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Computer accessory having assemblage of mouse pad and paper pad

  • US 6,491,275 B1
  • Filed: 05/11/1999
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer accessory comprising a mouse pad and a paper pad, said mouse pad and said paper pad being structurally integrated and operationally coordinated:

  • (a) said mouse pad being a plate-like unit including a lower elastomeric foam base and an upper fibrous face;

    (b) said face providing a frictional surface that includes a contact area on which a mouse is adapted to be moved;

    (c) said mouse pad having a cutout adjacent to said contact area for the reception of said paper pad;

    (d) said paper pad including a stack of sheets;

    (e) said cutout constituting a receptacle that has a planar profile of predetermined size and shape;

    (f) said paper pad being a planar unit that is provided with a profile of substantially the same predetermined size and shape as has said cutout;

    (g) said paper pad being press fitted into said cutout;

    (h) said paper pad and said cutout being geometrically congruent;

    (i) a web that spans the back of said cutout and limits movement of said paper pad into said cutout;

    (j) said sheets being characterized by a front face that is adapted to receive written notations, and a back face that, along at least one of its edges, has a band of coating of repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive;

    (k) said repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive being applicable and adherent to a substrate, and then removable and re-applicable to a substrate;

    (l) the upper face of said contact area and the upper face of said pad presenting a substantially continuous manually accessible surface;

    (m) said substantially continuous manually accessible surface being adapted for immediate alternative contact by a hand or a mouse controlled thereby.

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