Patent ID: 6634614
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A47B,B42F

Abstract:
A portable combination clipboard and book holder for use in reading and writing, comprising:a flat generally rectangular board having a top surface; a flat generally rectangular book support member hingedly connected at one end of said board by stop hinge means to allow said book support member to be pivoted between a horizontal stored position on said top surface of said board and an upright generally vertical in-use position; a pair of generally rectangular transverse bars secured to said top surface of said board adjacent to an unhinged end of said book support member in its horizontal stored position, said transverse bars extending a distance inwardly from lateral sides of said board in laterally opposed relation, and a short distance vertically upward from said top surface of said board; a spring clip having a base portion secured to said top surface of said board between inward facing ends of said laterally opposed transverse bars and a front portion extending forwardly therefrom spring biased downwardly toward said top surface to engage a sheet or pad of papers supported on said top surface; said transverse bars serving as a raised stop surface against which a top edge of the sheet or pad of papers supported on said top surface of said board may be engaged; and said book support member, when pivoted to its said upright in-use position, disposed to receive and support an opened book, and said transverse bar disposed to engage and support laterally opposed lower edges of the book cover or pages such that the opened book is supported in an upright inclined position.