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US 4,892,334 AGranted
Portable clipboard and storage box
OwnerGary A. Sinclairinventor
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Abstract
A portable clipboard includes an integral storage box for transporting various accessories such as pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, calculators, etc. The writing surface of the clipboard is provided with a spring retaining clip for securing papers and is mounted by a hinge to a shallow rectangular box. In a second embodiment, a battery operated light is secured by a flexible stem on the upper surface of the clipboard and a digital clock is also provided.
Claims1
A portable clipboard and storage box, comprising:
- a shallow generally rectangular box;
- a cover mounted by a hinge on said box;
- a spring retainer clip adjacent an upper edge of said cover;
- cooperating magnetic fastening means adjacent an interior bottom edge of said cover and on a bottom edge of said box;
- said magnetic fastening means comprises a rectangular magnet sandwiched between a pair of steel side plates and disposed within a bottom sidewall of said box, each of said steel side plates having an inwardly extending peg received through a transverse aperture formed through a midportion of said magnet;
- a pair of spaced notches in said bottom edge of said box for opening said cover;
- a light mounted by a flexible stem on said cover and operatively connected to a battery power source within said box;
- and
- a digital clock on said cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.