Chin rest apparatus

A chin rest is arranged to include a housing having a top wall to include a pad member mounted therein. The housing includes first and second leg tubes mounted to opposed ends of the housing, that in turn include first and second respective extension legs that are provided with support pads to position the organization relative to an underlying support surface permitting an individual to rest the chin thereon during reading and other events when the individual is in the supine position.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The field of invention relates to support apparatus, and more particularly 
pertains to a new and improved chin rest apparatus wherein the same is 
arranged to provide for a head rest in use relative to a book reading 
event and the like. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
A head rest structure as indicated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,544,203 to Younger, 
wherein the organization is provided for a rest for the individual's head, 
wherein the instant invention provides for a concave alignment surface 
relative to a top surface of the base of the invention to provide for 
positioning an individual's chin in comfort as opposed to the head portion 
of the invention and in this respect, the present invention substantially 
fulfills this need. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of head 
rest apparatus now present in the prior art, the present invention 
provides a chin rest apparatus wherein the same is arranged to support an 
individual's chin when the individual is in a supine position. As such, 
the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described 
subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved chin rest 
apparatus which has all the advantages of the prior art support apparatus 
and none of tile disadvantages. 
To attain this, the present invention provides a chin rest arranged to 
include a housing having a top wall to include a pad member mounted 
therein. The housing includes first and second leg tubes mounted to 
opposed ends of the housing, that in turn include first and second 
respective extension legs that are provided with support pads to position 
the organization relative to an underlying support surface permitting an 
individual to rest the chin thereon during reading and other events when 
the individual is in the supine position. 
My invention resides not in any one of these features per se, but rather in 
the particular combination of all of them herein disclosed and claimed and 
it is distinguished from the prior art in this particular combination of 
all of its structures for the functions specified. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, 
additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter 
and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which 
this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and 
improved chin rest apparatus which has all the advantages of the prior art 
support apparatus and none of the disadvantages. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved 
chin rest apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and 
marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and 
improved chin rest apparatus which is of a durable and reliable 
construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved chin rest apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of 
manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly 
is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby 
making such chin rest apparatus economically available to the buying 
public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved chin rest apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods 
of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously 
overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 to 8 
thereof, a new and improved chin rest apparatus embodying the principles 
and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the 
reference numeral 10 will be described. 
More specifically, the chin rest apparatus 10 of the instant invention 
essentially comprises a base housing 11, having a top wall 12 spaced from 
a bottom wall 13 and a first end wall 14 spaced from a second end wall 15. 
Respective first and second slots 16 and 17 are orthogonally directed into 
the first and second ends 14 and 15 to pivotally receive respective first 
and second leg tubes 18 and 19 about the first and second leg tube first 
ends 22 and 23. The first and second leg tube second ends include a first 
and second extension leg 20 and 21 respectively received within the first 
and second leg tubes 18 and 19. A first and second fastener axle 24 and 25 
are orthogonally directed through the first and second respective slots 16 
and 17 to pivotally mount the first and second leg tube first ends 22 and 
23 respectively. The first and second fastener axles 24 and 25 are 
threadedly directed into the base housing forward side wall 46 to effect a 
drawing together of the housing on opposed sides of the first ends of the 
first and second leg tubes 22 and 23. The first and second leg tubes are 
further arranged to include third and fourth respective fasteners 26 and 
27 to fixedly secure the respective first and second extension legs 20 and 
21 within the respective first and second leg tubes 18 and 19. The first 
and second fastener axles 24 and 25 have mounted at their free distal ends 
first and second respective resilient foot pads 28 and 29 to provide for a 
non-slip mounting of the organization relative to an underlying surface. A 
recess 30 directed into the housing top wall 12 is arranged to receive the 
resilient chin pad 31 that in turn includes a concave recess 32 to receive 
an individual's chin thereon in a comfortable and aligned orientation to 
maintain the chin within the concave recess 32, in a manner as indicated 
in FIG. 2. The FIGS. 3 and 4 indicate the use of respective replacement 
and further replacement pads 33 and 34 respectively, wherein the 
replacement pad 33 includes a planar top surface, while the further 
replacement pad 34 includes a replacement pad boss 35 projecting above the 
replacement pad top surface to provide a further configuration for a chin 
support as the boss 35 is of a greater resiliency than the pad 34. 
The FIGS. 7 and 8 indicate the use of a housing cavity 39 within the 
housing between the top and bottom walls 12 and 13 respectively, with a 
bottom wall door 40 pivotally mounted about a spring hinge 41 maintaining 
the bottom wall door 40 in coplanar alignment with the bottom wall 13. A 
door handle 42 permits access to the bottom wall door and to the housing 
cavity 39. The bottom wall door mounts a switch member 43, a battery 44, 
and illumination bulb 45 for ease of access and maintenance of the battery 
44, the switch member 43, and the illumination bulb 45, wherein the 
housing forward side wall 46 includes a transparent lens 47 that is in 
adjacency to the illumination bulb 45 when the bottom wall 40 is in a 
coplanar alignment with the bottom wall 13 to thereby direct illumination 
from the illumination bulb 45 through the transparent lens 47 onto a book 
member, such as indicated in FIG. 2, to enhance ease of reading in use of 
the organization. 
As to the manner of usage and operation of the instant invention, the same 
should be apparent from the above disclosure, and accordingly no further 
discussion relative to the manner of usage and operation of the instant 
invention shall be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.