Patent ID: 7019203

Claim:
An apparatus for turning bound pages, the apparatus comprising: a support assembly for holding the bound pages comprising: a) an expandable bracket for supporting a spine of the bound pages; b) a horizontal crossbar mounted on the expandable bracket; and c) a pair of expandable folding arms coupled to the horizontal crossbar; a lifting assembly coupled to the support assembly and capable of lifting at least a portion of a page; and a turnstile assembly, the turnstile assembly comprising a plurality of flippers; a motor assembly coupled to the support assembly and coupled to the turnstile assembly; wherein the turnstile assembly has a rest position in which one of the plurality of flippers is positioned across two opposed bound pages to hold the bound pages in an open condition; and wherein the motor assembly rotates the turnstile assembly causing the lifting assembly to lift one of the pages and one of the plurality of flippers to rotate underneath the lifted page; and wherein the finger underneath the lifted page is rotated to turn the page and to place the turnstile in the rest position.