Clipboard
OwnerGary F. Lakeinventor
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Abstract
A clipboard having an improved paper clamping element is disclosed. The clipboard has a planar board member with a front face, a rear face, two side edges, a top end, a bottom end and a clamping mechanism having at least one biasing element and a clamping element. The clamping element has at least one paper clamp cooperating with a holding element. The planar board member has at least one slot for penetration of the paper clamp through the planar board member from the rear face of the planar board to the front face. A writing implement holder and a carrying handle may be incorporated into the clamping mechanism.
Claims20
An improved clipboard comprising:
- a planar board member having a front face, a rear face, a pair of side edges, a top end, a bottom end and at least one slot passing through the planar board member, adjacent the top end;
- a clamping mechanism having a clamping element with at least one paper clamp, a holding element and at least one biasing element;
- and
- the clamping element being mounted adjacent the rear face of the planar board member with the at least one paper clamp penetrating through the at least on slot from the rear face to the front face.
A clipboard comprising:
- a planar board member having a front face, a rear face, a pair of side edges, a top end, a bottom end and at least one slot passing through the planar board member, adjacent the top end;
- a clamping mechanism having a clamping element with at least one paper clamp formed as one piece with a holding element, and at least one biasing element;
- and
- the clamping element being mounted adjacent the rear face of the planar board member with the at least one paper clamp penetrating through the at least one slot from the rear face to the front face.
A clipboard comprising
- a planar board member having a front face, a rear face, a pair of side edges, a top end, a bottom end and at least one slot passing through the planar board member, adjacent the top end;
- a clamping mechanism having a clamping element with at least one paper clamp, a separate holding element, and at least one biasing element;
- and
- the clamping element and the holding element being mounted adjacent the rear face of the planar board member with the at least one paper clamp penetrating through the at least one slot from the rear face to the front face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.