Portable collapsible stand for facilitating holding book pages open
US5765799A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B23/042
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A novel portable collapsible stand for facilitating holding the pages of an open book for reading and having a lower resting sheet hinged at its bottom edge to an upper book-supporting sheet having a lower edge provided with a ledge upon which the bottom edges of the opened book pages may rest and are automatically restrained from turning or movement by a page-restraining surface resiliently pressed thereagainst by a resilient hinge between the outer edge of the ledge and the bottom edge of the page-restraining surface.
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