EP0191206A1 - Support pliant pour livres et similaire - Google Patents

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EP0191206A1
EP0191206A1 EP85300830A EP85300830A EP0191206A1 EP 0191206 A1 EP0191206 A1 EP 0191206A1 EP 85300830 A EP85300830 A EP 85300830A EP 85300830 A EP85300830 A EP 85300830A EP 0191206 A1 EP0191206 A1 EP 0191206A1
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Ronald Francis Gaudet
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B19/00—Reading-desks; Lecterns; Pulpits, i.e. free-standing
    • A47B19/08—Foldable reading desks

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  • the invention relates to a collapsible stand, especially for books or other material, which are to be held in a convenient position for reading.
  • a book stand the device according to the invention is referred to as a book stand, it should be clearly understood that the stand can also be used for other purposes, e.g., for the storage or display of record albums or other substantially flat articles.
  • United States Patent # 3,460,795 to Dahlin discloses a book holder comprising a frame-like bottom plate.
  • a divided support plate is rotatably connected to one side of the bottom plate, and a brace is rotatably connected to its opposite side.
  • the upper end of the support plate is furnished with two cavities into which two pegs on the brace can be fitted to keep the support plate in its upright position for supporting a book.
  • the support plate and the brace are co-planar with the bottom plate.
  • the support plate and the brace are connected to the bottom plate by hinge pins.
  • This holder must be made of fairly solid material to withstand the stresses to repeated use with the weight of heavy books tending to bend the outer sections of the arms of the support plate backwards.
  • United States Patent # 3,937,435 to Roberts relates to a collapsible book support having tabs pivotally connected to the base. These tabs are holding the pages of a book on the book support in place when pivoted upwards. When the tabs are pivoted downwards into their respective cavities, they are co-planar with the base.
  • the invention relates to a one-piece collapsible stand, for supporting an article such as a book.
  • the stand is foldable between an erected, operative configuration and a collapsed, inoperative configuration wherein all of its components are co-planar.
  • the stand comprises a frame-like bottom plate having a front edge portion and a rear edge portion.
  • the stand includes a center leg having two sides and a free end, the leg being connected to the front edge portion by an integral hinge.
  • the stand also includes one side leg on each side of the center leg, each side leg having an inner side, an outer side, and a free end, and being connected to the rear edge portion by an integral hinge. Latch notches are provided on each side of the center leg adjacent the free end and on the inner side adjacent the free end of each side leg.
  • Tab means prevent the article to be supported from sliding off the stand, the tab means being connected to the front edge portion by an integral hinge.
  • the legs and latch notches are formed such that adjacent pairs of latch notches are complementary and interlock for fixing the legs in the erected, operative configuration.
  • the invention can be formed from an essentially flat sheet by either stamping the legs and tab means from the sheet, which produces very little waste of material.
  • the device can be molded from a cavity die of relatively low cost.
  • a stand I is made of a material that can be stamped or molded, and that has the property of being bendable for a considerable number of times without failure along lines of reduced thickness which serve as integral hinges.
  • Corrugated cardboard, suitably reinforced, or polypropylene, are examples of such materials that lend themselves to forming these integral hinges, as well as being capable of withstanding weight of books and the like.
  • the stand In its collapsed configuration, the stand resembles a flat sheet of material with cut lines as shown, all lines being symmetrical and postioned closely to each other to simplify manufacturing and to reduce waste.
  • the stand I includes a bottom plate 2 having a front edge portion 4 and a rear edge portion 5.
  • a center leg 7 has two sides 6 and 8 and a free end 3, and can be folded upwardly about an integral hinge 9 adjacent the front edge portion 4.
  • the hinge has an area of reduced thickness obtained by grooving or molding the material on both sides as shown in cross-section in Figure 3, and in broken lines in Figure 1.
  • the stand has two side legs I and 13 which are similarly connected to the bottom plate adjacent the rear edge portion 5 by integral hinges 15 and 17 respectively.
  • the hinges 15 and 17 are aligned with each other and are generally parallel to the hinge 9.
  • the legs 1 and 13 have respective inner sides 10 and 12, outer sides 14 and 16, and free ends 18 and 20.
  • the sides 6 and 10 are parallel and closely adjacent to each other when the stand is in the collapsed configuration, as are the sides 8 and 12.
  • the legs in the erected, operative configuration the legs can be interlocked by latch notches 19, 21 and 23, 25 respectively.
  • the closed ends of engaging latch notches are positioned on a common line 27, which is essentially at right angles to pivotal axes of corresponding hinges.
  • 19 and 21 are the notches in the edges 6 and 10 of the legs 7 and I 1 respectively.
  • the notches 23 and 19 are mutually aligned, as are the notches 21 and 25.
  • the common line 27 is at right angles to the pivotal axis of the hinge 17.
  • a pair of cover tabs 28 and 30 are provided on the front edge portion 4 and adjacent side edge portions of the plate, the tabs being spaced equally on either side of the leg 7.
  • the tabs 28 and 30 can be bent upwardly about respective integral hinges 31 and 32, which are disposed generally parallel to and forwardly of the hinge 9.
  • Page tabs 37 and 39 are also provided on the front edge portion 4, and are spaced equally on either side of the center leg 7.
  • the tabs 37 and 39 can be bent upwardly about integral hinges 4 and 43 respectively, which are inclined at equal angles 45, about 70 degrees, to the common line 27. It can be seen that the outer ends of the page tabs are inclined inwardly towards the center leg 7 to accommodate curvature of book pages.
  • the hinges 31 and 32 of the cover tabs are disposed between the hinge 9 of the center leg and the hinges 41 and 43 of the page tabs, so that inner portions of the page tabs are positioned forwardly of inner portions of the cover tabs to accommodate thickness of the book etc.
  • the stand is opened from the collapsed configuration of Figure I, to the erected, operative configuration of Figure 2 by bending the legs upwardly about their respective hinges so that the latch notches 19 and 21, and 23 and 25 become mutually engaged.
  • the cover and page tabs are raised as shown in Figure 2 and the book is positioned with its spine leaning against the center leg 7. Upper portions of the book covers rest against the free ends 18 and 20 of the side legs, and lower portions of the covers are engaged by the cover tabs 28 and 30.
  • the page tabs 37 and 39 are positioned to engage the two open pages of the book to prevent the pages from inadvertently moving, thus permitting the reader to read the book without holding the pages down.
  • the cover tabs 28 and 30 restrict the book against sliding downwardly and forwardly off the center leg 7, and the page tabs 37 and 39 can also assist in this function.
  • the weight of a heavy book acts on the free ends 18 and 20 of the side legs in the direction of the longitudinal axis of each side leg. This is the direction of the greatest strength of the legs, and thus heavy loads can be supported on a relatively light and inexpensive structure. This constrasts with some stands of the prior art. Also, there is relatively little stress on the latch notches of the stand when it is erected and supporting a heavy book, and engagement and disengagement of the latch notches produces little or no wear or stress on the stand, thus increasing its useful life.

