Multi-purpose document holder
OwnerRandy A. Leoninventor
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Abstract
A multi-purpose document holder which can be used with documents printed in either the landscape or portrait positions. Adjustably slidable line-guides are used to indicate a position within a document. Line-guides are provided for use of the device in both the landscape and portrait positions, and can be incorporated into the device as removable or non-removable members. This multi-purpose document holder is further provided with a document chamber having a spring-loaded backing plate to accommodate a stack of documents while maintaining the topmost document in contact with a line-guide. A document storage compartment is provided to house completed work, and a bi-functional stand is used to hold the device in a substantially vertical position when used in either the landscape or portrait positions.
Claims11
A document holder comprising:
- a. a rectangular planar member having a latitudinal centerline and a longitudinal centerline;
- b. a rectangular frame member, said frame member being fixedly attached to a periphery of an operative side of said rectangular planar member, and said frame member further comprising integral frame tracking means along an inner circumference of said frame member;
- c. a removable portrait-position line-guide of a length substantially equal to the distance between opposing parallel frame tracking means and along said latitudinal centerline of said rectangular planar member, said portrait-position line-guide further comprising line-guide tracking means at each end, said line-guide tracking means being slidably engageable with said frame tracking means along opposing sides of said frame member and in a direction parallel to said longitudinal centerline of said rectangular planar member;
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- d. a removable landscape-position line-guide of a length substantially equal to the distance between opposing parallel frame tracking means and along said longitudinal centerline of said rectangular planar member, said landscape-position line-guide further comprising line-guide tracking means at each end, said line-guide tracking means being slidably engageable with said frame tracking means along opposing sides of said frame member and in a direction parallel to said latitudinal centerline of said rectangular planar member.
A document holder comprising:
- a. rectangular frame member having a latitudinal centerline and a longitudinal centerline, said frame member further comprising integral frame tracking means along an inner circumference of said frame member;
- b. a removable portrait-position line-guide of a length substantially equal to the distance between opposing parallel frame tracking means and along said latitudinal centerline of said rectangular frame member, said portrait-position line-guide further comprising line-guide tracking means at each end, said line-guide tracking means being slidably engageable with said frame tracking means along opposing sides of said frame member and in a direction parallel to said longitudinal centerline of said rectangular frame member;
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- c. a removable landscape-position line-guide of a length substantially equal to the distance between opposing parallel frame tracking means and along said longitudinal centerline of said rectangular frame member, said landscape-position line-guide further comprising line-guide tracking means at each end, said line-guide tracking means being slidably engageable with said frame tracking means along opposing sides of said frame member and in a direction parallel to said latitudinal centerline of said rectangular frame member.
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