US3833197A - Book holder - Google Patents
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- US3833197A US3833197A US00316125A US31612572A US3833197A US 3833197 A US3833197 A US 3833197A US 00316125 A US00316125 A US 00316125A US 31612572 A US31612572 A US 31612572A US 3833197 A US3833197 A US 3833197A
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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
- A47B23/00—Bed-tables; Trays; Reading-racks; Book-rests, i.e. items used in combination with something else
- A47B23/04—Bed-tables; Trays; Reading-racks; Book-rests, i.e. items used in combination with something else supported from table, floor or wall
- A47B23/042—Book-rests or note-book holders resting on tables
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- This invention relates to a. book holder for supporting a book particularly in an open and readable position.
- U.S. Patent 2661568 shows in the preferred form a book holder made of spring-like material either of metal or of stiff plastic; also the device shown is-in;- tended to serve as a book end and when used as a book holder in the open position, a pair of thesedevices are necessary to accomplish this purpose while the assembly does not hold the pages open.
- holder which may be propped up on a surface by means of a common item such as a pencil, ruler, etc. and may also be employed to hold or carry a closed. book securely and without protrusion materially beyond the confines of the book which it is holding whereforthe book holder becomes very readily transportable for use in any location at which it may be desired. to use the same.
- the book holder of the invention consists of a base; connected thereto are first and second spaced apart upstanding members. The distance between the members is sufficient to accommodate the cover of a book and their height is sufficient to provide the requisite support to the pages. Forward of the second member and secured to the base is an upstanding fence which is high enough to hold the pages in position behind: it and yet not interfere with the reading matter.
- the base may be provided with a thumb cavity which intersects the fence and. the edge of the latter is sloped. toward the thumb cavity to facilitate turning the pages.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a book holder constructed according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a back view of the book holder shown in FIG. 1, the holder being supported in a tilted position.
- FIG. 3 is another embodiment of a book holder constructed according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-section taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5 is a front view showing a book positioned in the holder.
- FIG. 6 is a front view showing a book in a holder with the pages in position for reading.
- FIG. 7 is a cross section taken on the lines 7-7 of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 8 is a view of a holder in the upsidedown position.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 show the method, of locating a book in a holder in the upsidedown position.
- the book holder comprises a base or platform 10, a back collectively designated 12, and a fence collectively designated 14.
- a book is designed to rest upon the. platform 10 wholly behind, the fence 14 as illustrated in FIG. 6.
- the fence l4 may comprise two parts 16 and 18, the perimeters of which are arcuate in form at least particularly where they descend at their inner edges towards the base.. 10.
- the parts 16 and 18 may have the same or different perimetrical. configuration as illustrated in FIG. 1, but. it will be understood that they are such as to facilitate turning of the pages because the arcuate or rounded portion promotes gliding .over of the bottom edge of the page when it is turned by hand in the usual way.
- the back consists of a central portion 22, laterally disposed portions 24and26 which with the central portion define respectively slots 28 and. 30. shown more particularly in FIG. 1.
- portions 22,24 and 26 and the slots 28 and 30 it is to, be understood that the spine of an open book rests against the front surface. of the portion 22. while the front and back covers of the book extend. respectively through the slots 28 and 30.
- the portions 24 and 26, occupy a plane parallel with that occupied by portion 22 though slightly advanced towards the fence 14. As a result the front cover of the book after passing through the slot 28 extends behind the portion 24. Similarly the back cover of the book after passing through the slot 30 extends behind the portion 26.
- the device fits a book within the compass of the width of the platform 10 very snugly, so as, figuratively speaking, to become part of the book but yet to hold it rigidly open as if it were a solid clamped object.
- the book holder may be readily propped with a book in it at an upwardly and rearwardly inclining angle if a pencil 29 is pushed through one of the apertures 32 provided in the portion 22, such pencil 29 then functioning in the manner of the prop of an easel.
- the book is simply placed on the platform 10 either with the spine up or the opened edge up and it is thus held closed for transportion in the hand.
