ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,284, issued on June 16, 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 shell with one or more openings on a shell perimeter adapted to clip one or more objects to the one or more openings; and a second shell coupled to the first shell, the second shell including a storage compartment; and first and second rails on each side of the second metal shell to slideably receive one or more cards in the storage compartment."
The patent was filed on ...