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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0263999A2 (fr) * 1986-10-10 1988-04-20 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft Console de support d'un clavier
GB2222291A (en) * 1988-05-12 1990-02-28 Heddwel Wyn Roberts Supporting structures
GB2437409A (en) * 2006-04-19 2007-10-24 Frank Taylor Collapsible document holder
GB2462407A (en) * 2008-06-20 2010-02-10 Paul Nicolas Rowley Cardboard reading stand
GB2486648A (en) * 2010-12-20 2012-06-27 Steven John Douglas Wilber Portable, Collapsible Display Stand, e.g. for a Mobile Phone, PDA or Ebook
CN102720933A (zh) * 2011-03-30 2012-10-10 深圳富泰宏精密工业有限公司 折叠支架

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3411741A (en) * 1966-09-13 1968-11-19 Polyplan Corp Book rest
DE2702587B1 (de) * 1977-01-22 1978-05-18 Metzger & Mendle Zusammenklappbare Buchstuetze aus Kunststoff

Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3411741A (en) * 1966-09-13 1968-11-19 Polyplan Corp Book rest
DE2702587B1 (de) * 1977-01-22 1978-05-18 Metzger & Mendle Zusammenklappbare Buchstuetze aus Kunststoff

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0263999A2 (fr) * 1986-10-10 1988-04-20 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft Console de support d'un clavier
EP0263999A3 (en) * 1986-10-10 1988-08-24 Nixdorf Computer Aktiengesellschaft Keyboard-supporting console
GB2222291A (en) * 1988-05-12 1990-02-28 Heddwel Wyn Roberts Supporting structures
GB2437409A (en) * 2006-04-19 2007-10-24 Frank Taylor Collapsible document holder
GB2437409B (en) * 2006-04-19 2010-10-13 Frank Taylor Collapsible document holder
GB2462407A (en) * 2008-06-20 2010-02-10 Paul Nicolas Rowley Cardboard reading stand
GB2486648A (en) * 2010-12-20 2012-06-27 Steven John Douglas Wilber Portable, Collapsible Display Stand, e.g. for a Mobile Phone, PDA or Ebook
GB2486648B (en) * 2010-12-20 2013-03-20 Steven John Douglas Wilber Portable stand for an information display article
CN102720933A (zh) * 2011-03-30 2012-10-10 深圳富泰宏精密工业有限公司 折叠支架
CN102720933B (zh) * 2011-03-30 2015-02-04 深圳富泰宏精密工业有限公司 折叠支架

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