Patent ID: 7891632
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A book holder stand comprising: a pair of parts each part comprised of a shallow generally rectangular open topped box having a bottom panel and four side walls, said parts hinged together along one side wall of each part by interfitting hinge features to be positioned with edges of the side walls abutting each other in a closed condition of said parts, and said parts extending directly away from each other in a spread apart flattened position of said parts with said hinged side walls positioned alongside each other; a flip down shelf of a length substantially the same as the width of an associated part and extending within side walls of each part across the bottom panel thereof adjacent a bottom side wall of said associated part, each shelf pivotally mounted to a respective part to selectively be positionable in a stowed position flipped up within said side walls of a respective part and a flipped down position projecting substantially normally to the plane of the bottom panel of an associated part substantially beyond said side walls to enable support thereon of a book resting on edge on an upper surface of each of said shelves; and a pair of page retainer elements, each retainer element associated with a respective shelf and formed of a thin readily resiliently bendable rod, having a first segment pivotally received in a hole in an outer face of said respective shelf downwardly extending from an outer edge of said upper surface with said shelf flipped down, adjacent an outer side of said associated shelf remote from an opposite side of said shelf, and a second segment angled back towards said bottom panel and forming an acute angle with said bottom wall and the pages of an opened book placed on said shelves and of a length extending at least most of the way across the width of an associated shelf when retainer element is pivoted down to extend along said associated shelf, and a tip located on each retainer adjacent an opposite side of said associated shelf when said retainer elements are pivoted down, whereby said tip being able to be swept upwardly and outwardly across a page of an opened book resting on said upper surfaces of said flipped down shelves to be engaged with the outermost margin area of said pages when extending substantially vertically or engagable with said outer face of said associated shelf when not engaging a book and able to be swept outwardly beyond said shelf to be able to engage wider books and to have said tip held against said opened book pages or to engage said outer face of said associated shelf when not engaged with said book pages by bending deflection outward of said second segment to be engaged with said opened book pages or with said outer face of said associated shelf when not engaged with said book pages; and an elongated prop rod having an end segment received in an opening extending into a hinged side wall of one part and a main segment angled from said end segment extending down along the outside of said side wall when in a stowed position and able to be swung out from said side wall of one part to extend in on an inclined position to said one part to allow said book parts when spread out flattened to be supported leaning back by a tip of said prop rod main segment engaging a support surface.