Copyholding device

Claim 1

A coypholding device comprising, a generally flat base assembly adapted to have a typewriter or similar apparatus mounted thereon, said base assembly being of a multiple layer construction including a relatively rigid intermediate layer, a lower relatively soft and compliant layer providing an acoustical barrier, and an upper layer that is also of a soft and compliant nature but which is not as soft and compliant as said lower layer and is intended to limit movement of said typewriter or similar apparatus relative to said base assembly, said intermediate layer extending outwardly from the adjacent edges of said upper and lower layers at one side of said base assembly and defining a projecting flange portion, said flange portion having an opening formed at one end thereof through which an upwardly extending fastening element is disposed, a pivot pin fixedly secured to the upper side of said flange portion by said fastening element, a support column secured at the lower end thereof to said base assembly and extending upwardly to a position above the typewriter, said support column having vertically spaced upper and lower end sections, and a generally horizontally extending section disposed between and interconnecting said end sections, said lower end section defining a blind bore adapted to nestingly receive the upper end of said pivot pin for pivotally mounting said column upon said base assembly, and said upper end section being telescopically and pivotably connectable to an easel-like support platform fabricated of a molded polymeric material, said support platform including a support portion extending outwardly therefrom and underlying and supporting worksheets which are to be copied with the typewriter.