Patent ID: 8561959

Claim:
A viewing object retention device to retain a viewing object to enable a viewer to view the viewing object, the viewing object comprising one or more of an image display device, a reading material, and an image substrate while the viewer is in a lying position or in a sitting position, the device comprising: a base part; an arm part that is turnably joined to the base part at one end portion of the arm part through an axis having an angle of (90°−θ A ) with respect to a horizontal direction, and extends to an other end portion of the arm part along an axis line having an angle of θ A with respect to the horizontal direction from a joining point at which the arm part and the base part are turnably joined toward a space above the viewer; a viewing object retention part that is located at the other end portion of the arm part to retain the viewing object; and a revolving mechanism that displaces the viewing object retention part angularly with respect to the axis line with the turning of the arm part with the joining point used as a fulcrum.