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US 6,283,432 B1Granted
Book holder with optional swivel base
OwnerFrank J. Hoose, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A book holder in which an open book may be placed and held in the cavity created by the positioning of an angled back piece, end pieces and front tabs joined to a solid bottom piece upon which the lower edge of the book rests with the open pages loosely secured under the inner edges of the front tabs. Said book holder can be hand held for reading or mounted to an optional swivel base by way of a protruding interlock key in the optional swivel base mating with a keyhole slot in the bottom of the book holder for desk top reading.
Claims5
A book holder comprising:
- an angled back comprising two back pieces of sufficient width to provide for an open book cover to rest against it, an
- end piece abutting each side of the angled back at an acute angle, such end pieces extending forward by a distance sufficient to accommodate the thickness of said book,
- front tabs abutting said end pieces and returning toward the center of the holder's front face, at an obtuse angle, by a distance sufficient to retain the outer edges of the open pages of said book, with a solid
- bottom piece abutting the angled back, end pieces and front tabs, filling the entire void between them, supporting the lower edge of said book and wherein said bottom piece is located a
- keyhole slot located along the front to rear center line and set back slightly from the front edge of said bottom piece said keyhole slot adapted for connection to a swivel base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.