Clip board

Claim 1

A CLIP BOARD COMPRISING: (A) A RECTANGULAR BOARD HAVING A WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE, (B) AN ELONGATE CLAMP MEMBER MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID BOARD AND SWINGABLE RELATIVE TO AN AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND PARALLEL TO SAID WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID CLAMP MEMBER HAVING OPPOSED LONGITUDINAL EDGES SPACED FROM SAID AXIS WITH ONE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE WITH THE OTHER OF SAID EDGES SPACED ABOVE SAID SURFACE, SAID CLAMP MEMBER HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT THEREIN ADJACENT SAID AXIS. (C) A SECOND CLAMP MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND HAVING A PORTION EXTENDING TOWARD SAID ONE EDGE OF THE FIRST-NAMED CLAMP MEMBER IN OVERLYING RELATION THERETO, (D) AN ARM ON SAID SECOND CLAMP MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID SLOT TOWARD SAID OTHER EDGE OF THE FIRSTNAMED CLAMP MEMBER IN UNDERLYING RELATION THERETO, (E) AND RESILIENT MEANS BETWEEN SAID ARM AND THE WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE OF THE BOARD AND HAVING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH IN SPACED RELATION TO THE AXIS TO YIELDABLY URGE THE ARM TOWARD THE FIRST CLAMP MEMBER AND SWING THE FIRST CLAMP MEMBER TO YIELDABLY URGE SAID ONE EDGE THEREOF TOWARD THE WORK SUPPORTING SURFACE OF SAID BOARD.