Card Retention Device

Abstract

The invention disclosed herein comprises a wallet, cardholder, billfold, purse, phone cover or enclosure, passport cover, identification card cover, backpack or other personal bag or container which includes a pocket created by forming an enclosure with three corners with an opening or slot sized as appropriate for the card, currency, papers or other documents as desired. The user inserts one end of the card into the slot and pushes the card into position whereby the three corners of the card are positioned in substantial alignment with the three corners of the pocket and retained in relative proximity. As one or more cards are inserted and removed from the pocket, the remaining cards are retained in the pocket by the resistance imparted by the three-corner structure of the pocket.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a card pocket comprising a flexible front flap connected to a stiff back piece wherein the front flap includes an angled portion forming a pocket with a slot between the front flap and back piece and the formed pocket includes at least three corners which act to retain a card inserted into the card pocket via the slot.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the front flap is selected from the following group of materials comprising a leather, a nylon, a plastic and a metal. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the card pocket is formed as part of a wallet. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the card pocket is formed as part of a checkbook cover, a card case, an identification badge holder, or a money clip. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the card pocket is formed as part of a backpack, a purse, a phone case, a laptop case, a computer tablet case. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the card pocket is capable of securing multiple cards. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein a second card pocket is formed by a second slot in the front flap. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the card inserted into the pocket is substantially secured by a friction force imparted on the card by at least three corners of the formed pocket. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the card inserted into the pocket is substantially secured by a compressive force imparted on the card by at least three corners of the formed pocket.