Patent ID: 7426797

Claim:
A writing tablet, comprising: a portable tablet body comprising: a substantially planar writing surface having parallely opposed upper and lower marginal edges; an elongated ridge extending from the upper marginal edge, the ridge defining a curved hollow channel therein, the curved channel extending at an obtuse angle from the writing surface; a straight hollow channel defined underneath the writing surface and contiguously extending from the curved hollow channel; and a covering member connected to the tablet body and configured to slidably move above the writing surface, the covering member being selectively positionable between a first position substantially exposing the writing surface by retracting into the curved and straight channels, a second position substantially covering the writing surface by extending out of the curved and straight channels, and a plurality of intermediate positions between the first and second positions partially exposing the writing surface, wherein the covering member is configured to maintain, unless moved by a user, a stationary position in the first, the second, and any of the plurality of intermediate positions.