Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Reexamination Certificate
1998-06-11
2001-08-14
Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
C248S918000, C248S451000, C248S442200, C281S044000, C281S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273374
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to computer memorandum boards and more particularly pertains to a new computer monitor memo holder for mounting various sheets of paper or the like about a periphery of a computer monitor screen.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of computer memorandum boards is known in the prior art. More specifically, computer memorandum boards heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art computer memorandum boards and the like include U.S. Pat. No. 5,499,793; U.S. Pat. No. 5,301,915; U.S. Pat. Des. 367,857; U.S. Pat. No. 5,678,792; U.S. Pat. No. 5,104,087; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,146,465.
In these respects, the computer monitor memo holder according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of mounting various sheets of paper or the like about a periphery of a computer monitor screen.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of computer memorandum boards now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new computer monitor memo holder construction wherein the same can be utilized for mounting various sheets of paper or the like about a periphery of a computer monitor screen.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new computer monitor memo holder apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the computer memorandum boards mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new computer monitor memo holder which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art computer memorandum boards, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a computer monitor having a housing including a front face with a screen mounted thereon. A frame is thus defined about the screen which includes a top portion, a bottom portion and a pair of side portions. Each portion has a flat surface which resides in coplanar relationship with respect to each other. As best shown in
FIGS. 1 & 2
, three mounting assemblies are provided each including a rear plate with a generally rectangular configuration. The rear plate is defined by a front surface, a rear surface and a periphery formed of a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges. Each mounting assembly further includes a side plate with a generally rectangular configuration also defined by a front surface, a rear surface and a periphery. Similar to the rear plate, the periphery of the side plate is formed of a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges. The end edges of the side plate each have a length ¼ that of the end edges of the rear plate. An inboard one of the side edges of the side plate is integrally coupled to one of the side edges of the rear plate and extends therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith. with reference still to
FIGS. 1 & 2
, each mounting assembly further includes a front plate defining a portion of a cylinder. The front plate is equipped with a length equal to that of the side plate and rear plate. Further, the front plate has a periphery formed of a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges. One of the side edges of the front plate is integrally coupled to an outboard one of the side edges of the side plate. Another one of the side edges of the front plate remains in abutment with a central extent of the front surface of the rear plate. As such, a groove is defined with a triangular shaped cross-section along a length thereof.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new computer monitor memo holder apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the computer memorandum boards mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new computer monitor memo holder which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art computer memorandum boards, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new computer monitor memo holder which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new computer monitor memo holder which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new computer monitor memo holder which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such computer monitor memo holder economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new computer monitor memo holder which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new computer monitor memo holder for mounting various sheets of paper or the like about a periphery of a computer monitor screen.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new computer monitor memo holder that includes at least one mounting assembly coupled to a computer monitor for removably mounting a sheet of paper in coplanar relationship with a screen of the computer monitor.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better
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Ramirez Ramon O.
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