Configurable lap desk
OwnerDavid C. Drakeinventor
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Abstract
A desk unit is presented which is adaptable for multiple convenient and effective uses by a user in seated or reclining position by placing the desk over the user's lap. The desk is fully portable and foldable, yet light weight and sufficiently sturdy to support a laptop computer, large book, art supplies, eating vessels, or even a complete newspaper in vertical position with the aid of the included clip. The desk is comprised principally of a table surface, hingable ledge, hingeable working surface lid, and foldable legs. The lid is fixed in angular position by adjustable brackets to best present the contained objects to the user, and a variety of convenience features may be built into the unit such as compartments for containment of writing instruments and height adjustable legs.
Claims8
A configurable lap desk comprising;
- A table of generally rectangular form and composed of sheet material having a thickness, a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a back edge, and right side edge and a left side edge, a ledge hingably attached to fold flat against said table surface and fold upwardly from said surface adjacent said front edge, said ledge extending substantially the entire length of said front edge, a lid surface adjacent to and covering substantially all of the table top side except for the portion covered by said ledge, said lid hingably attached at its edge nearest said table surface front edge such that the lid may be moved to an angular position within a range of angular positions with respect to said table,
- said lid supported by at least one adjustable bracket affixed between one side edge of said table and one side edge of said lid, the length of said bracket being a limit on said range of angular positions of said lid with respect to said table,
- means for locking said bracket at a selected angular position, and two legs of generally rectangular shape foldably hinged to the bottom side of said table near said right and left edges of said table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.