US 5,456,497 AGranted

Apparatus for holding reading material binder

OwnerEdward A. Ross, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

A holder apparatus acts in frictional cooperation with books, notebooks, folders, and other hand held rigid or semi-rigid binders containing reading material. The holder allows one-handed manipulation of the book, notebook, folder, or binder free of accidental dropping or slipping. A strap having inelastic and elastic portions, and fasteners on each free end, allows the strap to encircle the book, notebook, folder or binder. The fasteners releasably attach the strap to the book, notebook, folder or binder. A hand piece attached to the strap is adapted to receive a person's hand and allows easy manipulation and holding of the book, notebook, folder or binder. A pencil holder and book mark may also be releasably attached to the strap. A strap having a single fastener and an opening adapted to receive at least one finger of a person's hand attaches and holds the book, notebook, folder or binder.

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Dependent claims

A holder apparatus adapted for one-handed manipulation by a user of a reading material binder, the binder having inside and outside coplanar surfaces, the inside surface used for containing reading material, the holder apparatus comprising:

a strap having a substantially inelastic main portion and a substantially elastic expansion portion, the main portion having first and second ends and first and second coplanar surfaces, the expansion portion having first and second ends, the first end of the expansion portion fixedly attaching to the first end of the main portion;
a hand piece having first and second ends, said hand piece first and second ends fixedly attaching to the second coplanar surface of the main portion, said hand piece and the second coplanar surface of the main portion defining an opening adapted to receive a hand of a user, the hand being in frictional cooperation with said hand piece and the second coplanar surface of the main portion when inserted therein, said hand piece located by the outer surface of the binder, and the hand also being in frictional cooperation with the outer surface of the binder;
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a fastener for releasably attaching the second end of the main portion to the second end of the expansion portion, said strap encircling and being in frictional cooperation with the surfaces of the binder.

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A holder apparatus adapted for one-handed manipulation by a user of a reading material binder, the binder having first and second parallel edges and inside and outside coplanar surfaces, the inside and outside surfaces between the first and second edges, the inside surface used for containing reading material, the holder apparatus comprising:

a strap having a substantially inelastic main portion and a substantially elastic expansion portion, the main portion having first and second ends and first and second coplanar surfaces, the expansion portion having first and second ends, the first end of the expansion portion fixedly attaching to the first end of the main portion;
a hand piece having first and second ends, said hand piece first and second ends fixedly attaching to the second coplanar surface of the main portion, said hand piece and the second coplanar surface of the main portion defining an opening adapted to receive a hand of the user, the hand being in frictional cooperation with said hand piece and the second coplanar surface of the main portion when inserted therein, said hand piece located by the outer surface of the binder, and the hand also being in frictional cooperation with the outer surface of the binder;
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first and second fasteners, said first and second fasteners releasably gripping the first and second edges, respectively, of the binder, thereby holding said strap to the binder.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.