Combination of message board and computer equipment
AssigneeAcoustic Information Processing Lab, LLC
InventorsKenneth Lee Levy, Amy Michelle Weissfeld, J. Robert Craig
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Abstract
Combination of a message board and computer equipment for conveniently writing and/or maintaining notes while working on or near a computer. The message board can be written and rewritten upon, used to post paper notes or photographs, or both. The message board is attached to the perimeter or side of the computer monitor or case, or used in conjunction with the keyboard or mouse. The message board can be made of traditional materials, or erasable and malleable metals or plastics, such as acrylic.
Claims29
A write board that is attachable to a computer monitor,
- wherein said computer monitor comprises a screen, a bezel around a perimeter of said screen, any number of controls on said bezel, and an inner and outer edge of said bezel,
- wherein said write board comprises of a base structure, with an inside and outside edge, and a writing surface,
- said writing surface is directly writable and erasable upon, and reusable multiple times, and attached to said base structure,
- said base structure is sufficiently flexible to follow a curve of the monitor's bezel, and is attachable to said bezel, thus being non-obtrusive to a user, and
- said write board is sufficiently rigid to provide an adequate writing surface size, extending at least past said outer edge of said bezel, and to provide stability to write upon and erase said writing surface by the user,
- wherein said write board surrounds at least part of only three or fewer sides of said computer monitor screen and does not block access to all of the controls on said computer monitor bezel, and
- said base stricture and said writing surface comprise one-material;
- whereby the monitor's screen is visible and said write board can be written upon and erased by the user without being obtrusive to the user.
A write board that is attachable to a computer monitor,
- wherein said computer monitor comprises a screen, a bezel around a perimeter of said screen, any number of controls on said bezel, and an inner and outer edge of said bezel,
- wherein said write board comprises of a base structure, with an inside and outside edge, and a writing surface,
- said writing surface is directly writable and erasable upon, and reusable multiple times, and attached to said base structure,
- said base structure is sufficiently flexible to follow a curve of the monitor's bezel, and is attachable to said bezel, thus being non-obtrusive to a user, and
- said write board is sufficiently rigid to provide an adequate writing surface size, extending at least past said outer edge of said bezel, and to provide stability to write upon and erase said writing surface by the user,
- wherein said write board surrounds at least part of only three or fewer side of said computer monitor screen and does not block access to all of the controls on said computer monitor bezel,
- in which said write board has an inside edge of substantially L-shape to follow two sides of the substantially rectangular shape of said screen and an outside edge of said write board extending at least 3 inches on each side to form said writing surface, and resulting in a substantially L-shaped write board which covers at least part of only two sides of said computer monitor bezel.
A write board that is attachable to a laptop computer, wherein said laptop computer comprises of:
- a screen, and
- a keyboard,
- said write board is erasable and reusable for multiple times and comprises of:
- a base structure, and
- a writing surface,
- wherein said laptop computer has a closed position when not in use and an open position when in use, said writing surface is directly erasable and writable upon for multiple times and attached to said base structure, and wherein said write board is attachable to said laptop computer via a mechanism enabling said writing surface to be both
- accessible when the laptop is in the open and in-use position, and stable to write and erase upon
- and said write board is storable against said laptop computer when said laptop computer is in said closed position.
A write board, which is erasable and reusable multiple times, usable with a computer keyboard wherein said write board comprises of:
- a base section,
- a writing section, and
- a writing surface,
- wherein said base section is designed to fit under said computer keyboard, said writing surface is attached to said writing section, said writing surface extends upright for writing behind said computer keyboard, said writing section is attachable to said base section via a mechanism that resists changing position or collapsing during the process of writing, said writing surface is directly erasable and writable upon for multiple time, whereby the keyboard supports said writing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.