Patent ID: 8079165

Claim:
A portable shopping aid, comprising: a document holding portion to hold a document to permit reading from a direction substantially normal to the document; and a clamp portion including two or more opposing legs that are mounted by the portable shopping aid in fixed relationship to one another, the clamp portion to engage a structure extending in a first dimension using spring force provided the fixed relationship of the two or more opposing legs; wherein the clamp portion is oriented such that the portable shopping aid retains the document such that the direction is substantially perpendicular to the first dimension, each of the opposing legs terminates in a foot, the collective feet mounted in substantially a common plane to stably support the portable shopping aid on a substantially horizontal surface, such that the portable shopping aid when supported on the surface retains the document in a manner substantially orthogonal to the surface, and the opposing legs of the clamp portion include at least three legs each having an inwardly concave profile and to terminate in a manner producing a gap between two of at least three legs, the gap aligned with a third of the at least three legs along the direction substantially normal to the document, and said aid has non-overlapping components along a direction in which a mold may be separated to fabricate said portable shopping aid, the direction in which a mold may be separated being substantially perpendicular to the first dimension.