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US 6,681,452 B1Granted
Clamping apparatus with removable attachments
AssigneeAdstracts, Inc.
InventorJason S. Holland
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Abstract
A clamping apparatus having a flexible sheet dispenser attached thereto is provided. The clamping apparatus includes a base member, an upper member pivotally attached to the base member, and a flexible sheet dispenser removably secured to the upper member. The flexible sheet dispenser includes a housing and a flexible sleeve containing one or more stacks of flexible sheets disposed within the housing. The flexible sleeve is configured to individually dispense flexible sheets from one or more stacks disposed within the flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve comprises opposite edge portions that are engaged by retaining members in the housing such that the flexible sleeve is maintained in arcuate, face-to-face contacting relationship with the arcuate wall surface.
Claims33
A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member including a front face and an edge portion, the upper member movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis;
- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween;
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- a flexible sheet dispenser removably secured to the upper member front face, wherein the flexible sheet dispenser comprises:
- a housing, comprising:
- an arcuate wall having an elongated slot formed therein, wherein the arcuate wall includes opposite elongated edge portions, opposite end portions and an arcuate surface;
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- a pair of end walls depending from respective opposite end portions of the arcuate wall;
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- a flexible sleeve configured to individually dispense flexible sheets from a stack disposed within the flexible sleeve, wherein the flexible sleeve is in arcuate, face-to-face contacting relationship with the arcuate wall surface, and wherein a free end of an uppermost sheet in the stack extends through the arcuate wall elongated slot.
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A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member comprising a front face, opposite end portions, an edge portion, and a respective aperture formed therein adjacent each end portion, and wherein the upper member is movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis;
- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween;
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- a flexible sheet dispenser removably secured to the upper member front face, wherein the flexible sheet dispenser comprises:
- a housing, comprising:
- an arcuate wall having an elongated slot formed therein, wherein the arcuate wall includes opposite elongated edge portions, opposite end portions, an arcuate surface, and a pair of retaining members each of which protrudes from the arcuate wall surface adjacent a respective one of the arcuate wall edge portions;
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- a pair of end walls depending from respective opposite end portions of the arcuate wall, wherein each housing end wall comprises a locking tab depending therefrom that is configured to be inserted within a respective one of the upper member apertures so as to removably secure the housing to the upper member front face;
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- a flexible sleeve configured to individually dispense flexible sheets from a stack disposed within the flexible sleeve, wherein the flexible sleeve comprises opposite edge portions that are engaged by the retaining members such that the flexible sleeve is maintained in arcuate, face-to-face contacting relationship with the arcuate wall surface, and wherein a free end of an uppermost sheet in the stack extends through the arcuate wall elongated slot.
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A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member including a front face and an edge portion, the upper member movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis;
- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween;
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- a flexible sheet dispenser removably secured to the upper member front face, wherein the flexible sheet dispenser comprises:
- a housing, comprising:
- an arcuate wall having an elongated slot formed therein, wherein the arcuate wall comprises opposite elongated edge portions, opposite end portions, an arcuate surface, and an arcuate surface, and a pair of retaining members each of which protrudes from the arcuate wall surface adjacent a respective one of the arcuate wall edge portions;
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- a pair of end walls depending from respective opposite end portions of the arcuate wall;
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- a flexible sleeve configured to individually dispense flexible sheets from a stack disposed within the flexible sleeve, wherein the flexible sleeve comprises:
- a generally planar base section having opposite edge portions that are engaged by the retaining members such that the flexible sleeve is maintained in face-to-face contacting relationship with the arcuate wall surface;
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- a pair of elastically deformable members each extending from a respective base section edge portion toward the other elastically deformable member in overlapping spaced relationship to the base section, wherein each elastically deformable member has a free edge that is spaced from and opposing the other elastically deformable member free edge, thereby defining an opening therebetween through which a free end of an uppermost sheet in the stack extends.
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A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member including a front face and an edge portion, wherein the upper member front face comprises opposite end portions and a respective aperture formed therein adjacent each front face end portion, the upper member movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis, wherein the front face is configured to removably secure any of a plurality of articles thereon, wherein the articles are selected from the group consisting of a flexible sheet dispenser, an electronic apparatus, and a writing instrument holder, and wherein each article comprises locking tabs depending therefrom that are configured to be inserted within the respective apertures so as to removably secure the article to the upper member front face;
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- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween.
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A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member including a front face and an edge portion, wherein the upper member front face comprises opposite end portions and a respective aperture formed therein adjacent each front face end portion, the upper member movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis, wherein the front face is configured to removably secure any of a plurality of articles thereon;
- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween;
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- a set of articles, each of which is configured to be removably secured to the upper member front face, and wherein the articles are selected from the group consisting of a flexible sheet dispenser, an electronic apparatus, and a writing instrument holder, and wherein each article comprises locking tabs depending therefrom that are configured to be inserted within the respective apertures so as to removably secure the article to the upper member front face.
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A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member including a front face and an edge portion, the upper member movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis, wherein the front face is configured to removably secure any of a plurality of articles thereon, wherein the articles are selected from the group consisting of a flexible sheet dispenser, an electronic apparatus, and a writing instrument holder, and wherein the upper member comprises a first magnetic object;
- a second magnetic object associated with each article and that is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic object;
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- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween.
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A clamping apparatus, comprising:
- a base member;
- an upper member including a front face and an edge portion, the upper member movably secured to the base member for pivotal movement about an axis, wherein the front face is configured to removably secure any of a plurality of articles thereon, wherein the articles are selected from the group consisting of a flexible sheet dispenser, an electronic apparatus, and a writing instrument holder, a first part of a hook and loop fastener located on the upper member front face, and a second part of the hook and loop fastener located on each article, wherein the first and second parts of the hook and loop fastener releaseably seal to each other;
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- a biasing member that biases the upper member about the axis such that the upper member edge portion is biased towards the base member to retain items placed therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.