WEARABLE CLIPBOARD POUCH SYSTEM
A wearable clipboard pouch is disclosed herein. The wearable clipboard pouch includes a pouch, a closure strap, a belt loop, and a band. The pouch has two parallel flat panels joined together at three of four edges to form a compartment able to hold a clipboard. At the fourth edge, an opening is defined, and a flap able to act as a closure projects outwardly from the pouch. The flap can be curled back over the opening to close it, and the closure-strap may be used to affix the flap closed over the opening. The belt loop may be a closed loop of channel able to accept a belt. The band may connect the belt loop to the pouch and suspend the pouch from a belt when the belt loop is hung on a belt.
The present application is related to and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/806,326 filed Feb. 15, 2019, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
TECHNICAL FIELDThe present invention relates generally to the field of apparel accessories of existing art and more specifically relates to wearable pouches.
RELATED ARTPeople use purses, back packs, and similar receptacles to carry small personal items. Numerous types of such prior receptacles have been developed to suit particular needs and fashions. A clipboard is a thin, rigid board with a clip at the top for holding paper in place. A clipboard is typically used to support paper with one hand while writing on it with the other, especially when other writing surfaces are not available. Clipboards are widely used in the work field by inspectors, foreman, or other workers and no suitable holder or carrier exists. However, clipboards can be ungainly and difficult to carry while multitasking. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,659,321 to Bruce W. Hartranft et al. relates to a pocket-mounted tool pouch. The described pocket-mounted tool pouch includes an internal tool receiving portion and an external tool receiving portion such that the internal tool receiving portion is insertable into the user pocket to provide a protective tool holder within the user pocket and the external tool receiving portion is positioned outside of the user pocket for receiving tools. The internal tool receiving portion has first and second internal members which are generally planar elements that are attached to each other to form an internal tool receiving cavity. The external tool receiving portion has first and second external members which are generally planar elements that are attached to each other to form a second tool receiving cavity. This is representative of wearable pouch art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known wearable pouch art, the present disclosure provides a novel wearable clipboard pouch and method. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a wearable clipboard pouch and method.
A wearable clipboard pouch is disclosed herein. The wearable clipboard pouch includes a pouch, a closure strap, a belt loop, and a band. The pouch has two parallel flat panels joined together at three of four edges to form a compartment able to hold a clipboard. At the fourth edge, an opening is defined, and a flap able to act as a closure projects outwardly from the pouch. The flap can be curled back over the opening to close it, and the closure-strap may be used to affix the flap closed over the opening. In this configuration, a clipboard is able to be contained within the pouch. The belt loop is a closed loop or sleeve of material forming a channel able to accept a belt. The band connects the belt loop to the pouch and suspend the pouch from a belt when the belt loop is hung on a belt.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a wearable clipboard pouch and method, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONAs discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a wearable pouch and more particularly to a wearable clipboard pouch as used to improve the securing and carrying of a clipboard.
Generally, the present invention provides a clipboard pouch system useful for carrying a clipboard while a wearer is climbing up a ladder, walking on a roof, or completing other tasks in the work field. The device may comprise a pouch which is attachable to a belt through a loop located at the top of the pouch. The loop, in one exemplary embodiment, may measure approximately nine inches and may fit standard size belts. The pouch itself may measure ten and one-fourth inches long, and twelve inches high. The loop and pouch may be attached with a piece of angled material. The angled material measures approximately four inches on one side, down to one and a half inches on the other, creating an angle for the pouch with the opening angled upward. This geometry may be useful for preventing the clipboard from falling out of the pouch when carried.
The clipboard pouch system may have a pouch for holding a clipboard and also a belt for holding the pouch. The device may be secured to a waist of a user allowing the user to be hands-free when not using the clipboard.
The clipboard pouch system is a pouch that allows workman of all types, including inspectors, foreman, judges and anyone else that works with paperwork in the field and needs to store it when not in use. The device includes the pouch and the belt which may be secured through a loop. The loop may go around a user's belt and hangs at an angle to allow quick access to clipboards. The pouch may be waterproofed ballistic nylon or other suitable material to keep paperwork safe in wet conditions. Once a clipboard is inserted, a strap using a hook-and-loop fastener or other type of closure may fold over the top of the clipboard and connect on the front of the pouch, effectively keeping the clipboard securely in place within the pouch.
The material of the clipboard pouch system may be slightly elastic in order to accommodate clipboards of varying sizes. The clipboards may include clipboards such as the 1-inch thick box-type clipboards that provide additional protection inside and have a fastening clip on the outside. The clipboard is secured conveniently at the waist of the user enabling quick and easy access to the clipboard and contents.
