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US 7,922,141 B1Granted
Mouse pad apparatus
OwnerVijay Ramsarran, Kamille Armaninventors
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Abstract
The mouse pad apparatus removably attaches to a laptop computer via spaced apart flex clips affixed to one side of the platform border. The mouse pad platform is optionally transparent and textured and provides for use of a mouse with a laptop computer. The flex clips provide a positive, cushioned, frictional engagement of the apparatus with the edge of the computer. The slot within the platform provides for the pull out tray which can retain a writing surface, photo, or other material, visible through the transparent platform surface.
Claims5
A mouse pad apparatus, comprising:
- a rectangular platform with border, the platform having a first side spaced apart from a third side, and a second side spaced apart from a fourth side;
- a surface atop the platform, the surface in slideable movable receipt of an existing computer mouse;
- a border disposed continuously around the sides of the platform;
- a platform bottom connecting the platform sides;
- a pair of spaced apart flex clips affixed to the first side border, the flex clips detachably connecting the platform to an existing laptop computer edge, the flex clips comprising:
- a flexible semicircular curl, the platform border first side attached to a curl outside;
- a first leg affixed to a bottom of the semicircular curl, the first leg having a first leg length, the first leg parallel to the platform;
- a first friction pad affixed to a first leg inner surface;
- a second leg affixed to a top of the semicircular curl, the second leg having a second leg length shorter than the first leg length, the second leg parallel to the platform;
- a second friction pad affixed to a second leg inner surface;
- a slot disposed between the platform surface and the platform bottom;
- a pull out tray slideably disposed within the slot.
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A mouse pad apparatus, comprising:
- a rectangular platform with border, the platform having a first side spaced apart from a third side, and a second side spaced apart from a fourth side;
- a transparent textured surface atop the platform, the surface in slideable movable receipt of an existing computer mouse;
- a border disposed continuously around the sides of the platform, the border slightly higher than the platform surface;
- a platform bottom connecting the platform sides;
- a pair of spaced apart flex clips affixed to the first side border, the flex clips detachably connecting the platform to an existing laptop computer edge, the flex clips comprising:
- a flexible semicircular curl, the platform first side border attached to a curl outside;
- a first leg affixed to a bottom of the semicircular curl, the first leg having a first leg length, the first leg parallel to the platform;
- a first friction pad affixed to a first leg inner surface;
- a second leg affixed to a top of the semicircular curl, the second leg having a second leg length shorter than the first leg length, the second leg parallel to the platform;
- a second friction pad affixed to a second leg inner surface;
- a slot disposed between the platform surface and the platform bottom, the slot open to the fourth side of the platform;
- a pull out tray slideably disposed within the slot, the pull out tray further comprising:
- a tacky upper surface in removable receipt of a writing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.