Portable desk device

Claim 1

A portable desk device, comprising a holder member for resting on a user's thigh, said holder member comprising a substantially plate-like thigh part having a pair of spaced opposite major surfaces and an edge, said thigh part being bent at an obtuse angle to form an angular surface portion of between 120° and 160° for resting on a user's thigh, and a substantially plate-like support part extending from the edge of the thigh part at substantially right angles therewith, said support part extending from the opposite surface of said thigh part from that having the angular surface portion; a desk member for use by the user as a desk, said desk member comprising a substantially plate-like rest part having a pair of spaced opposite major surfaces and an edge, and a substantially plate-like mounting part extending from the edge of the rest part at substantially right angles therewith, said mounting part extending from the opposite surface of said rest part from that used as a desk surface; and fastening means adjustably movably affixing the desk member to the holder member for rotation of the mounting part of the desk member substantially coplanar with the support part of the holder member about an axis substantially perpendicular to said mounting part and said support port and for movement of the rest part of the desk member relative to the thigh part of the holder member to vary the distance therebetween, the rest part of said desk member being supported in cantilevered fashion by said mounting part and overlying the thigh part of said holder member.