Patent ID: 7083155

Claim:
A bookstand comprising: a book holder and means for mounting the book holder in a book reading position; the book holder comprising: a frame comprising at least one plate providing a book supporting surface for supporting a rear cover of a book and having a lower free edge provided with an outstanding flange-form, elongate ledge for supporting a lower edge portion of the book in a reading position; the book supporting ledge having an array of sockets spaced at respective different distances from the lower free edge of the lower plate and at different distances from opposite lateral ends of the ledge; and a plurality of plugs for insertion in selected of said sockets thereby to engage outermost pages exposed for reading on both sides of an open book on the ledge and trap underlying stacks of pages on both sides adjacent the book supporting surface thereby maintaining the lower portion of the book in an open position on the frame with exposed pages in a reading position, removal of a plug releasing a trapped page for turning by the reader and transfer of plugs to different sockets at different spacings apart from the book supporting surface accommodating progressive changes in the cumulative total thickness of the stacks of pages on respective sides of the book as the pages are turned during reading.