Patent ID: 8915558

Claim:
An article for supporting a computer on a user's lap and for isolating the user from heat from the computer, the article comprising: a tubular foam body covered with fabric; a top surface for contacting the computer; a bottom surface for contacting the user's lap; a back wall extending from the bottom surface to the top surface at a back of the article; a front wall extending from the bottom surface to the top surface at a front of the article; a center; a left side; and a right side; wherein: the back wall of the article is taller than the front wall of the article; the top surface of the article is at an acute angle to the bottom surface of the article; the foam body covered with the fabric has a first cross section, when viewed from a side, that is a trapezium with rounded corners; the front wall and the back wall are not vertical, but rather, lean in toward the center, so that the bottom surface has a greater horizontal dimension from front to back than the top surface; the left side and the right side lean in toward the center so that the bottom surface has a greater horizontal dimension from left to right than the top surface; the foam body covered with the fabric has a second cross section, when viewed from the front or from the back that is a trapezoid; the bottom surface comprises the foam body covered with the fabric: the top surface comprises the foam body covered with the fabric; the back wall comprises the foam body covered with the fabric; the front wall comprises the foam body covered with the fabric; the foam body covered with the fabric defines a hollow area between the top surface and the bottom surface and between the back wall and the front wall; and the foam body covered with the fabric further comprises a right side opening to the hollow area and a left side opening to the hollow area wherein the left side opening is opposite to the right side opening.