Patent ID: 7931165

Claim:
A portable blueprint carrier and display device comprising: A compact storage case, cylindrical in shape, wherein said cylindrical storage case has vertical end walls, and said cylindrical case is seated into a rectangular base, wherein the cylindrical case and rectangular base each have a form molded opening, which openings are aligned for the passage of flexible backing material and documents; a cylindrical roller having a diameter smaller than that of said compact storage case, said cylindrical roller mounted to the interior ends of said compact storage case as to rotate axially in either direction within said compact storage case; a section of flexible backing material attached to said cylindrical roller; means for attaching and detaching the backs of display documents to the top of said flexible backing material, said attaching and detaching means including the use of hook and loop fastener material affixed to a large surface area of the top surface of the flexible backing material for mating with hook and loop document fastening adhesive strips attached to the backs of documents; means for holding one end of a document down during display, said holding means including a document fastener assembly, wherein said document fastener assembly comprises a folding lid, hinge, holding fastener, and indentation, which work collectively to form a snap fastener, and wherein a clip that extends a width of said flexible backing material extends to hold documents down during horizontal or vertical flat display; means for unfurling said flexible backing material manually, said unfurling means including a retractable handle comprised of flat top and bottom surfaces attached to said document fastener assembly, wherein said document fastener assembly is sized to fit squarely into said aligned, molded openings in the cylindrical storage case and the rectangular base; means for retracting said flexible backing material upon said cylindrical roller, said cylindrical roller being fitted on one end with a manual retractor cap which extends beyond the vertical end wall of the compact storage case; and means for fastening said device during horizontal or vertical flat display, said fastening means including padded magnets and grooved slots positioned on the bottom of the rectangular base and retractable handle, wherein said grooved slots are sized to receive and securely encase protruding nail heads of various sizes.