Editing Clipboard (section)

{{Short description|Thin, rigid board with a clip at the top for holding paper}}
{{For|the clipboard used in software|Clipboard (computing)}}
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[[Image:Wood-clipboard.jpg|thumb|A wooden clipboard]]

A '''clipboard''' is a thin, rigid writing [[wiktionary:board|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. The earliest forms were patented in 1870–1871 and referred to as board clips.<ref name="officemuseum.com">{{Cite web |title=Early Filing Devices: Small Files & Filing Devices |url=http://www.officemuseum.com/filing_equipment_small.htm |publisher=Early Office Museum}}</ref> Another early version of the clipboard, known as the "memorandum file", was invented by American inventor George Henry Hohnsbeen in 1921, for which he was granted {{US patent|1398591}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neo |date=2017-01-13 |title=Who invented the Liquid Soap Dispenser |url=http://www.whoinventedfirst.com/invented-liquid-soap-dispenser/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Who Invented First |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203145340/http://www.whoinventedfirst.com/invented-liquid-soap-dispenser/ |archive-date=3 December 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Related to the clipboard is the Shannon Arch File, which was developed around 1877.<ref name="officemuseum.com"/>