Self-supporting book
AssigneeKermit Zarley Enterprises
InventorKermit Zarley
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Abstract
A book has a front cover having a first edge which is unconnected, and an opposing second edge which is connected to a spine. A back cover has a first edge which is connected to the spine and an opposing second edge which is connected to flexible joint or fold-line. The book has a third cover having a first edge which is connected to the flexible joint, that couples the third cover to the back cover, and an opposing second edge which is connected to binding. The front cover is configured to fold back about the spine to retain the third cover proximal the outer edge of the third cover to retain the book in a propped-up position for reading. A page holder slides along the left and right sides of the third cover and has an opening that allows a page to be pushed therethrough.
Claims19
A self-supporting book comprising:
- a) a first cover that is a front cover comprising;
- i) a front face;
- ii) a back face;
- iii) a first outer edge;
- and
- iv) a first inner edge;
- b) a second cover that is a back cover attached to the front cover and comprising:
- i) an exposed face that is exposed when the book self-supporting book is in a closed position;
- ii) an inner face;
- iii) an inner edge;
- and
- iv) an outer edge;
- wherein the inner edge of the back cover is rotatably attached to the first inner edge of the front cover;
- c) a plurality of pages coupled to a binding wherein each of said plurality of pages has an attached end and an extended end;
- d) a third cover attached to the back cover and comprising:
- v) a back face;
- vi) an inner edge;
- vii) an outer edge;
- viii) a left side edge;
- ix) a right side edge;
- and
- x) a binding retainer for detachably attaching the binding to the third cover;
- said binding retainer comprising:
- a plurality of slots;
- a retainer portion;
- wherein the inner edge of the of the third cover is rotatably attached to the outer edge of the back cover;
- wherein the self-supporting book is configured to be self-supporting with the back cover extending from the third cover, and the front cover rotated to engage the first outer edge with the back face of the third cover;
The self-supporting book of claim 177, wherein the plurality of slots extend to the retainer portion and are smaller in dimension than said retainer portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.