US Patent Issued to Fellowes Mobile on Nov. 25 for "Wallet with structure to limit lateral displacement" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,155, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Fellowes Mobile LLC (Itasca, Ill.).

"Wallet with structure to limit lateral displacement" was invented by Jack Dufelmeier (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wallet or case to hold data cards such as credit cards and identification cards. The wallet includes two panels joined by an elastic or expanding and contracting structure so that the wallet may expand top accommodate more cards, and contract to hold less cards and maintain a downward bias or pressure on the stack of cards in the wallet. The wallet includes complementary structures on the two panels to interfere with each other in a ...