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US4907824A
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Device for writing
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-09-19
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Granted: 1990-03-13
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Expires: 2008-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A device for writing in a shower or the like has a substantially flat support and a stack of sheets attached to said support and arranged so that the sheets are connected with each other along their upper edge and two lateral edges to prevent penetration of water between the sheets.
Inventors
- 👤 Yakov Smirnoff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:19
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D1/00; B42D1/003; B42D1/008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A device for writing in a shower comprising a substantially flat support having a rear surface arranged to be attached to a substantially vertical wall so as to hold said support in a substantially vertical position, said support also having a front surface; a carrier to be written on, said carrier being attached to said front surface of said support and including a plurality of sheets in form of a stack such that each of said sheets can be written on and successively removed from said stack after writing, said sheets of said stack being composed of a water-resistant material which does not deteriorate under the action of water and permits writing on said sheets, said stack having upper, lower and two lateral sides when said stack is attached to said support and said support is in said substantially vertical position, said sheets of said stack being connected with one another along said upper side and said two lateral sides so as to prevent penetration of water between said sheets from said upper side and said two lateral sides and at the same time permit gripping of each of said sheets by a user from said lower side; and writing means attached to said support and operative for writing on each of said sheets of said stack successively after one another.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
221 words
A device for writing in a shower comprising a substantially flat support having a rear surface arranged to be attached to a substantially vertical wall so as to hold said support in a substantially vertical position, said support also having a front surface; a carrier to be written on, said carrier being attached to said front surface of said support and including a plurality of sheets in form of a stack such that each of said sheets can be written on and successively removed from said stack after writing, said sheets of said stack being composed of a water-resistant material which does not deteriorate under the action of water and permits writing on said sheets, said stack having upper, lower and two lateral sides when said stack is attached to said support and said support is in said substantially vertical position, said sheets of said stack being connected with one another along said upper side and said two lateral sides so as to prevent penetration of water between said sheets from said upper side and said two lateral sides and at the same time permit gripping of each of said sheets by a user from said lower side; and writing means attached to said support and operative for writing on each of said sheets of said stack successively after one another.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 1, wherein said sheets of said stack are vertically offset relative to one another so that a lower edge of each preceding sheet is located lower than a lower edge of each subsequent sheet as considered in a direction toward said support.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 2, wherein one of two lower corners of each of said sheets of said stack is removed so as to facilitate grasping by a user of a sheet in the region of said removed one corner for tearing said sheet off from remaining sheets of said stack after writing on said sheet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 1, wherein one of two upper corners of said stack is removed so that a respective one of two upper corners of said support is exposed, said writing means being connected with said support in the region of said exposed one upper corner of said support.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
79 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 4, wherein one of two lower corners of each of said sheets of said stack is removed so as to facilitate grasping by a user of a sheet in the region of said removed one lower corner for tearing said sheet off from remaining sheets of said stack after writing on said sheet, said removed one upper corner and said removed one lower corner being located diagonally opposite to one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 5, wherein each of said sheets of said stack has an inclined edge in the region of said one upper removed corner and an inclined edge in the region of said one lower removed corners, said edges extending paralell to one another and having equal lengths.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 4, said writing means include a writing element and a connecting element which connects said writing element to said support in the region of said exposed one upper corner of said support.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 1, wherein said stack of said sheets occupies a major portion of said front surface of said support while a minor portion of said front surface is exposed and stack-free, said writing means being connected with said support in the region of said minor portion of said support.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device for writing as defined in claim 1, and further comprising means for attaching said support to a wall and including connecting means provided on said rear surface of said support.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A writing device as defined in claim 9, wherein said connecting means includes an adhesive element attached to said rear surface of said support and adhesively connectable to a wall so as to attach said support to a wall.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A writing device as defined in claim 1, wherein said support has at least one removed corner defined by an inclined edge, said sheets of said stack extending outwardly beyond said inclined edge.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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