ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,902, issued on April 7, was assigned to Samson Manufacturing Corp. (Keene, N.H.).

"Versatile wallet" was invented by Scott W. Samson (Spofford, N.H.), Ryan Bailey (Wilton, N.H.) and Chris Morgan (Spofford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A versatile wallet includes a metal body formed from a front face plate connected to a rear face plate and forming a cavity therebetween. The front and rear face plates define sidewalls on three separate sides of the body, and an opening on a fourth side of the body. The front face plate and rear face plate include aligned perforations extending around their perimeter. A plurality of rivets exten...