Credit card wallet and method of making same

Claim 2

A multi-compartment receptacle, comprising a first panel, a plurality of superimposed longitudinally vertically offset second panels superimposed on said first panel and having transversely extending openings formed therein proximate their lower edges, and a tongue extending from the lower edge of said first panel and engaging said transversely extending openings, opposite tabs integrally formed with and projecting transversely from the upper corners of each of said panels and being of heights less than that of said respective panels, the upper section of each of said tabs being superimposed on and sealed to the lower section of the corresponding tab of the next successive upper panel.

Claim 3

The receptacle of claim 1, wherein said tabs are sealed to each other along their outer vertical edges.

Claim 4

The receptacle of claim 1 wherein said second panels are similarly shaped, and said panels and tabs are vertically offset distances between one half and the full height of said tabs along the side edges thereof.

Claim 5

The receptacle of claim 1, including a backing panel underlying and at least coextensive with said first and second panels and joined along its upper edge to the upper edge of said first panel.

Claim 6

The receptacle of claim 4, including a rear panel underlying said backing panel and a front panel joined along its lower edge to the lower edge of said rear panel and superimposed on the lowermost of said second panels with its upper edge being downwardly offset relative to the upper edge of said lowermost second panel, and sealed at its upper corners to the tabs projecting from said lowermost second panel.

Claim 7

The receptacle of claim 5, including a side flap extending from a side edge of said rear panel and overlying and sealed to the corresponding side edges of said tabs and said front panel.

Claim 8

The receptacle of claim 1, including a pair of transversely spaced sets of said first and second panels, said second panels being similarly shaped, and the panels and tabs of each set being vertically offset distances between one half and the full height of said tabs along the side edges thereof, a backing panel underlying said first and second panels and extending between the outer edges of said sets of panels and integrally formed along its upper edge with the upper edges of said first panels, a rear panel underlying said backing panel, a pair of transversely spaced front panels integrally formed along their lower edges with the lower edge of said rear panel and superimposed on the lowermost of said second panels with their upper edges being downwardly offset relative to the upper edges of the respective lowermost second panel, and side flaps extending from the side edges of said rear panel and overlying and sealed to the side edges of respective outer tabs and the outer side edges of said front panels.

Claim 9

The method of producing the receptacle of claim 1, including the steps of superimposing a plurality of preformed longitudinally offset thermoplastic partition blanks including said transversely slit second panels, provided with laterally projecting wings integrally formed at their upper edges, superimposing a preformed second blank on the uppermost of said partition blanks, said second blank comprising said first panel and said tongue, and thereafter heat sealing the overlapping sections of said wings to each other along points inwardly offset from the outer edges of said wings, and severing the outer portions of said wings at points outwardly of and proximate the corresponding heat sealing points.

Claim 10

The method of producing the receptacle of claim 8 including the steps of positioning in a lay flat condition a first blank containing said front and rear panels and said side flaps, superimposing on said first blank in longitudinally Offset relationships a plurality of longitudinally offset similar second thermoplastic blanks, each including a pair of transversely spaced second panels provided with said transverse openings, and a transversely extending bridge integrally formed with and joining the upper side edges of said second panels, and wing members integrally formed with and projecting transversely from the upper outer side edges of said second panels, superimposing on the uppermost of said second panels a preformed third thermoplastic blank comprising said backing panel and a pair of transversely spaced depending first panels provided with medially depending tongues, inserting each of said tongues through a corresponding set of said transverse slits, simultaneously heat-sealing and securing said blanks to heat-seal respective overlapping bridges and overlapping wings along vertical lines proximate the side edges of said second panels, severing said wings and bridges along lines proximate to and outside said lines of heat-sealing and severing said third blank to form said backing panel, rear panel and side flaps, folding said backing panel to underlie said first and second panels, folding said rear panel to underlie said backing panel, folding said flaps to overlie the outer side edges of said first, second and front panels, and heat-sealing said flaps to said first, second and front panel outer side edges.