Patent ID: 7611117

Claim:
A laptop computer document holder for a laptop computer, consisting of: an elongated, rectangular sheath base, said sheath base having a closed bottom surface and an open top surface forming an elongated rectangular slot from the top surface to the closed bottom surface, said top surface defining a stop flange adjacent the top surface and within the slot; means for attaching the sheath base of the laptop computer document holder to the laptop computer; a telescopic arm movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the arm being protectively held in the sheath base in the retracted position and extended out of the sheath base above the laptop computer in the extended position, the telescopic arm including: i) a first telescopic rectangular piece forming a lower part of said telescopic arm and fitting inside the rectangular slot of the sheath base in the retracted position, said first piece having a closed bottom surface and an open top surface forming an elongated rectangular slot from the top surface to the closed bottom surface, said top surface defining a stop flange adjacent the top surface and within the slot, said first piece further including an external flange adjacent the bottom surface, whereby the first piece is adapted to extend nearly out of the sheath base above the laptop computer in the extended position when the external flange engages the stop flange in the sheath, ii) a second telescopic rectangular piece forming an upper part of said telescopic arm, the second piece fitting inside the first telescopic piece in the retracted position, said second piece further including an external flange adjacent the bottom surface, whereby the second piece is adapted to extend nearly out of the first piece above the laptop computer in the extended position when the external flange engages the stop flange in the first piece; and a clip attached to the second telescopic piece adapted for clipping at least one document to the laptop computer document holder when the second telescopic piece is in the extended position.