Portable desk unit
OwnerDenise A. Kerseyinventor
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Abstract
A portably writing box usable primarily by children during long automobile trips. The writing surface is illuminated by three separate lamp mechanisms arranged along three different edges of the writing surface. Light rays are directed onto the writing surface from three different directions, thereby eliminating shadows that might otherwise be generated by a single light source located only long one edge of the writing surface. The writing box preferably includes a transistor radio on the lid of the box, such that the child can choose between writing on the writing surface or listening to the radio.
Claims8
A portable writing box comprising a first rectangular panel, a second rectangular panel, a connector strip hingedly connected to adjacent edge areas of said panels, whereby the panels can be oriented in a common horizontal plane or in different horizontal planes one above the other;
- said first panel having one edge thereof hindedly attached to the connector strip, and three other free eges;
- three hood structures carried on one face of said first panel in near proximity to said three other edges, each said hood structure extending along substantially the entire length of the associated panel free edge.
- a writing surface means carried on said one face of said first panel in the space circumscribed by said one panel edge and said three hood structures;
- and an electric illumination means located in each hood structure;
- each illumination means comprising at least one electric lamp and a reflector mounted within the associated hood structure to direct light rays toward a central point on the writing surface means, whereby shadows on the writing surface are substantially eliminated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.