Posse box report clip board

A three-part combination report clip board and storage container comprising:

• an open top bottom container formed as a flat tray with upstanding sides, said container of a width, breadth and depth to receive report forms and pads in one open top compartment thereof and pencils or other writing instruments in a smaller open top compartment therein, the two open top compartments being divided by a partition which includes and access aperture for permitting the user to reach under the papers contained in the larger compartment and at least one buffer pad in the pencil compartment;
• an intermediate, open top report pad container formed as a flat tray with upstanding sides, said container of a width, length and depth to accommodate a writing pad, said tray forming a writing surface having an upper flat surface of a width and length to accommodate a writing pad, said intermediate container overlying said bottom container to form a lid therefor, said intermediate container extending beyond said bottom container on at least one side to facilitate opening said lid;
• means forming a writing surface for clipping a pad to the surface, down-turned flanges on the sides of the writing surface, said flanges forming at least one notch to retain in position an elastic paper retaining means across the writing surface but not around either of the containers, said writing surface means overlying said intermediate container to form a lid therefor, said writing surface means extending beyond said intermediate container on at least one side to facilitate opening said lid;
• the lower container, intermediate container and writing surface being hinged together by a single axis hinge which includes a pair of hinge pins, the hinge being so constructed and configured as to pivotly position the intermediate tray above the lower tray and to pivotly position the writing surface above the intermediate tray, to permit the writing surface, when opening, to cross an over-center position to a position beyond the vertical plane, with respect to the plane of the bottom tray;
• the intermediate tray having a rear lip with an in-turned ledge, a buffer pad sealer of resilient material affixed to the bottom side of the writing surface member to co-act with the rear lip structure to prevent small slips of paper from falling out through the hinge area;
• latch means secured to the underside of the writing surface member extending over the intermediate tray selectively to secure the intermediate tray to the bottom of the writing surface or to release the intermediate tray to rest on the top of the bottom tray and means secured to the front end of the bottom tray to keep the latch in the closed position;
• the flat tray of the intermediate container including an opening to permit the user to lift a pad from the tray by extending a finger or thumb through the opening;
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• non-skid means on the outside of the bottom container.