Patent ID: 7066437

Claim:
A portable bookstand comprising: a horizontal member having an elongated rectangular shape, the horizontal member being elongated in right and left directions: a shaft provided at a center of the horizontal member: a hollow portion formed in the horizontal member: a guide member provided in the hollow portion of the horizontal member: a rotatable member having an elongated rectangular shape which is substantially the same size as the horizontal member, the rotatable member being supported on the horizontal member such that the rotatable member is able to rotate and slide about the shaft provided at the center of the horizontal member: right and left guide rods received in the hollow portion of the horizontal member and engaged with the guide member such that the right and left guide rods are movable in the right and left directions of the horizontal member along the guide member, respectively, to reach an extended position and retract to a retracted position respectively: right and left transparent binders fixed to the right and left guide rods, respectively, for pressing down right and left pages of a book: and at least one pedestal provided on a back face of the horizontal member such that the at least one pedestal is movable between an extended position and a retracted position.