IP Library Granted Patent US 12,501,978
Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,978 · App. 18/429,393 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Wallet with anti-lost card

Inventor: Yusheng Liang (Gaozhou, CN)
A45C13/185A45C2001/065A45C13/002
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,501,978
App. No.
18/429,393
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wallet is provided with an anti-lost card, so as to facilitate the user to track the wallet by the anti-lost card, the anti-lost card can be detachably or permanently placed in a wallet body of the wallet. A positioning module of the anti-lost card can take advantage of existing network of devices, which work as crowdsourced beacons to ping each other in order to determine the location of the missing wallet, so that compatible electronic devices can use an app to identify the approximate location of the missing wallet.

Claims (19)

1 . A wallet, comprising:

a wallet body which comprises a first partition layer and a second partition layer, wherein said first partition layer has a front surface as a front surface of said wallet body and a rear surface overlapped with said second partition layer to define an interlayer space between said first partition layer and said second partition layer;

an accommodating pocket, having an accommodating space, formed on said front surface of said wallet body;

an anti-lost card which is disposed in said accommodating space of said accommodating pocket and retained on said front surface of said wallet body for positioning a location of said wallet body, wherein said accommodating pocket is integrally formed on said front surface of said wallet body, wherein said anti-lost card is permanently fixed and sealed in said accommodating pocket in front of said wallet body; and

an electrically charging device, wherein said anti-lost card comprises two electrical contacts, wherein said accommodating pocket has two holes aligned with said two electrical contacts respectively for exposing two electrical contacts, wherein when said electrically charging device is received in said interlayer space of said wallet body, said electrical contacts of said anti-lost card are in contact with said electrically charging device through said holes of said accommodating pocket, such that said electrically charging device is arranged to electrically charge said anti-lost card.

2 . The wallet according to claim 1 , wherein said two holes are communicated between said interlayer space and said accommodating space, so as to allow the electrically charging device to be disposed in said interlayer space to electrically charge said anti-lost card.

3 . A wallet, comprising:

a wallet body which comprises a first partition layer and a second partition layer wherein said first partition layer has a front surface as a front surface of said wallet body and a rear surface overlapped with said second partition layer to define an interlayer space between said first partition layer and said second partition layer;

an accommodating pocket, having an accommodating space, formed on said front surface of said wallet body;

an anti-lost card which is disposed in said accommodating space of said accommodating pocket and retained on said front surface of said wallet body for positioning a location of said wallet body;

wherein said accommodating pocket comprises a first pocket surface formed by as said front surface of said wallet body and a second pocket surface which is formed on said front surface of said wallet body and joined to said first pocket surface to form said accommodating space between said second pocket surface and said front surface of said wallet body for storing said anti-lost card.

4 . The wallet according to claim 3 , wherein said accommodating pocket has a pocket opening formed on said second pocket surface, and said pocket opening is arranged for allowing the anti-lost card to enter and exit said accommodating pocket, wherein said second pocket surface has a slit formed thereon as said pocket opening, wherein a length of said slit is larger than a length of said anti-lost card.

5 . The wallet according to claim 4 , further comprising a switch control mechanism which is disposed at said pocket opening to allow said pocket opening to be switched between a first state and a second state, wherein when said pocket opening is in said first state, the anti-lost card is allowed to enter and exit said accommodating pocket through said pocket opening, and when said pocket opening is in said second state, said anti-lost card is blocked from entering and exiting said accommodating pocket through said pocket opening.

6 . The wallet according to claim 5 , wherein said switch control mechanism comprises an elastic band which is disposed at said pocket opening, wherein when said pocket opening is in said first state, a size of said pocket opening expands, and when said pocket opening is in said second state, the size of said pocket opening contracts.

7 . The wallet according to claim 6 , wherein said second pocket surface comprises an inner covering part covering on said front surface of said wallet body, wherein said outer edge part is formed at an outer edge of said inner covering part.

8 . The wallet according to claim 5 , wherein said switch control mechanism comprises a zipper installed at said pocket opening, wherein said pocket opening is opened in said first state and closed in said second state.

9 . The wallet according to claim 5 , wherein said switch control mechanism comprises a hook element and a fleece element installed at said pocket opening.

10 . The wallet according to claim 3 , wherein said accommodating pocket has a pocket opening formed between said first pocket surface and an outer edge portion of said second pocket surface.

11 . The wallet according to claim 10 , wherein said wallet body comprises a folding layer which is pivotally coupled to said accommodating pocket at a position corresponding to said pocket opening, wherein said folding layer is pulled out of said accommodating space for allowing said anti-lost card to be disposed in said accommodating space through said pocket opening, and then said folding layer is covered on an upper part of said anti-lost card to prevent said anti-lost card to slip off from said accommodating space.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 18204960 · Jun 2, 2023
Related Publication 20240398081A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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