- each slot 28 and 30 is set at an angle for a number of reasons.
- Two panels or wings 24 and 26 are positioned slightly in advance of the plane of the panel 22 as already stated so that the book covers are heldand captured between the panel 22 and the panels 24 and 26 in a single plane (i.e. arein co-parallel relationship).
- the wings 24 and 26 also act as stops to limit sideways movement of the book at the spine.
- gravity drops the book slightly forward away from panel or back 22 into the cavitated area defined by 20.
- This dropping of the book causes the pages to be pressed against the inside face of the portions 14 and 16 assisting in keeping the book open in this position.
- the book is prevented from sliding out of the cavitated area by the jamming effect developed by the covers between the back or centre panel 22 and the wings or lateral panels 24 and 26 because of the aforesaid angular slots 28 and 30.
- the perimetrical configuration of the fence portions 16 and 18 may be changed at will, depending on the type of paper in the pages, by means of a circular member 34 one of which is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 as attached to the portions 16 of the fence 14.
- the circular member 34 is mounted in eccentric relationship to the edge of the portion 16, by means of an arm 36, which may be a press fit as illustrated in FIG. 4. Rotation of the circular member will effectually vary the contour of the fence 14 in the region where a page in the process of being turned over exerts the greatest pressure on the fence 14.
- FIG. 3 shows a modification of the invention in which the back 22 extends the whole width of the fence l4 and the slots 28 and 30 are eliminated; a book is located in this modified holder as illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7.
- FIGS. 8, 9 and show a further modification of the invention in which the book holder is used in an inverted position and a single panel 24 is utilised to cooperate with the fence 14 and the back 22.
- a book holder comprising a base wide enough to hold a book, first and second spaced apart upstanding fences to said base lying substantially in the same vertical plane and high enough to contain the pages of said book, each fence having an inwardly disposed contoured edge which descends toward said base adjacent to the spine of said held book to facilitate turning over of a page, said base having a recess between said fences, said base having first and second spaced apart upstanding walls lying substantially in the same vertical plane and removed from said fence, a third upstanding wall to said base behind said first and second walls with respect to said fence, said third wall being spaced from said first and second walls a distance sufficient to receive the cover of said book, said first and second walls having an inner edge which diverge from each other in the direction of said base.
- a book holder according to claim 1 which is formed of a single piece of material and said first and second walls flank said third wall to form a slot therewith, said slots corresponding substantially to the line of the said diverging inner edges of said first and second walls.
- a book holder according to claim 2 in which said third wall hasat least one aperture to frictionally receive from the rear a prop for said book holder.
- a book holder according to claim 1 wherein one of said fences has a rotatable circular member eccentrically carried adjacent said contoured edge whereby the area of said circular member projecting from said edge may be changed on rotating said circular member.
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GB6034871A GB1410019A (en) | 1971-12-29 | 1971-12-29 | Book holders |
