Patent ID: 6742755
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A bedside book holding apparatus, which comprises:a. a support frame that is roughly tubular in shape, and roughly rectangular in shape, said support frame having an upper member, two side members and a bottom member; b. a support plate of the same roughly rectangular shape as said support frame, said support plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and being attached along said upper surface to said upper member, said side members and said bottom member of said support frame; c. angle adjusting means for adjusting the angle of said support frame attached to said upper member of said support frame; d. a single swivel arm roughly tubular in shape having a first end and a second end attached at said first end to said angle adjusting means; c. a single upright support roughly tubular in shape having an upper end and a lower end swivelly connected at said upper end to said second end of said swivel arm; and f. clamping means for clamping the apparatus to a bed frame, said clamping means attached to said lower end of said upright support; and wherein said angle adjusting means comprises: a) an adjusting elbow member having an arm end, an approximately right-angle elbow and a pin end, attached to said first end of said swivel arm at said arm end of said adjusting elbow member; b) a pin having a frame end and an elbow end and being roughly cylindrical in shape attached at said elbow end to said pin end of said adjusting elbow member; and c) a cup having a closed bottom, said closed bottom of which is attached to said upper member of said support frame and the cavity defined therein being roughly cylindrical in shape and of such dimension that said frame end of said pin inserts snugly into said cup; and wherein said angle adjusting means does not comprise screws.