Combination enclosure and stand for books and like articles

Claim 1

A STAND FOR BOOKS AND LIKE SUPPORTING DEVICE COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE ELONGATED BLANK HAVING TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES IN SPACED APART RELATION, WHICH DEFINE A PLURALITY OF PANEL SECTIONS, OUTERMOST SECTIONS AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, ONE OF THE OUTERMOST SECTIONS TERMINATING IN A TRANSVERSE AND TAPERED END EDGE, THE OTHER OUTERMOST SECTION INCLUDING A MEMBER SHAPED TO PRODUCE FRICTION UPON SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID TAPERED END EDGE THEREWITH, WHEREBY SAID OTHER OUTERMOST SECTIO CONSTITUTES A BASE ON WHICH SAID ONE OUTERMOST SECTION AND SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS ARE PROPPED, ONE OF SAID ANOTHER MEDIATE SECTIONS BEING ANGULARLY BRACED AGAINST ANOTHER OF SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, SO THAT A BOOK AND LIKE OBJECT MAY BE RETAINED IN ANGULAR POSITION WHEN SAID BOOK IS PLACED AGAINST ONE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, AND A PREDETERMINED NARROW INTERMEDIATE SECTION POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID OTHER OUTERMOST PANEL SECTION AND SAID ONE INTERMEDIATE PANEL SECTION, WHICH NARROW INTERMEDIATE SECTION EXTENDS REARWARDLY OF SAID ONE AND SAID OTHER INTERMEDIATE PANEL SECTIONS AND SERVES TO REINFORCE SAID BASE IN ERECTED CONDITION OF THE STAND.