Integrated executive desk unit

Claim 1

An integrated executive desk unit comprising: a generally flat, portable base member forming a desk pad and having an underside adapted to be placed on a desk surface and an upperside including an extended flat surface defining a writing area). In an executive desk pad for defining the working area on a desk and comprising a generally flat, portable rectangular base member having a planar underside for placement on the surface of the desk and an upperside, the major portion of the upperside forming a writing area in front of a user seated at the desk, said writing area serving exclusively to provide a support surface for documents placed thereon, the improvement wherein the base member comprises (a) a telephone handset mounted thereon and accessible to the user seated at the desk; (b) visual display means mounted on said base member and visible to a user facing the writing area; (c) ((d)) keypad means accessible to a user facing the writing area for permitting said user to enter numerical information; and ((e)) (d) (i) a housing mounted on said base member containing electronic circuitry, said electronic circuitry including a telephone circuit for establishing telephone calls with a remote facility, the called number being selected through said keypad means, (ii) means for performing calculations on number entered through said keypad means and displaying the results on said visual display means, and (iii) clock means for displaying the time on said visual display means.