Desk stand for holding in operative position pocket calculators and other desk-top articles

Claim 1

A desk stand for holding in operative position pocket calculators and other desk top articles, the desk stand comprising a single sheet of stiff, structural material shaped and bent along predetermined lines to provide: a. a bed dimensioned to receive the articles, b. upright peripheral flanges along the opposite sides and front end of the bed to retain the article thereon, and c. a support foot comprising a substantially vertical connecting section extending downwardly from the rear end of the bed and a substantially horizontal reversely bent bottom section extending forwardly from the bottom end of the vertical connecting section, the front edge of the bed and the bottom section of the support foot serving to engage a desk top for support of the desk stand thereon, said support foot thereby inclining the bed upwardly and rearwardly at a predetermined angle of inclination, d. the vertical and horizontal sections of the support foot and the overlying rearward portion of the bed being extended laterally beyond the plane of at least one of the side flanges, the lateral extension of the rearward portion of the bed and the horizontal bottom section of the support foot having at least one pair of aligned guide-and-socket openings positioned for receiving and retaining a pencil, pen, or like pointed object, the opening in the lateral extension of the bed being sufficiently large to receive the body of the pointed object and the opening in the horizontal section of the support foot forming a retaining socket for the pointed end of the object.