IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING OR COLLAPSING BOOK HOLDERS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I ALFRED JOHN MANN of 314 City Road in the County of Middlesex Writing
and Dressing Case Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING OR COLLAPSING BOOK HOLDERS to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in folding or collapsing book holders'
suitable for holding books on a table or elsewhere being so arranged and constructed
as to fold or collapse into a small space for packing away when travelling or
otherwise.
The book holder is formed in two corresponding parts each part consisting of a
base plate having a vertical flange at one end with a folding flap hinged thereto
and supported when open by the vertical flange. When the flap is opened or
turned up into a vertical position it forms one half of the book holder and when
the corresponding part or half is placed opposite to the other with the hinged flaps.
outwards the two form a book holder suitable for holding books upon a table or
elsewhere.
The two parts may be so arranged as to be connected or combined together when.
in use.
This improved book holder may be made of metal wood or any other suitable
material.

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I ALFRED JOHN MANN of 314 City Road in the County of Middlesex Writing
and Dressing Case Maker do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING OR COLLAPSING BOOK HOLDERS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in folding or collapsing book holders
suitable for holding books on a table or elsewhere being so arranged and constructed
as to fold or collapse into a small space for packing away when travelling or
otherwise.
The book holder is formed in two corresponding parts as represented in the
drawings hereto annexed Figure 1 of which shows a vertical section and Figure 2
plan of a book. holder arranged and constructed in accordance with my Invention.
Figure 3 shows part of one holder folder down. Each part consists of a base
plate A having a vertical flange A' at one end with a folding flap A2 hinged thereto
and supported when open by the vertical flange A¹..
When the flap is opened or turned up into a vertical position as shown in the
drawing, it forms one half of the book holder and when the corresponding part or
half is placed opposite to the otlier with the hinged flaps A² outwards as shown
the two form a book holder suitable for holding books upon a table or elsewhere.
The two parts may be so arranged as to be connected or combined together when
in use or they may be placed at any suitable distance apart to keep a number of
books in a row for the convenience of a student or reader.
This improved book holder may be made of metal, wood or any other suitable
material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The improved construction of folding or collapsing book holders by forming
them in two parts substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before
described and represented in the drawings annexed.
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