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US 12,137,800 B2Granted
Book stand
AssigneeDan E. Corcoran
InventorDan E. Corcoran
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Abstract
A stand for supporting a book in an inclined reading position having a resting surface, which tilts back such that the book rests at an incline; a shelf surface, which prevents the book pages and book from sliding down and off the resting surface; and a groove between the shelf surface and resting surface, into which the cover of a book may be inserted such that a majority number of the book pages rest on the shelf surface.
Claims10
A stand for supporting an object having a page and a binding comprising:
- (a) a rigid panel suitable for supporting a cover of said object having a page and a binding;
- (b) a rigid support arranged at an angular orientation with respect to said rigid panel;
- (c) a lower portion suitable to support said rigid panel and said rigid support on a horizontal lower surface;
- (d) the intersection of said rigid panel and said rigid support defining a recess along the length of said rigid support;
- (e) the recess having a width greater in a central portion of said rigid support than a width greater along a majority of a non-central portion of said rigid support is configured such that said binding is received within the recess and a majority of an end of said page is supported by resting on said rigid support.
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