Patent ID: 6250599
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
In a book holder comprising a support structure permitting a person with an eye line to read a book having front and back covers and lines of text with an alignment with respect to said eye line, said person lying down supine, facing upward, sideways, or sideways/upward, and a book receiver comprising a transparent front member (1), a base member, and a back member for holding said book, and said front and back covers being connected by a spine (18) having a width and two sides, said support structure including means permitting said person to adjust said alignment by rotating said book receiver about a first axis of rotation (103) extending perpendicularly to said front member, the improvement including a set of two passively acting stop members (12,13) and (98), spaced to bridge said width of said spine and said two stop members having ends, said ends extending movably across said book receiver towards said front members (1), being biased to contact said front and back covers respectively, but being substantially immovable in a lateral direction parallel to said front member, said stop members having inner edges (21) and (78) capable of engaging said spine (18) and (79) for mechanically limiting sideways motion of said book in said book receiver when said book receiver is tilted by said person about said first axis of rotation to adjust said alignment.