ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,010, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CTB HOLDINGS LLC (Portola Valley, Calif.).
"Wallet" was invented by Thuan Tran (San Jose, Calif.), Charlie Carroll (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Binh Tran (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wallet includes a first metal shell with one or more openings on a shell perimeter adapted to clip one or more objects to the one or more openings; a second metal shell coupled to the first shell with a storage compartment therebetween; and securing a soft material to the first and second metal shells, wherein the soft material comprises compartment to store cards or money therein."
The patent ...