Compact note scroll
OwnerHarry Zelenkoinventor
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Abstract
A compact note scroll includes a base on which a pair of rotatably mounted shafts carry an elongated strip of paper, an intermediate portion of which is accessible for writing thereon through a window aperture in a case which covers the base. The case has a wrist strap and the device may be worn on the wrist in the manner of a wrist watch. The shafts may be manually rotated to advance fresh portions of the strip of paper successively into registry with the window aperture.
Claims7
A note scroll adapted to be worn on the wrist of a person, comprising a base, a hollow case having an open bottom end sized to receive said base therein to provide a closed housing with said base serving as the bottom wall thereof, means for releasably mounting said hollow case on said base, said base comprising a pair of flat end sections, a pair of inclined walls upstanding from said end sections, a flat table portion extending between said inclined walls, and a pair of spaced lugs upstanding from the side edges of each of said flat end sections, a pair of spaced apart shafts rotatably mounted in the upstanding lugs of the base end sections, an elongated flexible writing strip having a first end attached to one of said shafts and a second end attached to the other of said shafts, with a portion of said strip wound in a roll around at least one of said shafts, the flat table portion of said base underlying an intermediate portion of said flexible writing strip between said shafts, said case having a top wall formed with a window aperture extending over substantially the entire extent of said top wall and positioned to register with said base table portion and the intermediate portion of said flexible strip thereon, and means for rotating said shafts in a direction to advance said flexible strip across the surface of said table portion, said case having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, each of said side walls having an arcuate recessed portion on the lower edge thereof, sized to conform to the wrist of the wearer, said note scroll also including a wrist strap connected to the end walls of said case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.