US 6,712,327 B1Granted

Computer document holder

OwnerRobert S. Carney, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

A free-standing computer document holder, having a rectangular viewing surface with a front top flange, and supported by right and left quadrilateral side structures having longer rear side edges and shorter front side edges. Due to the unequal length of the front and rear side edges, documents are supported and presented to a computer user at an angle to a work surface, such that the top of a document is above the bottom of the document. The computer document holder is situated above a computer keyboard, and is in front of, and/or over, and/or to the rear of, the keyboard. The computer user can operate the keyboard and/or a mouse while the computer document holder is situated as described. An optional monitor riser may be used to position the monitor such that the computer document holder does not obstruct a full view of the screen.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A free-standing computer document holder, situated in front of, and/or over, and/or to the rear of, a computer keyboard, comprising a sized, heat formed structure of thermoplastic, and/or thermosetting, and/or thermosetting and filler material, the said document holder having:

a. a rectangular viewing surface, having left and right shorter sides, and front and back longer sides, and positioned at an angle to a work surface, and supporting and presenting documents to a computer user, and
b. left and right quadrilateral sides, such that the said sides rest on a work surface, and support the said rectangular viewing surface, and
c. the said quadrilateral sides formed such that they are on a plane at approximately a 90 degree angle to the plane of the said rectangular viewing surface, and
d. the length of the rear edge of the said quadrilateral sides being greater than the length of the front edge of the said quadrilateral sides, such that the top of a document on the said rectangular viewing surface is elevated above the bottom of the said document with respect to the said work surface, and
e. the said rectangular viewing surface having a front top flange, such that the said front top flange is on a plane at approximately a 90 degree angle to the plane of the said rectangular viewing surface, and,
f. the said document holder having a folded rear bottom flange.

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A free-standing, portable computer document holder, situated in front of, and/or over, and/or to the rear of, a computer keyboard, comprising a sized, heat formed structure of thermoplastic, and/or thermosetting, and/or thermosetting and filler material, the said document holder having:

a. a rectangular viewing surface, having left and right shorter sides, and front and back longer sides, and positioned at an angle to a work surface, and supporting and presenting documents to a computer user, and
b. left and right folding quadrilateral leg structures, made of metal rod, or a similar durable, rigid, formable material, and attached to the said sized, heat formed structure, such that when deployed, the said quadrilateral leg structures are in a slightly splayed position, resting on a work surface, and supporting the said upper rectangular viewing surface, and
c. the length of the rear side of each said quadrilateral leg structure being greater than the length of the front side of each said quadrilateral leg structure, such that when the said quadrilateral leg structures are in a deployed position, the top of a document on the said rectangular viewing surface is elevated above the bottom of the said document with respect to the said work surface, and
d. each said quadrilateral leg structure securable in either a deployed or a retracted position by a leg securing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.