners. 
   
   
       17 . The method as defined in  claims 10 , includes the first half purse made by first method or second method, and second half purse made by either first method or second method. 
   
   
       18 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , including a further step by having the second half purse walls stay up higher by having two plastic stiffeners secured in the second end wall, when these stiffeners are moved upward the lower stiffener moves the side walls up where there is a notch in the side wall stiffener if needed in hot climates so that the end wall stiffener stays put at the notch also holding the side walls upright, when the top end wall stiffener is moved down it pushes the lower stiffener off the notch and the purse walls go down flat without warping because the side walls slide out and in between the two end wall plastic stiffeners, and the plastic stiffener with two curved corners secured to the purse bottom keeps the purse corners curved and it also holds some coins under it so the rest of the coins push on the second end wall higher so as to stay higher and avoid having a notch on the side wall stiffener, a thread is secured from side wall to end wall so end wall does not go over upright to far. Another way it to have the stiffener with curved corners be over half as high then the stiffener with cut out corners, both stiffeners are secured through purse mid at second end of purse, this makes the end wall more rigid and it stays upright with coins pushing on it. 
   
   
       19 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , when the purse second end wall is over the side walls and are secured together through the walls, then only one plastic stiffener with curved upward corners is used in the second end wall to keep the end wall corners curved so that the corners do not catch on a clothing pocket when the purse is closed, the stiffener can be curved outward and secured in the end wall to get at coins easier, the side wall stiffener ends are angled and end wall stiffener is always over them so that when the end wall stiffener pushes down on them, the side wall stiffeners will curve inward and lie down flat with the side walls to close the purse. 
   
   
       20 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , when second end wall is over side walls and they are secured together by sewing through the purse spaced some from the corners, the end wall has one springy plastic stiffener with curved corners to keep the purse corners curved so as not to catch on a clothing pocket, the side walls are cut some so that they can go upright which is controlled by the width of end wall stiffener, the end wall stiffener is curved upward to hold coins before closing the purse, the second end of the purse is moved downward so the side walls initially collapse and then the end wall is pressed downward, over the sidewalls, to close the purse endwise. 
   
   
       21 . The method as defined in  claim 10 , the second end wall when made by the inverted pocket method, has a springy plastic stiffener with curved upward corners being to the width of second end wall to keep purse corners curved to avoid catching on a clothing pocket, and with its curved outward stiffener in the end wall it holds the coins and puts the side walls with stiffeners down flat for closing purse, also when the top end of the end wall is sewn to purse body being narrower than the width of the purse body is, the end wall sides do not catch on the clothing pocket.