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IT (1) | IT974754B (de) |
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US4118759A (en) * | 1976-02-09 | 1978-10-03 | Jean Hauville | Book support |
US4582344A (en) * | 1983-03-07 | 1986-04-15 | Gustava Weiss | Music holder for music books, bound pages of music and the like having leaves which tend to close |
US4681291A (en) * | 1986-06-26 | 1987-07-21 | Holladay Wilfred E | Book holder |
US5253840A (en) * | 1992-02-28 | 1993-10-19 | Beverley Sheremetta | Adjustable book rest |
US5364056A (en) * | 1993-08-02 | 1994-11-15 | Qlh Usa, Inc. | Combined book holder and bookmark |
US5419526A (en) * | 1993-09-10 | 1995-05-30 | Chieng; Walter | Portable reading holding for key-in document |
US5615856A (en) * | 1995-05-05 | 1997-04-01 | Simington; George H. | Book holding device and method |
USD382300S (en) * | 1995-12-26 | 1997-08-12 | Market USA Promotional Marketing, Inc. | Book easel |
US5884888A (en) * | 1997-10-20 | 1999-03-23 | Faith Ventures | Reading material support |
US6019339A (en) * | 1997-02-19 | 2000-02-01 | Brayford; Myrna | Book holder |
US6119391A (en) * | 1997-07-24 | 2000-09-19 | Maconga; John L. | Safety trap setting device |
US6334539B1 (en) * | 2000-02-18 | 2002-01-01 | Moore Push-Pin Company | Bendable bookend |
WO2004105552A1 (en) * | 2003-05-27 | 2004-12-09 | Burnett-Evans Holdings, Inc. | Book holder |
US20050253038A1 (en) * | 2004-05-17 | 2005-11-17 | Burnett-Evans Holdings, Inc. | Book holder |
US20070096463A1 (en) * | 2005-10-31 | 2007-05-03 | Craig Kissel | Tubing disconnect tool and a method of disconnecting tubing |
US20070120034A1 (en) * | 2005-11-08 | 2007-05-31 | Sparling David R | Xdeck laptop/book-holder |
US20070131836A1 (en) * | 2005-10-11 | 2007-06-14 | Ross Michael D | Book holder having a central gap in a transparent front panel for turning pages which are magnetically secured to the front panel |
US20080001420A1 (en) * | 2006-06-30 | 2008-01-03 | Peter Palmer | Brace for carrying papers/books on arm |
US20080061013A1 (en) * | 2006-09-07 | 2008-03-13 | Umbra Inc. | Bookshelf with cover holding ledge |
US20130026115A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-31 | Umbra Llc | Mounting shelves with concealment means |
US20200113325A1 (en) * | 2018-10-15 | 2020-04-16 | Estrella Bedania Partlow | Adjustable Multipurpose Holder |
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US1038280A (en) * | 1912-04-09 | 1912-09-10 | James R Burnett | Book-holder. |
US1263761A (en) * | 1913-02-18 | 1918-04-23 | William Henry Haslam | Book-holder. |
US1704561A (en) * | 1925-07-14 | 1929-03-05 | George F Egan | Display device |
US1959843A (en) * | 1933-04-22 | 1934-05-22 | Sprague Ai | Pamphlet stand |
US2151269A (en) * | 1937-07-19 | 1939-03-21 | Gaylord Brothers Inc | Display rack for books and the like |
US2550279A (en) * | 1949-05-10 | 1951-04-24 | John W Mamer | Folding easel |
US2802295A (en) * | 1955-10-27 | 1957-08-13 | Kraus Harold | Collapsible book support or rest |
US3043047A (en) * | 1961-02-14 | 1962-07-10 | Fleur Hector La | Book supporting device |
US3408032A (en) * | 1967-02-13 | 1968-10-29 | Donald W. Francis | Book support device |
US3460795A (en) * | 1967-07-24 | 1969-08-12 | Orga Ab | Book holder |
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- 1972-12-20 DE DE2262312A patent/DE2262312A1/de active Pending
- 1972-12-28 IT IT33684/72A patent/IT974754B/it active
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US1038280A (en) * | 1912-04-09 | 1912-09-10 | James R Burnett | Book-holder. |
US1263761A (en) * | 1913-02-18 | 1918-04-23 | William Henry Haslam | Book-holder. |
US1704561A (en) * | 1925-07-14 | 1929-03-05 | George F Egan | Display device |
US1959843A (en) * | 1933-04-22 | 1934-05-22 | Sprague Ai | Pamphlet stand |
