Jefferson's lap desk has always fascinated me. It is elegantly simple, yet functional, and perhaps best of all there is no room for clutter. It is a self-contained portable work center and its small, portable nature restricts what can accumulate on, in or around it.
Plans for Jefferson's lap desk have appeared in several magazines over the years, and I've seen reproductions in a few catalogs. One day, while studying a reproduction the thought occurred to me that with a few modifications, the lap desk might be updated to become the perfect work center for a laptop. If I could hide a port replicator in the back somewhere, only the power cord would be left hanging out of the back. It's small size meant that it could sit on a TV tray or the legs of a butler table. Or two pair of legs could be tucked away underneath then folded out for use in bed like a breakfast tray.
This is an idea with lot's of potential, so I've been gathering photos of examples. And I've even gone so far as to create an initial Sketchup model.
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