Rack and method for mounting reading material

A rack for releasably retaining reading materials, comprising:

• a rigid rack face having a bottom end and a top end, the top end being raised vertically with respect to the bottom end;
• a first support structure extending along the top end of the rack face and extending upwardly from the rack face having a first top wall with a first top aperture, a second top wall, at least one of the first top wall and the second top wall extending upwardly from the rack face, the second top wall being spaced a selected distance from the first top wall, and a third top wall extending between the first and second top walls and forming an upper side of the first support structure;
• a second support structure extending along the bottom end of the rack face and extending upwardly from the rack face having a first bottom wall with a first bottom aperture, a second bottom wall, at least one of the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall extending upwardly from the rack face, the second bottom wall being spaced a selected distance from the first bottom wall, the selected distance between the bottom walls being less than the selected distance between the top walls, and a third bottom wall extending between the first and second bottom walls and forming an upper side of the second support structure, the second bottom wall positioned such that the first bottom wall is between the second bottom vertical wall and the first top vertical wall;
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• a first elongated rib having a first end positioned in the first top aperture and a second end positioned in the first bottom aperture, the second end being prevented from extending farther into the first bottom aperture than the selected distance between bottom walls by the second bottom wall, the rib being longer than the distance between the first top wall and the second bottom wall such that the rib is retained within the apertures to retain a reading material to the rack face.

A method of releasably retaining reading materials to a rack having a face with its top end higher than its bottom end, comprising:

• placing the reading material on the rack face with the spine of the reading material against the rack face and supported thereby, with the reading material open;
• placing an elongated rib on top of the reading materials when opened;
• inserting a first end of the rib into a slot in a top wall extending upwardly from the rack face, the slot having a permanently closed upper side;
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• inserting a second end of the rib into a slot formed in a first bottom wall extending upwardly from the rack face, the slot having a permanently closed upper side, the second end of the rib being stopped from being inserted further into the first bottom wall slots by a second bottom wall extending upwardly from rack face.

A rack for releasably retaining reading materials, comprising:

• a rigid rack face having a bottom end and a top end, the top end being raised vertically with respect to the bottom end;
• a first top wall extending from the rack face along the top end, the first top wall having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, each of the apertures having a permanently closed upper side;
• a support structure extending along the bottom end of the rack face, the support structure having a first bottom wall extending upwardly from the rack face, the first bottom wall having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, each of the apertures having a permanently closed upper side, a second bottom wall positioned such that the first bottom wall is spaced a selected distance from the second bottom wall and the first bottom wall is between the second bottom wall and the first top wall;
• an elongated rib having a first end portion positioned within a first top wall aperture, a second end portion positioned in a first bottom wall aperture, the second bottom wall preventing the rib from extending more than the selected distance through the first bottom aperture beyond the first bottom wall, the rib being longer than the distance between the first top wall and the second bottom wall such that the rib is retained within the apertures of the first top wall and the first bottom wall, so that the rib retains the reading material to the rack face;
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• wherein the elongated rib has a vertical dimension that is sufficiently less than the vertical dimensions of the apertures so as to allow the rib to move upwardly in the aperture to retain a relatively thick reading material between the rib and the rack face and also allow the rib to move downwardly in the aperture to retain a relatively thin reading material between the rib and the rack face.