JP2001224442A - Reading desk - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reading desk which enables a user to read comfortably without having to hold a book in hands by solving the problem that when reading for a long time, reading on a bed before sleeping or having to read in a supine position because of an illness, holding of a book tires arms and an unnatural posture makes a reader tired and the price of which is low enough for everyone to readily purchase. SOLUTION: In stead of holding a book in hands, the book is turned down on a transparent plate of a book rest so that a user can read from under the plate in a supine position. The reading desk is also provided with a device to easily rune the pages of the book and the structure of which is so simple that it is available at a low cost.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a fitting which is formed by inserting two transparent plates (long and narrow vertically) into a frame of a horizontally long rectangular shape having a groove in a horizontal frame into grooves in upper and lower horizontal frames. Slide the extra fine wire vertically to the center of the frame, and put a book with a device in which two raw rubber cords, one each for each side, are stretched parallel to the wire. The present invention relates to a bookstand having a simple structure in which a table and a pedestal supporting the table are connected using the principle of leverage.

[Prior Art] In a conventional supine reading stand, a table on which a book is to be placed is supported by four claws by a method of holding the book from behind (the spine side) the open book. I have. With this method, the angle of the supine posture is limited, and if the angle is almost parallel to the supine face, the book may fall on the face. Also, when turning pages, four nails must be operated.
The structure is complicated and there is a drawback that it is not limited to a price that can be easily purchased by ordinary people.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Eliminate such drawbacks and make it easy to read in a supine position without supporting the book with your hands. ○ The book must be fixed so that it does not fall on the face. ○ The pages can be turned easily. It is possible to read without obstacles. ○ We devised to solve the four points of simple structure.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the four problems, a method was adopted in which a book was placed face down on a transparent board and peeped from below. I thought about inserting a single transparent plate into the picture frame.However, in order to turn the pages, the width of the transparent plate was reduced to the minimum necessary because the hand had to touch the book directly, and it was made into an elongated shape. (1). Then, a space is created in the frame, and the hand can directly touch the book. To make the pages easier to turn, the horizontal frame (top and bottom) was grooved so that the transparent plate could slide left and right like a fitting in the frame, and served as a sill (4). If a raw rubber cord (extremely fine) is stretched vertically inside the transparent plate, the number of pages can be temporarily fixed for five or six sheets, and it becomes easier to turn the pages. The pages can be easily turned by sliding the two transparent plates to the left and right, and the characters can be easily read by using the transparent plates, but the problem of fixing the book is not completely solved. Therefore, a very thin wire was stretched at the center of the frame in such a way that the frame was vertically divided symmetrically (2), and the book was put on the wire to support it. The way to put the book on the crotch is to stabilize the book by opening the pages where the left and right weights of the opened book are estimated to be almost equal. At this time, the two transparent plates are held at the left and right ends of the frame, respectively, so that the book becomes a shape that descends to the center of the frame with only the wires. Then open the page you want to read and put the left and right sides of the book on the transparent board. However, with that alone, when turning pages, force is applied to the book from below and the book rises out of the frame. To prevent this, a raw rubber cord is stretched on both sides of the wire one by one on the left and right in parallel with the wire ( 3). If you put the book on a wire, open the pages and put them on the left and right transparent plates, inevitably the raw rubber cords will hold both sides of the book's spine, and the book will not fall and slip. It is fixed to the platform. Next, this book rest (I)
Pedestal (II) is required to position the camera on the face in the supine position. The pedestal is a top plate for attaching the main stand,
The bottom plate, which is inserted under the pillow or futon to fix the pedestal itself with the weight of the head, is supported by two rod-shaped supports. The column is attached vertically to the bottom plate at a position where it does not prevent the bottom plate from being inserted under the futon, etc. Since the top plate and the bottom plate protrude forward at the bottom and top of the two columns, a U-shape is seen from the side. Becomes To attach the mounting table to the top of the pedestal, screw in one hanging bracket (Western lamp hanging) on each of the left and right sides of the front of the top panel, and hook each one on the left and right of the vertical frame on the back of the mounting table Attach metal fittings (Heaton). Heaton should be mounted at the same distance to the left and right above the vertical center of the vertical frame (both left and right) of the main stand so that lever principle (5) works. If the heaton of the pedestal is hooked on a pendant of a lantern, the horizontal frame at the top of the pedestal is in close contact with the top plate of the pedestal, and the pedestal is at an appropriate angle to the top plate. This angle and close contact are based on the fact that the mounting position of Heaton is shifted above the center of the vertical frame of the main stand, the principle of lever with shifted fulcrum works, and the horizontal frame at the top of the main stand is short distance from the fulcrum. The weight of the lower part of the main stand that is a long distance from the fulcrum will make close contact with the top plate.
Furthermore, if a book is placed, the weight is added, and the close contact of the book base with the top plate is further strengthened. At this time, the main mounting table can make an angle with respect to the top plate, but this angle can be operated by an angle adjusting plate A attached to the horizontal frame on the back of the main mounting table and an angle adjusting plate B attached to the top plate of the pedestal. I did it. Further, because of this structure, the pedestal and the main mounting base can be easily removed, and the main mounting base of the present invention can be used alone. However, in this case, a substitute for the pedestal (for example, a bed table or the like) is required, but it can be used simply by attaching two Western lamp suspensions to the substitute pedestal. It was discovered that the book can be read even in a reclined position by mounting the lantern suspension and Heaton on the side of the base and pedestal, respectively. As described above, the four problems are solved.

