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US 5,690,216 AGranted
Pencil box with a copy holder structure
OwnerPao-Ying Liuinventor
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Abstract
A pencil box including a box body, a box cover hinged to the box body, two stands pivoted to the box cover at the back and adapted for supporting the box cover in a tilted open position, a bottom rack and a top rack respectively pivoted to the front side of the box cover and adapted for holding a reading object for example a book for reading, and two support arms bilaterally pivoted to the front side of the box cover and adapted for holding the book in the desired open status.
Claims1
A pencil box comprising:
- a box cover hinged to a box body, said box cover comprising a back side, a front side, a top side, a bottom side, two back recesses in said back side, two pairs of pivot holes respectively disposed in said back recesses, two locating holes respectively made through said back recesses remote from the pivot holes, a plurality of raised portions alinged in each back recess, two bottom through holes at said bottom side, two cap members respectively raised from said front side and suspended above said bottom through holes, two projections respectively raised from said front side and spaced between said cap members and said bottom through holes, two axle housings disposed at said bottom side between said bottom through holes and facing each other, a first locating rod and a second locating rod perpendicularly raised from said front side, and two lugs raised from said front side near said top side two stands respectively pivoted to the back side of said box cover and adapted for supporting said box cover in a tilted open position, each of said stands comprising a pair of pivot pins longitudinally aligned at one end and respectively coupled to the pivot holes in one back recess of said box cover, a locating block raised from one side and adapted for fitting into the locating hole of one back recess of said box cover to secure the respective stand in a collapsed position, two fixed spring bolt, a torsional spring mounted on the fixed spring bolt of the respective stand and having two opposite ends respectively stopped against the respective stand and said box cover to force the respective stand outwards from said box cover, and a locating plate raised from one side, said locating plate having a plurality of recessed portions which are forced into engagement with the raised portions in one back recess of said box cover when the respective stand is turned outwards from the back side of said box cover;
- a flat bottom rack pivoted to the axle housings of said box cover and adapted for holding a reading object when said box cover is opened and supported on said stands, said bottom rack comprising two pivot pins bilaterally raised from a back side thereof and respectively coupled to the axle housings of said box cover, a front recess for the holding of the hand, and a locating hole adapted for coupling to the first locating rod of said box cover to hold said bottom rack in a collapsed position closely attached to the front side of said box cover
- two support arms bilaterally pivoted to the front side of said box cover and adapted for holding the reading object on said bottom rack, said support arms comprising a respective toothed eye end pivotably coupled between the cap members and bottom through holes of said box cover by a respective split-head bolt, and engaged with the projections of said box cover;
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- a top rack pivoted to the lugs of said box cover and adapted for supporting the reading object on said bottom rack, said top rack comprising two pivot pins bilaterally raised from a rear side thereof and respectively pivoted to the lugs of said box cover, a plurality of recesses spaced along a front side thereof for the holding of the hand, and a locating hole disposed near the front adapted for coupling to the second locating rod of said box cover, for permitting said top rack to be retained in a collapsed position closely attached to the front side of said box cover.
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