Clip board

Claim 1

A CLIP BOARD COMPRISING A RIGID GENERALLY RECTANGULAR PANEL HAVING THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF ADAPTED FOR USE AS A WRITING SURFACE, CLAMP MEANS MOUNTED ON THE PANEL ADJACENT ONE END OF THE PANEL, SAID ONE END CONSTITUTING THE TOP END OF THE PANEL, SAID CLAMP MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY RETAIN PAPER ON THE WRITING SURFACE BY ENGAGING THE PAPER ADJACENT THE TOP THEREOF AND CLAMPING THE PAPER BETWEEN THE CLAMP MEANS AND THE PANEL WRITING SURFACE, SAID CLAMP MEANS INCLUDING A VERTICAL MEMBER PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE WRITING SURFACE ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE PANEL, A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DIRECTED PRESSURE ARMS, EACH ARM HAVING A FIRST PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING ALONG THE VERTICAL MEMBER GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE WRITING SURFACE FROM AN INNER END AT APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER THEREOF TO AN OUTER END SLIGHTLY BEYOND ONE SIDE EDGE THEREOF, MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID FIRST PORTION ON THE VERTICAL MEMBER, AN INNER END PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY FROM THE INNER END OF THE PRESSURE ARM, AN OUTER END PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND THEN FORWARDLY FROM THE OUTER END OF THE PRESSURE ARM TO A POINT FORWARD OF THE VERTICAL MEMBER, A DEPENDING PORTION ON THE OUTER END OF THE OUTER END PORTION, A LATERALLY ENLARGED PRESSURE FOOT ON THE LOWER END OF THE DEPENDING PORTION DEPENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE PANEL, AND MEANS RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID PRESSURE FOOT TOWARD THE WRITING SURFACE AND SECOND CLAMP MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SECOND END OF THE PANEL, SAID SECOND CLAMP MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY RETAIN PAPER BY ENGAGING THE PAPER ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF.