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US 5,692,815 AGranted
Computer mouse pad and item holder
OwnerKevin M. Murphyinventor
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Abstract
A mouse pad and item holder having a top surface with a mouse tracking surface, that may be a textured surface or a separate mouse pad held in a recessed area, is supported by a shaped base having a number of openings formed between a bottom surface of the base and the top surface of the holder to allow various items to be inserted into and removed from drawers, dispensers, trays and the like, movably held in the base.
Claims16
A mouse pad and item holder comprising, in combination:
- a base having a flat bottom surface for supporting said mouse pad and item holder on a flat support surface, a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces;
- a mouse tracking area formed on said top surface for supporting and operating a computer mouse thereon;
- a plurality of openings formed in said plurality of side surfaces;
- a plurality of item holding means releasably held in said plurality of openings for movement into and out of said base;
- and
- at least one of said item holding means being a card slidably held in one of said plurality of openings, and the remainder of said plurality of item holding means comprising trays, rotatably movable out of their respective openings in said side surfaces.
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A mouse pad and item holder comprising, in combination:
- a hollow base having a flat bottom surface for supporting said mouse pad and item holder on a flat support surface, a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces forming a substantially hollow interior;
- said top surface having a mouse tracking area formed thereon for supporting and operating a computer mouse thereon;
- at least four openings formed in said plurality of side surfaces extending into said substantially hollow interior;
- a card slidably mounted in one of said at least four openings;
- and
- a plurality of tray means rotatably mounted in the remaining at least four openings for rotational movement into and out of said remaining at least four openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.