The device enables users to use both hands freely without having to leave a clipboard somewhere where it may be forgotten. The strap securely holds the clipboards in various conditions and enables convenient access to the clipboard. The exact specifications, materials used, of use of the clipboard pouch system may vary upon manufacturing.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the 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 scientist, 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.
Claims
1. A wearable pouch able to contain a clipboard, the wearable pouch comprising:
- a pouch having an interior-compartment having a first-panel and a second-panel, the first-panel and the second-panel being substantially parallel, the pouch being bounded by three closed-edges and an opening, such that the three-closed edges each join the first-panel to the second-panel, the opening itself comprising a flap, such that the flap may be curled over the opening to close the interior-compartment;
- a closure-strap affixed to the pouch able to retain the flap in a curled position to close the interior-compartment;
- a belt-loop able to receive a belt; and
- a band comprising a planar fabric panel affixing the pouch to the belt-loop, such that the pouch may be suspended from the belt-loop.
2. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the band further comprises a belt-edge and a pouch-edge opposite the belt-edge, the pouch-edge and the belt-edge being nonparallel when the band is laid flat, such that the band may be further bounded by a short-edge running between the belt-edge and the pouch-edge, and a long-edge running between the belt-edge and the pouch-edge, the band comprising a total of four consecutive edges.
3. The wearable pouch of claim 2, wherein the belt-edge and the pouch-edge are angled relative to each other by more than twenty degrees.
4. The wearable pouch of claim 1, further comprising a hook-and-loop fastener, the hook-and-loop fastener being able to removably affix the closure-strap to the pouch in order to retain the flap in a curled position to close the interior-compartment.
5. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the band comprises of an elastic fabric.
6. The wearable pouch of claim 5, wherein the flap may be disposed perpendicularly to the pouch-edge of the band, and the flap may be disposed proximate to the short-edge of the band, causing the opening of the pouch to be angled toward an axis of the belt-loop.
7. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the flap is integral to the second-panel of the pouch.
8. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the first-panel is stitched to the second-panel.
9. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the first panel and the second-panel are separated by a pouch-width, the pouch-width being within ten percent of one-inch.
10. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the interior-compartment of the pouch has a compartment-width and a compartment-length, the compartment-width measuring within ten-percent of nine inches, and the compartment-length measuring within twenty-percent of twelve-and-a-half inches, such that the interior-compartment is suitable sized to receive a standard clipboard.
11. The wearable pouch of claim 1, wherein the pouch and the belt-loop are each comprised of waterproofed ballistic nylon.
12. A clipboard belt pouch accessory comprising:
- a pouch having an interior-compartment having a first-panel and a second-panel, the first-panel and the second-panel being substantially parallel, the pouch being bounded by three closed-edges and an opening, such that the three-closed edges each join the first-panel to the second-panel, the opening itself comprising a flap, such that the flap may be curled over the opening to close the interior-compartment;
- a closure-strap affixed to the pouch able to retain the flap in a curled position to close the interior-compartment;
- a belt-loop able to receive a belt; and
- a band comprising a planar fabric panel affixing the pouch to the belt-loop, such that the pouch may be suspended from the belt-loop;
- wherein the band further comprises a belt-edge and a pouch-edge opposite the belt-edge, the pouch-edge and the belt-edge being nonparallel when the band is laid flat, such that the band may be further bounded by a short-edge running between the belt-edge and the pouch-edge, and a long-edge running between the belt-edge and the pouch-edge, the band comprising a total of four consecutive edges;
- wherein the belt-edge and the pouch-edge are angled relative to each other by more than twenty degrees;
- further comprising a hook-and-loop fastener, the hook-and-loop fastener being able to removably affix the closure-strap to the pouch in order to retain the flap in a curled position to close the interior-compartment;
- wherein the band is elastic;
- wherein the flap may be disposed perpendicularly to the pouch-edge of the band, and the flap may be disposed proximate to the short-edge of the band, causing the opening of the pouch to be angled toward an axis of the belt-loop;
- wherein the flap is integral to the second-panel of the pouch;
- wherein the first-panel is stitched to the second-panel;
- wherein the first panel and the second-panel are separated by a pouch-width, the pouch-width being within ten percent of one-inch; and
- wherein the interior-compartment of the pouch has a compartment-width and a compartment-length, the compartment-width measuring within ten-percent of nine inches, and the compartment-length measuring within twenty-percent of twelve-and-a-half inches, such that the interior-compartment is suitable sized to receive a standard clipboard.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 17, 2020
Publication Date: Aug 20, 2020
Inventor: Michael W. English (Adairsville, GA)
Application Number: 16/745,587