Security protected credit cards container and billfold

Abstract

A container and billfold for carrying credit cards and the like is provided with security protection for shielding surreptitious remote retrieval of the information stored in magnetic means on the cards. The upper edge portions of the cards are exposed in a staggered manner in the container for ready identification, selection and removal of a particular card during use. A paper currency clip is also provided in the container.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A security protected container and billfold for carrying credit cards and the like comprising:
 a top housing and a lower housing hingedly mounted together to one another at a rear end;   each of said top housing and said lower housing having an outer enclosure panel;   a rectangular main frame surrounding an outer rectangular frame opening;   a shielding plate located within each of said top housing and said lower housing and being in abutment with and covering over entirely inner surface of said outer enclosure panel,   a mounting frame located inside said main frame to retain said shielding plate securely in place within said rectangular main frame;   said mounting frame and said shielding plate forming a compartment for receiving said cards contained therein in a stacked manner;   two L-shaped retainers formed on an inner surface on two opposite sides of said mounting frame, said retainers having a free edge portion extending in an overhang manner and extending inwardly of said mounting frame for retaining said cards securely located within said compartment;   said mounting frame having a lower side wall sloping downwardly and outwardly from said shielding plate, and an upper side wall sloping upwardly and outwardly from said shielding plate,   a plurality of transverse steps formed on said lower side wall whereby lower edges of said cards placed and stacked in said mounting frame abut said steps on said sloping lower side wall of said mounting frame to render upper edge portions of said cards to expose in a staggered manner to facilitate ready identification, selection and removal of a selected card from the stack.   
     
     
         2 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 1  wherein said rectangular main frame has a center opening surrounded by said rectangular main frame, an inwardly extending surrounding inner rim located at an inner surface of said rectangular main frame;
 a rectangular cover plate abutting said inner rim and enclosing said rectangular frame opening to form said enclosure panel of said rectangular main frame; and 
 said mounting frame being secured to said rectangular main frame for retaining said shielding plate and said rectangular cover plate securely mounted in place within said compartment. 
 
     
     
         3 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 2  including two torsion springs mounted on two opposite side walls of said mounting frame of each of said top housing and said lower housing; said torsion springs abutting said cards to maintain said cards in a stack securely and safely in place in said compartment. 
     
     
         4 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 3  wherein said top housing and said lower housing are mounted together with a spring-loaded hinge operative to maintain said top housing and said lower housing to positioned juxtaposed to one another in a closed condition and to positioned in an obtuse angle relative to one another in an opened condition. 
     
     
         5 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 4  including a currency clip mounted to said hinge and operative for carrying a selected amount of paper currency in said container and billfold. 
     
     
         6 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 5  wherein said shielding plate is made of an electromagnet waves blocking material selected from the group consisting of metal, and metal alloy. 
     
     
         7 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 4  including an extension end portion formed at a rear end of said top housing and having a through opening formed therein;
 two upstanding extension base portions formed at two end portions of a rear end of said lower housing; said extension base portions being spaced from one another by a mounting space, and both of said extension base portions also having a through opening formed therein; and said top housing and said lower housing being mounted together with said extension end portion of said top housing engaged with said extension base portions of said lower housing; and said spring-loaded hinge extending through said through opening of said extension end portion of said top housing and said through opening in said base extension portions of said lower housing. 
 
     
     
         8 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 7  wherein said spring-loaded hinge includes a spring-loaded shaft located with said extension end portion of said top housing, said shaft having two rectangular ends adjacent to two ends of said through opening of said extension end portion of said top housing; a first adjustable pin located in one of said extension base portion and a second adjustable pin located in the other one of said extension base portion; said first adjustable pin having a bifurcated inner end engageable with said rectangular end at one end of said shaft and said second adjustable pin also having a bifurcated inner end engageable with said rectangular end at the second end of said shaft, said first adjustable pin and said second adjustable pfin being adjustable for varying said obtuse angle between said top housing and said lower housing in said opened condition. 
     
     
         9 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 8  wherein said money clip being mounted to a body portion of each of said first adjustable pin and said second adjustable pin whereby said money clip is located at a selected tilted position spaced from said top mounting frame and said lower mounting frame when said top housing and said lower housing are located in said opened condition. 
     
     
         10 . A security protected container and billfold according to  claim 9  including a slot formed on an end surface of both said first adjustable pin and said second adjustable pin to facilitate adjustment of both said first adjustable pin and said second adjustable pin.