US1197351A - Book-rest. - Google Patents

Description

R. L. DALGLISH.

BOOK REST. APPuATloN FILED AP11.1.1915.

Patented Sept. V5, 1916.

WITNESSES f UNITED sTATEsonirica.

BOOK-REST.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 5, 1ere.

Application led April 1, 1915. Serial No. 18,628.

i To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. DALGLISH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of vOkanagan Mission, in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Book-Rest, of which the'following. '1s a full, clear, and exact description.

Amongthe principal objects which the present invention has in view arerto provide for a rest of the character mentioned, a cheap, light construction; to provide means integrally formed therewith for limiting the movement of a prop with which the restis provided; and to reduce the cost of manu-- facture of the article hereinafter described.

Drawz'ngs.-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book-rest constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the dotted lines shown in conjunction therewith illustrating the book outspread thereon; Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe rest shown in Fig. 1, the section being taken on the median plane thereof; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the rest shown in its folded arrangement.

Description-. s seen in the drawings, a rectangular frame or grid is formed from a single piece of wire bent to form side bars8, a foot bar 9, and a top bar 10, the end of the piece or wire being rolled or twisted together to form a union 11, as best seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. 'Ihe foot bar 9 is' bent at the middle section thereof to form an outwardly-projecting foot-rest 12. rIhe frame .is reinforced by brace wires 13, which structurally unite the foot and top bars 9 and 10, and by bridge wires 14C, which connect said brace wires 13 and the adjacent side bars 8. It will be noted that between the wires 13-13 and the side bars of the rest 12 a channel-like space is formed, which facilitates the handling of hooks by permitting the hinge portion thereof to recede when turning a leaf or when openingv the book. A backvframe or prop is constructed from a second single piece of wire which is bent to forni a foot bar 15, side bars 16 and gage arms 17. The arms 17 have at the ends thereof hooks 18 which engage the side bars 8 of the rest frame when the prop is folded close thereon. rIhe prop is pivotally connected with the top bar 10, said bar having depressed or odset hinge portions 19, about which the wire of the s prop is wrapped to form hinge loops 20,

shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawings. rfhe "reading or standin and prevents a furvher spread thereof, as

. lows gage arms 17 engage the side barsA 8 when the prop vat the back, is outspread in the position of the rest,

shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the prop is folded upon the rest, as shown in Fig.- 3 of the drawings, auxiliary rest arms 21 engage the foot bar 15 thereof by means Aof hooks 22, likewise seen in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In this position the hooks 18 engage the side bars 8 slightly in advance of the engagement effected by the hooks 22 with the foot bar 15, thereby introducing a slight tension on the side bars 16 of the back frame for preventing the membersY rattling when folded. The rest arms 21 are each constructed from single pieces of wire having i formed therein coils 23 wrapped about the foot bar 9 to form pivotal connection therewith'. Extensions of the ends of the wire forming the rest arms 2,1, provide foot brackets 24, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Operation-When constructed as described and as shown in the accompanying drawin s, the book-rest is operated as folthus arranged, is minimized,'and the article is adapted for disposal in a Satchel or other package. When called into service, the operator grasps the bar 15 and the ends of the hooks 22, lifting the latter from engagement, with the former. 'Ihe back is then swung until the arms 17 engage the bars 8, as in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The auxiliary rest arms 21 are then moved to the position shown inhige. l and 2 of the drawings, and the bookrest is in position to receive and support,rnagazine, newspaper, or other article. When after using it is desired to pack or dispose of the rack, this is accomplished by lifting the auxiliary rest arms 21 to the position s own in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and the back is brought forward until the bar 15 thereof is engaged by the hooks 22 of the arms 21, likewise shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawings. en desired, a cardboard or other panel 25 is mounted between the bars 15 and 16, being secured thereto by means of spring clips l26,' which clips enfold said bars, as

hen inactively disposed, or when shown ibesil in Fig. l of the drawings. The panel 25 may be employed to receive memoranda orledvertising matter, s desire.

Claims:

l. A. book-rest comprising a plurality of skeleton beek and front frames, said i'rames being each formed from a single piece of Wire; gege arms integrally formed from sai back frame and adapted for engagement with seid front frame, to limit the reietive movemem*J of seid l frames, and a plurality of foot-rests pivotally mounted on seid frames, at the lower edge @hereof for supporting a book, said foot-rests vlievin` hooks for engaging Jche lower bar of sei back frame for holding the same in closed relation to seid front freine against the tension of said gage arms.

2. A book-rest comprising a plurality of skeleton back and front remes.,L said frames l being each formed from i single piece of Wire; gege arms integrally formeel iroin said. back iframe and ,adapted for engagement with seid front frame, to limit the relative movement of seiol frames, and e plurelity of .foot-rests pivotelly mounted on seid frames, at the lower' edges thereof or supporting e book, seid foot-rests having hooks for engaging the iower loer .of seii beck freine for holding the seme in closed vrelation bo seid iront :frame aga-inst elle 'ien-

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