Electronic bookmark for copy holder

An electronic bookmark for a copy holder comprising:

• a backboard for supporting a document;
• power source means;
• and
• a display assembly, the display assembly including,
• retaining means coupled to the backboard and extending along a length thereof, the retaining means dimensioned to retain the document against the backboard and to extend into a margin of the document,
• display means coupled to the power source and extending along the length of the retaining means and adjacent to the margin of the document, the display means including indicating means for indicating a selected portion of text, and
• control means for selectively activating the indicating means to indicate different selected portions of text on the document, the control means controlling the activation of different desired indicating means along the display means to direct a users attention to a desired portion of text on the document.

An electronic copy holder comprising:

• a planar backboard for supporting a document, the backboard having support means secured to a back surface thereof and a front surface;
• a display assembly, the display assembly including,
• an elongated plate member rotatably coupled to a side edge of the backboard and extending along the length thereof, the plate dimensioned to retain the document against the backboard and to extend into a margin of the document without obscuring text on the document, the plate having a top surface and a bottom surface,
• means for detachably coupling the plate to the backboard, the coupling means detachably coupling the bottom surface of the plate to the front surface of the backboard for positively retaining the document therebetween, and
• display means extending along the length of the plate and affixed to the top surface thereof, the display means selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal display having an array of display electrodes, an array of light emitting diodes, and an array of signal lamps, with desired segments of an array activated for directing a users attention to a selected portion of text on the document;
• and
• control means for selecting the segments of the array to be activated, the control means including,
• a power source,
• switch means coupled to the power source for activating and deactivating the display means, and
• directional control means for selectively activating desired segments of the array along the length of the display means, the directional control means controlling the activation of desired segments of the array, such that adjacent segments of the array can be sequentially activated and distal segments of the array can be sequentially activated for scrolling the activated segments along the display means and for nonsequentially scrolling the activated segments along the display means.