Patent ID: 6491275
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B32B,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer accessory comprising a mouse pad and a paper pad, said mouse pad and said paper pad being structurally integrated and operationally coordinated:(a) said mouse pad being a plate-like unit including a lower elastomeric foam base and an upper fibrous face; (b) said face providing a frictional surface that includes a contact area on which a mouse is adapted to be moved; (c) said mouse pad having a cutout adjacent to said contact area for the reception of said paper pad; (d) said paper pad including a stack of sheets; (e) said cutout constituting a receptacle that has a planar profile of predetermined size and shape; (f) said paper pad being a planar unit that is provided with a profile of substantially the same predetermined size and shape as has said cutout; (g) said paper pad being press fitted into said cutout; (h) said paper pad and said cutout being geometrically congruent; (i) a web that spans the back of said cutout and limits movement of said paper pad into said cutout; (j) said sheets being characterized by a front face that is adapted to receive written notations, and a back face that, along at least one of its edges, has a band of coating of repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive; (k) said repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive being applicable and adherent to a substrate, and then removable and re-applicable to a substrate; (l) the upper face of said contact area and the upper face of said pad presenting a substantially continuous manually accessible surface; (m) said substantially continuous manually accessible surface being adapted for immediate alternative contact by a hand or a mouse controlled thereby.