US2151269A (en) * | 1937-07-19 | 1939-03-21 | Gaylord Brothers Inc | Display rack for books and the like |
US2550279A (en) * | 1949-05-10 | 1951-04-24 | John W Mamer | Folding easel |
US2802295A (en) * | 1955-10-27 | 1957-08-13 | Kraus Harold | Collapsible book support or rest |
US3043047A (en) * | 1961-02-14 | 1962-07-10 | Fleur Hector La | Book supporting device |
US3408032A (en) * | 1967-02-13 | 1968-10-29 | Donald W. Francis | Book support device |
US3460795A (en) * | 1967-07-24 | 1969-08-12 | Orga Ab | Book holder |
Cited By (27)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4118759A (en) * | 1976-02-09 | 1978-10-03 | Jean Hauville | Book support |
US4582344A (en) * | 1983-03-07 | 1986-04-15 | Gustava Weiss | Music holder for music books, bound pages of music and the like having leaves which tend to close |
US4681291A (en) * | 1986-06-26 | 1987-07-21 | Holladay Wilfred E | Book holder |
US5253840A (en) * | 1992-02-28 | 1993-10-19 | Beverley Sheremetta | Adjustable book rest |
US5364056A (en) * | 1993-08-02 | 1994-11-15 | Qlh Usa, Inc. | Combined book holder and bookmark |
US5419526A (en) * | 1993-09-10 | 1995-05-30 | Chieng; Walter | Portable reading holding for key-in document |
US5615856A (en) * | 1995-05-05 | 1997-04-01 | Simington; George H. | Book holding device and method |
USD382300S (en) * | 1995-12-26 | 1997-08-12 | Market USA Promotional Marketing, Inc. | Book easel |
US6019339A (en) * | 1997-02-19 | 2000-02-01 | Brayford; Myrna | Book holder |
US6119391A (en) * | 1997-07-24 | 2000-09-19 | Maconga; John L. | Safety trap setting device |
US5884888A (en) * | 1997-10-20 | 1999-03-23 | Faith Ventures | Reading material support |
US6334539B1 (en) * | 2000-02-18 | 2002-01-01 | Moore Push-Pin Company | Bendable bookend |
WO2004105552A1 (en) * | 2003-05-27 | 2004-12-09 | Burnett-Evans Holdings, Inc. | Book holder |
US7600733B2 (en) | 2004-05-17 | 2009-10-13 | Burnett-Evans Holdings, Inc. | Book holder |
US20050253038A1 (en) * | 2004-05-17 | 2005-11-17 | Burnett-Evans Holdings, Inc. | Book holder |
US7226030B2 (en) | 2004-05-17 | 2007-06-05 | Burnett-Evans Holdings, Inc. | Book holder |
US20070228245A1 (en) * | 2004-05-17 | 2007-10-04 | Peter Burnett-Evans | Book holder |
US20070131836A1 (en) * | 2005-10-11 | 2007-06-14 | Ross Michael D | Book holder having a central gap in a transparent front panel for turning pages which are magnetically secured to the front panel |
US7328878B2 (en) * | 2005-10-11 | 2008-02-12 | Ross Michael D | Book holder having a central gap in a transparent front panel for turning pages which are magnetically secured to the front panel |
US20070096463A1 (en) * | 2005-10-31 | 2007-05-03 | Craig Kissel | Tubing disconnect tool and a method of disconnecting tubing |
US7918002B2 (en) * | 2005-10-31 | 2011-04-05 | Craig Kissel | Tubing disconnect tool and a method of disconnecting tubing |
US20070120034A1 (en) * | 2005-11-08 | 2007-05-31 | Sparling David R | Xdeck laptop/book-holder |
US20080001420A1 (en) * | 2006-06-30 | 2008-01-03 | Peter Palmer | Brace for carrying papers/books on arm |
US20080061013A1 (en) * | 2006-09-07 | 2008-03-13 | Umbra Inc. | Bookshelf with cover holding ledge |
US20130026115A1 (en) * | 2011-07-28 | 2013-01-31 | Umbra Llc | Mounting shelves with concealment means |
US20200113325A1 (en) * | 2018-10-15 | 2020-04-16 | Estrella Bedania Partlow | Adjustable Multipurpose Holder |
US10716395B2 (en) * | 2018-10-15 | 2020-07-21 | Estrella Bedania Partlow | Adjustable multipurpose holder |
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DE2262312A1 (de) | 1973-07-12 |
FR2170598A5 (de) | 1973-09-14 |
CA991936A (en) | 1976-06-29 |
IT974754B (it) | 1974-07-10 |
GB1410019A (en) | 1975-10-15 |
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