Illuminated clipboard and method of use
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1. An illuminated clipboard comprising:
- a clipboard;
a source of illumination;
a magnifier; and
a driver'"'"'s license holder mounted to the clipboard for holding a driver'"'"'s license under the magnifier, said driver'"'"'s license holder being transparent so that information on a driver'"'"'s license can be viewed through said driver'"'"'s license holder, the driver'"'"'s license being illuminated by the source of illumination.
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Abstract
An illuminated clipboard (100) includes a clipboard base (102), a license receiving/viewing device (106) located on the clipboard base, and an illumination source (150, 156) adapted to selectively illuminate the license receiving/viewing device. An illumination source (194) illuminates a ticket-holding area (104). Displays (180, 182) provide current date and time information and a future court date information. An auxiliary license holding slot (196) is provided having an auxiliary illumination source (210).
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5 Claims
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1. An illuminated clipboard comprising:
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a clipboard; a source of illumination; a magnifier; and a driver'"'"'s license holder mounted to the clipboard for holding a driver'"'"'s license under the magnifier, said driver'"'"'s license holder being transparent so that information on a driver'"'"'s license can be viewed through said driver'"'"'s license holder, the driver'"'"'s license being illuminated by the source of illumination.
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2. A clipboard for aiding a police officer in issuing traffic tickets comprising:
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a clipboard; a traffic ticket holding area; a magnifier; a driver'"'"'s license holder mounted to the clipboard for holding a driver'"'"'s license under the magnifier, said driver'"'"'s license holder being transparent so that information on a driver'"'"'s license can be viewed through said driver'"'"'s license holder; and a court date information indicator carried by said clipboard to indicate the appropriate court appearance date for an issued traffic ticket.
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3. A method of issuing a traffic ticket, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a license from a driver to be ticketed; removably holding the license to a license receiving/viewing device associated with a clipboard base; illuminating the license receiving/viewing device with a license illumination source associated with the license receiving/viewing device; holding a traffic ticket blank to a ticket-holding area associated with the clipboard base; illuminating the ticket-holding area with a ticket illumination source; obtaining driver information from the license; obtaining at least one of current date and current time information from a first display on the clipboard; obtaining at least one of future date and future time information from a second display on the clipboard; and creating a completed traffic ticket by writing at least one of the driver information, current date and current time information, and future date and future time information on the traffic ticket blank. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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