Patent ID: 7815388
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B42D,B42F,B43K,B43L

Abstract:
1. A retractable writing surface system comprising: a binding mechanism; a pocket directly bound to said binding mechanism, said pocket including a pair of opposed pocket panels having an inner cavity therebetween, one of said pocket panels comprising a flap; and a polymer writing surface at least partially received in said pocket, said writing surface comprising an internal slit; wherein said writing surface is movable between an extended position wherein at least part of said writing surface is exposed for writing upon by a writing instrument, and a refracted position wherein less of said writing surface is exposed for writing upon by said writing instrument compared to when said writing surface is in said extended position, wherein at least part of said writing surface is located in said cavity when said writing surface is in said retracted position; and wherein said flap is slidably received by said internal slit to retain said writing surface so that said writing surface in said extended position remains attached to said pocket.