Clipboard assembly
US7445246B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/20
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A clipboard may be assembled from a backboard and a clip assembly by sliding the clip assembly onto the top edge of the backboard. The clip assembly and the backboard are shaped so that the clipboard assembly has a substantially continuous contour along its top edge. Specifically, the top edge of the backboard is spaced away from the remainder of the top edge in the area where the clip assembly is attached. The amount of spacing away corresponds to the thickness of a lip that depends from the clip assembly and engages the top edge or the backboard in the area where the clip assembly is attached. The clip assembly is retained on the backboard by flanged rails that engage slots in the backboard and by ramped projections that engage detents and the backboard.
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