[Embodiment of the Invention] In order to make the present invention a structure as described above, a frame type frame was obtained by removing all cork portions of a commercially available cork board and using only the frame. Into the frame, two elongated transparent acrylic plates were fitted, and in order to slide left and right like a fitting, plastic rails were fitted in grooves of the horizontal frame (both upper and lower) to make the transparent acrylic plate slippery. An extra fine wire was used as the wire to be stretched at the center of the frame. This is because the ultrafine wire was optimal for satisfying the two conditions that the thickness of the book did not change even if the pages were repeated and that the book was supported firmly.
The two raw rubber cords stretched beside them used 2 mm flat rubber. This is because it is required that the book does not slide off the table even if the angle of the table is vertical, the role of fixing the book to the non-slip and the book, and the condition of freely responding to the book thickness However, all of them are filled with thick rubber bands. The rubber cord used for the temporary fastening of the page to be attached to the transparent plate was a rubber band for the same reason and the condition of being thin (to prevent the letters from being obstructed). The pedestal uses thick L-shaped fittings mainly for connecting the support and the top plate, and the support and the bottom plate, and prevents the book and the base from falling forward. The bottom plate and the top plate are made of a thin wooden plate.The bottom plate is inserted under a futon, etc., so if the thickness is large, there is a sense of discomfort when putting the head on, and if the top plate is heavy, This is because the support is burdened and the pedestal itself may be rough. Next, so that the height of the pedestal can be adjusted by about 10 cm, four to five holes are drilled at the top of the two pillars, and the L-shaped bracket attached to the top plate and the height adjustment plate on the back of the pillar are used to pinch the pillars and bolts To stop it. This is because there are individual differences in the height of futons and pillows, and the position of the book can be adjusted to suit the individual.
Further, to prevent the top plate from sticking, the top plate and the height adjustment plate were sandwiched and fixed with the U-shaped bracket of the top plate. The pedestal can be replaced by other objects, but it is necessary to suspend a lantern to attach the main stand. For lighting, a commercially available clip-type stand is suitable.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention has also been found to be capable of easily reading a book for a long period of time in the supine position, and to be applicable to a lying position. When turning pages, it is possible to use only one hand, and since the structure is simple, the manufacturing cost is low and it can be widely and widely used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall oblique view and side view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the use of a table (I) on which a book is placed according to the present invention; (a, b) a rear view of the table on which the book is placed;

FIG. 3 is a side view, a cutaway view, and an angle adjustment view of a table (I) on which a book of the present invention is placed

FIG. 4 is a rear view and an enlarged view of the base (II) of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the pedestal (II) of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of use of the present invention.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] An apparatus for reading a book in a supine or recumbent position without manually supporting the book, two transparent plates sliding left and right (1) and one ultrafine wire (2) The principle of leverage connection between the base (I) on which the frame form frame (4) having grooves is provided and the base (II) for supporting it, which has three points, and two raw rubber strings (3) (5) Bookstand with simplified structure