# US 4,391,457 A · Combination pocket pad and writing instrument holder

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- Number: US 4,391,457 A
- Document ID: US4391457A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/289,470
- Filed: 1981-08-03
- Granted: 1983-07-05
- Earliest claimed: 1981-08-03
- Inventors: Paul B. Gassner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4391457A

## CPC

- A45C 11/34: Pencil boxes; Pencil etuis or the like
- B42D 3/12: combined with other articles {(loose leaf-binders combined with other articles B42F13/40)}
- B43K 23/001: {Supporting means (bracelets with means for attaching a writing instrument or a memo pad A44C5/0046)}
- B42P 2241/18: with writing instruments
- Y10T 24/1321: Pencil
- Y10T 428/24017: Hook or barb
- A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B43K: IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING (containers, casings or accessories for cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soap, lipstick, make-up A45D34/00, A45D40/00)
- B42P: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BOOKS, FILING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A memo or check pad holder is disclosed which is designed to fit into an open shirt pocket and retain not only a memo or check pad but also writing instruments. The holder includes a cover foldable along a flexible hinge into front and back cover sections. The inside face of said one cover section includes means for retaining a memo or check pad. The opposite outer face of the same cover section includes high friction material designed to frictionally engage the inside fabric of an open pocket to resist removal from the pocket. The inside face of the opposite cover section includes parallel spacer ribs extending along the inside face of the other cover section so that when the two cover sections are folded together the spacer ribs define a spacer pocket for receiving writing instruments clipped to a free edge of the same cover section extending generally parallel to the ribs. The ribs also prevent sideways slippage of the writing instruments from the cover section.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A book-type combination pocket pad and writing instrument holder comprising:
a cover foldable into front and back cover sections along a hinge portion,
retention means along an inside face of one said cover section for retaining a pad of paper sheets,
slip inhibiting means on the outside face of said one cover section for frictional contact with the material of an open pocket for resisting gravity-induced sliding movement of said cover from said pocket yet allowing easy manual removal of said cover from said open pocket, said slip inhibiting means comprising a high friction surface,
spacer means projecting from an inside face of the other said cover section toward the inside face of the one said cover section when said sections are folded together to space the cover sections one from the other, said spacer means comprising a pair of laterally spaced apart relatively rigid parallel ribs integral with said other cover section and spaced inwardly of opposite side edge portions of said other cover section in positions overlying said pad when said cover sections are folded together,
said ribs being positioned laterally on opposite sides of a center portion of said other cover section so as to define with the inside faces of said cover sections a rigid pocket therebetween when said cover sections are folded together for receiving writing instruments clipped to said other cover section and extending along the inside face thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein said pair of ribs extend generally parallel to said hinge portions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein said pair of ribs extend generally normal to said hinge portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1 including a pad of paper sheets held to the inside face of said one cover section by said retention means with the pad having a binding margin extending parallel to said hinge portion,
said ribs extending generally normal to said hinge portion and within the opposite side margins of said pad.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1 including a pad of paper sheets held to the inside face of said one cover section by said retention means with the pad having a binding margin extending generally parallel to said hinge portion,
said ribs extending generally parallel to said hinge portion and within the opposite side margins of said pad.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein said high friction surface comprises strips of high friction material extending along an outer face of said one cover section.