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US 4,751,620 AGranted
Nite writer pad
OwnerLudie J. Wright, George Spectorinventors
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Abstract
A nite writer pad is provided to aid people who must write at night which consists of an adjustable lamp for illuminating a writing surface thereon when needed and a storage compartment for holding various types of writing equipment therein.
Claims4
A nite writer pad which comprises:
- (a) a body member having a storage compartment for holding various types of writing equipment therein;
- (b) a cover having a writing surface and hinged upon said body member to provide access to said storage compartment;
- (c) means affixed to said cover for releaseably securing a writing sheet to said writing surface;
- (d) means within said body member for providing a source of electrical current;
- (e) a manually activatable adjustable lamp secured to said body member and adapted to be energized by said source of electrical current means for selectively illuminating said writing sheet disposed on said writing surface of said cover;
- wherein said releaseably securing means is a spring loaded retainer clip;
- wherein said source of electrical current means is a battery, further comprising;
- (f) a top flap hinged behind said cover upon said body member to provide access to said battery;
- (g) a front door hinged to said body member to provide further access to said storage compartment;
- (h) means for holding said cover and said front door closed;
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- a manually operable switch mounted on said top flap and interposed in a circuit between said battery and said lamp for controlling energization of said lamp.
9 more elements
A nite writer pad comprising:
- (a) a body member having a storage compartment for holding various types of writing equipment therein;
- (b) a cover having a writing surface and hinged upon said body member to provide access to said storage compartment;
- (c) means affixed to said cover for releaseably securing a writing sheet to said writing surface;
- (d) means within said body member for providing a source of electrical current;
- (e) a manually activable adjustable lamp secured to said body member and adapted to be energized by said source of electrical current means for selectively illuminating said writing sheet disposed on said writing surface of said cover;
- wherein said releaseably securing means is a spring loaded retainer clip;
- wherein said source of electrical current means is a battery;
- (f) a ball socket mounted to top of said body member in rear of said cover and electrically connected to said battery;
- (g) a ball mounted to bottom of said lamp so that said ball can be pivotly and electrically connected to said ball socket making said lamp pivotly secured thereto;
- (h) A normally closed button switch mounted within said body member and interposed in a circuit between said battery and said ball socket for controlling energization of said lamp;
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- (i) said top of said body member having an aperture above said button switch for receiving said lamp so that when said lamp is pivoted downwardly therein said lamp will manually open said button switch to de-energize said lamp and when said lamp is pivoted upwardly therefrom said button switch will close to energize said lamp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.