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US 8,246,080 B1Granted
Foldable compartmentalized clipboard
OwnerBridget Renee Bennettinventor
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Abstract
A longitudinally foldable compartmentalized clipboard with a passageway for storing papers without creasing; The clipboard has a front side for writing with at least two frame members that are joined by a living hinge, and a releasable locking means including mating shapes formed into the frame members that couple with a friction fit when the case is opened in a writing position.
Claims8
A longitudinally folding compartmentalized clipboard:
- 1) at least two frame members connected one to the other by at least one living hinge, with at least one writing surface on each frame member and at least one rear surface on each frame member, and, at least one compartment within each frame member between the at least one writing surface and the at least one rear surface, and, at least one of the frame members having an opening for the insertion of paper and other articles;
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- 2) a writing position in which the frame members are substantially inline relative to each other producing a planar surface for writing;
- and,
- 3) a passageway created by the writing position into which papers may be inserted, via the opening, and retained in the at least one compartment in each frame member;
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- 4) a releasable friction fit locking mechanism formed in the frame members to secure the sections in the writing position.
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