Patent ID: 6024384
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B42D,B42F

Abstract:
A clipboard, comprising:a planar panel suitable for writing and holding documents;a base member secured to said panel;a retaining member including a front face and an edge portion, said retaining member movably secured to said base member for pivotal movement about an axis;means for biasing said retaining member about said axis such that said retaining member edge portion is biased towards said base member to retain documents placed therebetween;a pair of adjacent, spaced-apart card retaining rails extending outwardly from said retaining member front face in a direction substantially normal to said retaining member front face, wherein each retaining rail has an arcuate configuration with opposite ends secured to said retaining member front face, and wherein each rail has a cross-sectional shape that is configured to cooperate with a complementary-shaped notch in a card; andat least one card releasably secured to said card retaining rails via a pair of complementary-shaped notches in said at least one card, wherein said at least one card comprises opposite first and second faces, and wherein said at least one card is movable along said retaining rails from a first position wherein said card first face is exposed to a second position wherein said card second face is exposed.