# US 7,611,117 B1 · Laptop computer document holder

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- Number: US 7,611,117 B1
- Document ID: US7611117B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 12/222,375
- Filed: 2008-08-07
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 2008-08-07
- Inventors: Joseph Lang, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611117B1

## CPC

- G06F 1/1611: {to support document holders}
- G06F 2200/1613: Supporting arrangements, e.g. for filters or documents associated to a laptop display
- Y10S 248/918: Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

The laptop computer document holder is an unobtrusive plastic sheath with two plastic telescopic arms for moving in and out of the sheath. One of the telescopic arms has a top with a document clipper for clipping the document to the top when the telescopic arms are extended. This clipper secures the document at eye level above a screen or monitor of the laptop computer. The plastic sheath has a flat face with adhesive tape affixed for permanently attaching the plastic sheath to the laptop computer. Once the document holder is attached to the laptop computer, the holder cannot be misplaced or lost. Thus, the laptop computer holder is readily available and accessible when needed to hold a document at eye level above the laptop computer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A laptop computer document holder for a laptop computer, consisting of:
an elongated, rectangular sheath base, said sheath base having a closed bottom surface and an open top surface forming an elongated rectangular slot from the top surface to the closed bottom surface, said top surface defining a stop flange adjacent the top surface and within the slot;
means for attaching the sheath base of the laptop computer document holder to the laptop computer;
a telescopic arm movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the arm being protectively held in the sheath base in the retracted position and extended out of the sheath base above the laptop computer in the extended position, the telescopic arm including:
i) a first telescopic rectangular piece forming a lower part of said telescopic arm and fitting inside the rectangular slot of the sheath base in the retracted position, said first piece having a closed bottom surface and an open top surface forming an elongated rectangular slot from the top surface to the closed bottom surface, said top surface defining a stop flange adjacent the top surface and within the slot, said first piece further including an external flange adjacent the bottom surface, whereby the first piece is adapted to extend nearly out of the sheath base above the laptop computer in the extended position when the external flange engages the stop flange in the sheath,
ii) a second telescopic rectangular piece forming an upper part of said telescopic arm, the second piece fitting inside the first telescopic piece in the retracted position, said second piece further including an external flange adjacent the bottom surface, whereby the second piece is adapted to extend nearly out of the first piece above the laptop computer in the extended position when the external flange engages the stop flange in the first piece; and
a clip attached to the second telescopic piece adapted for clipping at least one document to the laptop computer document holder when the second telescopic piece is in the extended position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The laptop computer document holder according to claim 1, wherein the means for attaching the sheath base of the laptop computer document holder comprises adhesive.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The laptop computer document holder according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive comprises a strip covering part of the sheath base.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The laptop computer document holder according to claim 1, wherein the sheath base and each of the telescopic pieces are made of plastic.