Combination pocket pad and writing instrument holder

Claim 1

A book-type combination pocket pad and writing instrument holder comprising: a cover foldable into front and back cover sections along a hinge portion, retention means along an inside face of one said cover section for retaining a pad of paper sheets, slip inhibiting means on the outside face of said one cover section for frictional contact with the material of an open pocket for resisting gravity-induced sliding movement of said cover from said pocket yet allowing easy manual removal of said cover from said open pocket, said slip inhibiting means comprising a high friction surface, spacer means projecting from an inside face of the other said cover section toward the inside face of the one said cover section when said sections are folded together to space the cover sections one from the other, said spacer means comprising a pair of laterally spaced apart relatively rigid parallel ribs integral with said other cover section and spaced inwardly of opposite side edge portions of said other cover section in positions overlying said pad when said cover sections are folded together, said ribs being positioned laterally on opposite sides of a center portion of said other cover section so as to define with the inside faces of said cover sections a rigid pocket therebetween when said cover sections are folded together for receiving writing instruments clipped to said other cover section and extending along the inside face thereof.