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US 2024/0367455 A1Published application
Foldable clipboard
AssigneeMedInfo, Inc.
InventorDesi Penington
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Abstract
A foldable clipboard includes at least three support panels that each have an upper surface. At least one of the support panels includes a set of apertures operable to receive an attachment feature. At least one hinge pivotably couples each adjacent set of support panels. The clipboard is capable of transitioning between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration via the at least one hinge pivotably coupling each adjacent set of support panels. The upper surfaces of each of the at least three support panels form a combined upper surface having a substantially constant and consistent thickness that provide a writing surface when the clipboard is in the unfolded configuration.
Claims20
A foldable clipboard, comprising:
- a first support panel;
- a second support panel;
- at least a third support panel;
- a first hinge, wherein the first hinge includes a first hinge component pivotably coupled to a second hinge component, wherein the first hinge component is coupled to the first support panel and the second hinge component is coupled to the second support panel;
- and
- at least a second hinge, wherein the at least a second hinge includes a third hinge component pivotably coupled to a fourth hinge component, wherein the third hinge component is coupled to the second support panel and the fourth hinge component is coupled to the at least a third support panel,
- wherein the first support panel, the second support panel, and the at least a third support panel are able to transition between a folded configuration of the foldable clipboard and an unfolded configuration of the foldable clipboard, wherein the first support panel, the second support panel, and the at least a third support panel share a longitudinal axis when the foldable clipboard is in the unfolded configuration,
- wherein the first hinge component is aligned with the third hinge component and offset from the longitudinal axis by a first distance, wherein the second hinge component is aligned with the fourth hinge component and offset from the longitudinal axis by a second distance, wherein the first distance is less than the second distance,
- wherein the first support panel, the second support panel, and the at least a third support panel have respective surfaces that form a combined upper surface when the foldable clipboard is in the unfolded configuration, and
- wherein the first support panel and the at least a third support panel have adjacent surfaces when the foldable clipboard is in the folded configuration.
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A foldable clipboard, comprising:
- a first support panel;
- a second support panel;
- at least a third support panel;
- a first hinge including a first hinge plate of the first support panel pivotably coupled to a second hinge plate of the second support panel;
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- at least a second hinge including a third hinge plate of the second support panel pivotably coupled to a fourth hinge plate of the at least a third support panel,
- wherein the first support panel, the second support panel, and the at least a third support panel have respective longitudinal axes that are aligned when the foldable clipboard is in an unfolded configuration,
- wherein the first hinge plate of the first support panel and the fourth hinge plate of the at least a third support panel are each offset a same first distance from the respective longitudinal axes,
- wherein the second hinge plate of the second support panel and the third hinge plate of the second support panel are each offset a same second distance from the respective longitudinal axes, and
- wherein the same first distance is shorter than the same second distance.
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A foldable writing surface, comprising:
- at least three support panels, each support panel of the at least three support panels including an upper surface, wherein the upper surfaces of each of the at least three support panels form a combined upper surface when the foldable writing surface is in an unfolded position;
- and
- at least two sets of hinges, wherein each adjacent set of support panels of the at least three support panels are coupled together by a respective set of hinges of the at least two sets of hinges, wherein each set of hinges of the at least two sets of hinges includes a first hinge and a second hinge, and wherein the at least two sets of hinges allow the at least three support panels to transition between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration for the foldable writing surface,
- wherein the at least three support panels have a combined longitudinal axis with the foldable writing surface is in the unfolded configuration,
- wherein the first hinge of each set of hinges of the at least two sets of hinges has a first hinge plate set inside a second hinge plate relative to the combined longitudinal axis, wherein the second hinge of each set of hinges of the at least two sets of hinges has a third hinge plate set outside a fourth hinge plate relative to the combined longitudinal axis,
- wherein the first hinge plate and the third hinge plate of each set of hinges of the at least two sets of hinges are on a first support panel of an adjacent set of support panels of the at least three support panels, and wherein the second hinge plate and the fourth hinge plate of each set of hinges of the at least two sets of hinges are on a second support panel of the adjacent set of support panels of the at least three support panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.