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US 6,655,647 B1Granted
Reference mouse pad
OwnerDanielle L. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A reference mouse pad provides data, which is accessible, when the mouse pad is opened. The reference mouse pad having a body made up of a cover and a base that are hinged together. The cover having a planar first mouse contacting surface and a planar second mouse contacting surface, the cover hingedly connected to the base an movable between a closed position exposing only the first mouse contacting surface and an open position exposing only the second mouse contacting surface contains a top surface on which the mouse is rolled on during use.
Claims5
A reference mouse pad comprising:
- a) a base for resting on a flat horizontal support surface, the base having a perimeter of four edges and a flat horizontal upper surface containing at least one slot for releasably receiving an item of reference data;
- b) a cover hinge connected to the base along one edge, the cover being movable about the hinge connection between
- i) a horizontal closed position lying over the base upper surface so as to conceal the slot and item of reference data received in the slot, and
- ii) a horizontal open position resting flat on the support surface so as to expose the slot and any item of reference data received in the slot;
- c) the cover having flat inner and outer surfaces, the flat outer surface comprising a mouse pad surface useable only when the cover is in the horizontal closed position and the flat inner surface comprising a mouse pad surface usable only when the cover is in the horizontal open position lying fat on the support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.