Portable book light

A portable book-light comprising a base member formed as an enclosed longitudinally extending capsule, a rigid tubular arm, means within said capsule rotatably supporting said tubular arm for transverse movement, a lamp, means mounting said lamp on the other end of said tubular arm, said last means including first means for rotatably supporting said lamp on the end of said arm for circular movement relative thereto, second means attached to said first means for supporting said lamp for vertical movement relative to said arm, and a socket supported from said second means to hold said lamp, and a book-light support extending outwardly from the long side of said capsule, said support comprising a first member having a pair of arms respectively rigidly attached at one end to opposite ends of said capsule, whereby an open area is defined by the two arms on opposite sides with the capsule at one end and the integral connection at the other, and a plate flexibly attached at one end to said capsule and extending outwardly therefrom into said defined open area, said plate extending near its outer end above said arms, whereby the play between said plate and said arms permits the insertion of a flat article therebetween to support the book-light.