Patent ID: 6234535
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B42F

Abstract:
A portable clipboard organizer including a tray having upper and lower end walls and spaced side walls defining a storage compartment therebetween, a lid overlying said storage compartment so as to selectively close said storage compartment, said lid having first and second ends, pivot means for pivotally securing said first end of said lid to said lower end wall of said tray, a clamp assembly mounted to said lid adjacent said second end thereof whereby said lid and said clamp assembly function as a clipboard member, said clamp assembly including a fixed clamping jaw and an opposing movable clamping jaw, means for resiliently urging said movable clamping jaw toward said fixed clamping jaw about a pivot axis, means for securing said clipboard member to said tray, a holding mechanism mounted to said clamp assembly and including a thumb tab and an opposing spring clip between which articles may be selectively engaged so as to be supported above an upper surface of said lid, and said thumb tab being engagable to provide leverage to open said movable clamping jaw relative to said fixed clamping jaw of said clamp assembly.