Patent ID: 6467808
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
A book support apparatus for supporting an upright hardback book on a surface, the book including pages connected together at a binding, the binding attached to a cover at a spline, the cover including an outside and an inside, the inside of the cover facing the pages, the cover further including a lower cover edge and the pages including lower page edges, the lower cover edge extending past the lower page edges of the pages by a distance creating a gap between the lower page edges and the surface, the apparatus comprising:a support body with a thickness attached to at least one locating arm, the locating arm adapted to be placed on the inside of the cover between the cover and the pages such that the attached support body is positioned in the gap between the surface and the pages of the book, whereby the thickness of the support body accounts for at least a portion of the distance between the edge of the pages and the cover so that the pages rest on the support body during storage to prevent separation of the binding from the spine caused by gravitational forces acting on the pages of the book; and a body addition attached to the support body by an adhesive strip.