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US 5,081,936 AGranted
Compressible desk arrangements
OwnerGerald L. Drielinginventor
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Abstract
A desk arrangement is provided that includes a laterally compressible desk top portion with an upper surface sufficiently adapted to support writing activity thereon. Preferred embodiments of the desk arrangement include a desk top portion that is also resilient. Typically, and preferably, the desk arrangements are composed of a flexible cellular plastic material having at least an upper surface coated with a flexible elastomeric skin.
Claims14
A lap desk comprising:
- (a) a laterally compressible, resilient, desk top portion comprising a front wall, an opposite back wall, first and second generally opposite side walls, and an upper surface, wherein:
- (i) said desk top portion, including said upper surface, comprising a flexible cellular plastic material having a compression deflection value within a range of about 0.2 to 35 psi at 25%;
- (ii) said desk top portion, including said upper surface, being capable of compressing under a stress directed against at least one of said front or back walls, and subsequently rebounding, after said stress is removed, to at least about 95% of its original size from at least about a 10% compression of its length between said front and back walls;
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- (iii) said desk top portion, including said upper surface, being coated with a flexible elastomeric skin such that the upper surface is sufficiently adapted to support writing activity thereon;
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- (b) a compressible, resilient, pedestal portion attached to said desk top portion to form a lap desk;
- said pedestal portion being coated with a flexible elastomeric skin.
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A lap desk comprising:
- (a) a compressible, resilient, pedestal portion defining a storage recess;
- said pedestal portion being coated with a flexible elastomeric skin;
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- (b) a laterally compressible, resilient, desk top portion attached to said pedestal portion to form a lap desk;
- said desk top portion comprising a front wall, an opposite back wall, first and second generally opposite side walls, and an upper surface, wherein:
- (i) said desk top portion, including said upper surface, comprising a flexible cellular plastic material having a compression deflection value within a range of about 0.2 to 35 psi at 25%;
- (ii) said desk top portion, including said upper surface, being capable of compressing under a stress directed against at least one of said front or back walls, and subsequently rebounding, after the stress is removed, to at least about 95% of its original size from at least about a 10% compression of its length between said front and back walls;
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- (iii) said desk top portion, including said upper surface, being coated with a flexible elastomeric skin such that the upper surface is sufficiently adapted to support writing activity thereon;
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- (c) an open and a closed orientation to said lap desk wherein:
- (i) said desk top portion, when in said closed orientation, being oriented to close said pedestal portion storage recess;
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- (ii) said desk top portion, when in said open orientation, being oriented to permit access to said pedestal portion storage recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.