Patent ID: 7654499

Claim:
A one-piece collapsible stand which is foldable between an erected operative configuration for supporting a book in an inclined position and a collapsed inoperative configuration wherein the stand is a flat thin bookmark; the stand comprises a front plate, first and second side legs and a back plate; a. said front plate having a front bottom side, front top side, front left side and front right side; b. said back plate having a back bottom side, back top side, back left side and back right side; c. each of the first and second side legs include a first portion and an adjacent second portion such that the first portion is foldably joined to said second portion by a living hinge there between said first and second portions; d. said front left and right sides of said front plate are foldably attached to said first portion of said first and second side legs, respectively; said back left and right sides of said back plate are foldably attached to said second portion of said first and second side legs, respectively; e. a top edge of said second portion of said first and second side legs, respectively, include a notch engaging a respective notch of a first flap that is foldably attached to a second flap which is foldably attached to said back top side of said back plate in said erected operative configuration; f. a top edge of the first portion of said first and second side legs includes a J-shaped cutout, respectively, adapted to receive and retain said book therein in said erected operative configuration; and g. in said collapsed inoperative configuration, the book stand is used as said thin bookmark such that said lip is parallel to said flap; said first portion of said first and second legs are parallel to said back plate; said second portions of said first and second legs are parallel to said first portions; and said front plate is parallel to said second portions of said first and second legs.