Pillow mounted book holder
OwnerDavid L. Friedrichinventor
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Abstract
A pillow carrying book holder includes a frame in the form of a plate within the pillow. The plate supports retraction mechanism which is connected externally of the pillow to a pair of book engaging fingers. The retraction mechanism includes a pair of springs having one end mounted within the pillow and the other end secured to the book engaging fingers. A housing within the pillow encloses the retraction mechanism within the pillow and separated it from filler material within the pillow. The filler material may include freely moveable particulate for conforming the pillow to the shape of the surface on which the pillow is positioned.
Claims7
A book holder for holding a book in an open position, comprising:
- a pillow having a ticking with filler material therein, a plate mounted in said pillow, said plate having a front face abutting said ticking and a rear face, a book support extending through said plate and said ticking and moveable relatively to said plate and said ticking, at least one spring loaded page gripping assembly secured to said book support externally of said pillow, and a spring having one end fixed within said pillow and one end secured to the page gripping assembly for pulling said assembly toward said ticking.
A book holder for holding a book in an open position, comprising:
- a pillow having a covering and filler material therein a plate positioned within said pillow;
- a book resting structure disposed substantially perpendicular to said plate and extending through the covering of said pillow, a pair of spring biased page gripping assemblies connected to said structure for releasably gripping a pair of adjacent pages of an open book, each page gripping assembly including a rod extending through said plate and said covering, and springs for drawing said page gripping assemblies toward said plate.
A book holder for holding a book in an open position with a pair of pages disposed side by side, said book holder comprising:
- a pillow having a ticking with filler material therein, a frame positioned within the ticking of said pillow, book supporting members carried by said frame and extending through said ticking from the interior to the exterior of said pillow, retraction mechanism supported by said frame and extending through said ticking to the exterior of said pillow, and a pair of book engaging fingers disposed at the exterior of said pillow and secured to said retention mechanism to be drawn toward said ticking and said frame and for engaging respective pages of said pair of pages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.