Patent ID: 8413822

Claim:
A rack for holding a cookbook, comprising: a. a shelf unit including a base having an upward facing portion configured to support at least one cookbook; b. an attachment bracket attached to said shelf unit; c. a swivel arm, pivotally attached to said attachment bracket by a pivot joint that pivots about a vertical axis, said swivel arm including a portion extending in a substantially horizontal direction, said portion moving through a substantially horizontal arc as said swivel arm pivots about said pivot joint, said portion occupying a position that is lower than said upward facing portion of said base; d. a slide, attached to said portion of said swivel arm extending in said substantially horizontal direction; e. said slide being slidably connected to said portion of said swivel arm extending in said substantially horizontal direction so that said slide can translate in said substantially horizontal direction; f. said slide also being pivotally connected to said portion of said swivel arm extending in said substantially horizontal direction with said pivotal connection pivoting about a longitudinal axis of said portion of said swivel arm extending in said substantially horizontal direction; g. a tray attached to said slide, said tray including, i. a spine connected to said slide, said spine having a first side and a second side, ii. a first side leaf pivotally connected to said first side of said spine by a first pivoting spine connection, iii. a second side leaf pivotally connected to said second side of said spine by a second pivoting spine connection, iv. wherein said first and second pivoting spine connections allow said first and second side leaves to fold toward each other, v. said portion of said swivel arm extending in a substantially horizontal direction, said slide, said spine, said first side leaf, and said second side leaf being configured so that said first and second side leaves can pivot toward each other and said tray can pivot upward and over a top of said portion of said swivel arm so that said tray comes to rest on said upward facing portion of said base while said tray remains above said swivel arm; and h. said pivotal connection between said slide and said portion of said swivel arm extending in said substantially horizontally direction including a locking mechanism for fixing a pitch of said tray.