Patent ID: 7541533

Claim:
An apparatus having page turning capability for reading assistance, comprising: a supporting means to support a two-page spread book, a page-pressing means to hold the midsection over the right and left pages of the book, a page-turning-up means to turn up a page by creating a shearing force on the page surface, a page-turning-over means to move into the back side of the page and subsequently turn over the page, an interlocking means to interlock said page-pressing means, page-turning-up means, and page-turning-over means at the specified time, and a remote handling means to relay the moving force to said interlocking means, wherein the page pressing means and page turning over means rotatably move together between right and left sides of the book when pressing pages and turning pages over, with each of the page pressing means and page turning means having a longitudinal axis and each of the page pressing means and page turning means being symmetrical about the longitudinal axis, wherein each of the page pressing means and page turning over means has opposing end portions, with each opposing end portion having a bend portion, which presses upward with a certain angle of inclination so as to incline toward the front and run up and over a page surface during page pressing and page turning over.