Patent ID: 7901214
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B43K,B43L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a portable storage housing; a drawing surface, moveably coupled to said portable storage housing by a biasing subsystem, said drawing surface including a storage mode and a deployed mode wherein said storage mode provides said drawing surface inside said housing and inaccessible for receipt of content and wherein said deployed mode extends said drawing surface outside of said housing and accessible for receipt of content; wherein transition of said drawing surface from said storage mode to said deployed mode activates said biasing subsystem and wherein said biasing subsystem automatically transitions said drawing surface from said deployed mode to said storage mode when operated by a user wherein said storage housing includes a wiper subsystem integrated into said housing and disposed proximate said drawing surface, said wiper subsystem automatically erasing any content received by said drawing surface during a transition from one of said modes to another of said modes when said wiper subsystem is in an active erase mode.