Jig-saw puzzle work board

Claim 1

A portable jig-saw puzzle work board comprising a rectangular four-sided frame, said frame having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a four-sided inner wall extending from said bottom surface to said top surface, a rectangular panel mounted between said sides of said inner wall proximate the middle of said inner wall, two work surfaces defined by the respective sides of said panel, one of said work surfaces being recessed relative to said top surface of said frame and the other of said work surfaces being recessed relative to said bottom surface of said frame, a first lid which overlaps said top surface of said frame when said first lid is in a closed position and a second lid which overlaps said bottom surface of said frame when said second lid is in a closed position, a padding attached to a side of each of said lids, each of said paddings being attached to a lid along one surface of the padding, each of said paddings being made of resilient elastomeric material and having length and width dimensions enabling the padding to fit within said inner wall of said frame with the other surface of the padding freely extending to a recessed work surface such that said freely extending other surface of the padding resiliently engages puzzle pieces placed on a recessed work surface and holds said puzzle pieces in a fixed position by applying pressure thereto, a plurality of patches of Velcro material also attached to said side of each of said lids, said patches of Velcro material being disposed proximate the edges of said lids beyond the area of said lids covered by said paddings, and corresponding patches of complementary Velcro material attached to said surfaces of said frame at appropriate positions such that each corresponding patch of complementary Velcro material is aligned with a patch of Velcro material when said lids are in said closed positions.