Patent ID: 6729653
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
A hinged book holder adapted for receiving a printed matter, comprising:(a) a substantially planar bottom member adapted to receive said printed matter; (b) a substantially planar top member disposed above said bottom member; and (c) an intermediate member attached at a first end thereof to a first end of said bottom member and attached at an opposite second end thereof to a first end of a hinge, and wherein a second end of said hinge is attached to a first end of said top member, and wherein said first end of said top member is disposed a predetermined distance above said first end of said bottom member and wherein said top member is adapted to pivot about an axis of said hinge with respect to said bottom member from a first closed position in which a second end of said top member is disposed proximate said bottom member into a second open position in which said second end of said top member is disposed away from said bottom member, and wherein at least a portion of said top member is transparent, and wherein a center cross-section is substantially triangular in shape when said top member is disposed in said first closed position; and wherein said intermediate member includes a first plane that extends from said first end of said bottom member in an upward direction away from said bottom member; and wherein said intermediate member includes a radius that terminates said first plane at one end of said radius and extends into a second plane of said intermediate member.