Underwater writing tablet

An underwater writing tablet/instrument apparatus comprising:

• a writing tablet having a perimeter edge;
• a resilient protective border being secured to the perimeter edge of the writing tablet for protecting the perimeter edge;
• a resilient elongate member having opposed first and second ends, the first end of the resilient elongate member being integrally molded with the protective border while the second end having a writing instrument receiving component for retaining a desired writing instrument and releasably securing the writing instrument to the resilient protective border, and the elongate member having an normal unexpanded state and an expanded state in which a coil member is resiliently expanded to facilitate writing on the writing tablet with the writing instrument;
• the protective border further comprises a tip receiving component for retaining a tip of the writing instrument when attached to the instrument receiving component, and the tip receiving component is located in a spaced relationship to the attachment of the first end of the resilient elongate member to the protective border;
• the writing instrument receiving component is an instrument cavity which has an opening slightly smaller in size than the exterior diameter of the writing instrument so that the instrument cavity frictionally engages with a remote end of the writing instrument and retains the writing instrument in engagement with the instrument cavity;
• the tip retaining component is a tip cavity which has an opening slightly smaller in size than the exterior diameter of the tip of the writing instrument so that the tip cavity frictionally engages with the tip of the writing instrument and retains the writing instrument in engagement with the tip cavity;
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• the tip cavity has a hexagonal shaped transverse cross section.

A method of manufacturing a writing tablet/instrument apparatus for writing underwater, the method comprises the steps of:

• providing a writing tablet with a perimeter edge;
• securing a resilient protective border to the perimeter edge of the writing tablet for protecting the perimeter edge;
• providing a resilient elongate member with opposed first and second ends, molding the first end of the elongate member integrally with the protective border to form a single structure and forming a writing instrument receiving component in the second end for retaining a desired writing instrument thereby, and the elongate member having a normal unexpanded state and an expanded state in which a coil members of the resilient elongate member, is resiliently expanded to facilitate writing on the writing tablet;
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• forming a tip receiving component, for retaining a tip of the writing instrument when attached to the instrument receiving component, in a spaced relationship from the integrally molding of the first end of the resilient elongate member to the protective border, and the tip receiving component is a tip cavity which has an opening slightly smaller in size than the exterior diameter of the tip of the writing instrument so that the tip cavity frictionally engages with the tip of the writing instrument and retains the writing instrument in engagement with the tip cavity, and the tip cavity has a hexagonal shaped transverse cross section.