Directory holders

Claim 2

A directory holding device which is adapted to contain, preserve, support and secure a directory such as a telephone directory, said directory holding device comprising: (a) a bed means adapted to receive a directory, said bed means having a top end, two opposite side ends and a bottom end, with the top side and bottom ends being adjacent the top, two sides and bottom, respectively, of a directory when the directory is received in said bed means; (b) cover means having a top end, two opposite side ends and a bottom end; (c) hinge means adapted for hingedly attaching said cover means, along one side end thereof, to a mutually respective side end of said bed means, so that the cover means can be moved from a closed position, in which it substantially overlies said bed means with the top, side and bottom ends thereof corresponding to and overlying the top, side and bottom ends, respectively, of said bed means, to an open position in which said cover means lies substantially adjacent to said bed means, whereby said cover means is adapted to cover the directory when said cover means is in the closed position overlying said bed means and to receive any portion of the directory when said cover means is in the open position lying adjacent to said bed means; (d) flange support means at the respective bottom ends of said bed means and said cover means for supporting the pages of a directory when any portion of said directory is received in said bed means and said cover means, each of said flange support means being attached along their mutually respective longitudinal base edges to respective bottom ends of the respective bed means and cover means so that the respective flange support means extend in planes which are generally perpendicular with the bottom ends of the bed means and cover means; and (e) means for holding the device in an upstanding position extending upwardly from a flat support base, such as a desk, with one of the longitudinal side edges of said device being adjacent to said support base, said means for holding the device further being adapted to allow the device to tilt along a tilt axis which extends upwardly to an acute angle to said support base, whereby when said device is moved to its tilted position, the bottom end of said bed means lies substantially adjacent to said support base and the broad, flat face of said bed means tilts upwardly from said support base in a plane lying substantially along said tilt axis.

Claim 3

The device of claim 1, wherein said flange support means on said bed means and said cover means overlap when the cover means is in its closed position, and each of the respective flange support means has a width which is substantially the same dimension as the depth of the directory holding device when said cover means is in its closed position.

Claim 4

The device of claim 2, wherein said bed means and cover means are hingedly connected at side flanges which extend from mutually respective side edges of said bed means and cover means, with said side flanges having a width of about one-half the width of said flange support means.

Claim 5

The device of claim 3 in which the ends of said flange support means are integrally attached to mutually respective ends of respective side flanges on said bed means and said cover means.

Claim 6

The device of claim 13 wherein the means for holding the device in an upstanding postion comprises bracket means extending upwardly from said support base, said bracket means having hinges which pivotally connect the bed means of said device to the bracket means for pivotal movement of the bed means about said tilt axis.

Claim 7

A directory holding device which is adapted to contain, preserve, support and secure a directory such as a telephone directory, said directory holding device comprising: (a) a bed means adapted to receive a directory, said bed means having a top end, two opposite side ends and a bottom end, with the top side and bottom ends being adjacent the top, two sides and bottom, respectively, of a directory when the directory is received in said bed means; (b) cover means having a top end, two opposite side ends and a bottom end; (c) hinge means adapted for hingedly attacking said cover means, along one side end thereof, to a mutually respective side end of said bed means, so that the cover means can be moved from a closed position, in which it substantially overlies said bed means with the top, side and bottom ends thereof corresponding to and overlying the top, side and bottom ends, respectively, of said bed means, to an open position in which said cover means lies substantially adjacent to said bed means, whereby said cover means is adapted to cover the directory when said cover means is in the closed position overlying said bed means and to receive any portion of the directory when said cover means is in the open position lying adjacent to said bed means; (d) flange support means at the respective bottom ends of said bed means and said cover means for supporting the pages of a directory when any portion of said directory is received in said bed means and said cover means, each of said flange support means being attached along their mutually respective longitudinal base edges to respective bottom ends of the respective bed means and cover means so that the respective flange support means extend in planes which are generally perpendicular with the bottom ends of the bed means and cover means; and (e) means for resting said device on a flat support base, such as a desk, such that the bottom end of said bed means lies substantially adjacent to said base and the broad, flat face of said bed means slopes upwardly at an acute angle from said support base, said means for resting said device on the flat support base comprising brace means pivotally attached to the outer, broad, flat face of said bed means, said brace means comprising an elongate rod which is bent to form a generally block U-shape, with the extending legs of the U-shaped brace means being bent back upon themselves at a point about midway the length of the respective legs to that the bent back portions form acute angles and a general V-shape with the remaining portions of the respective legs of the U-shaped brace means, said bent back portions also being positioned in a common plane, said free ends of the legs of the U-shaped brace means being pivotally and removably attached to the outer, broad, flat face of said bed means, whereby the U-shaped brace member can be pivoted between (1) a first position in which the base of the U-shaped member is adjacent to the bottom end of said bed means, and said remaining portions of the legs of said U-shaped member contact and lie on said flat support base, and (2) a second position in which the bent back portions of the legs of said U-shaped member contact and lie on the outer, broad, flat face of said bed means and the base of the U-shaped member contacts and lies on said flat support base.

Claim 8

A directory holding device which is adapted to contain, preserve, support and secure a directory such as a telephone directory, said directory holding device comprising: (a) a bed means adapted to receive a directory, said bed means having a top end, two opposite side ends and a bottom end, with the top side and bottom ends being adjacent the top, two sides and bottom, respectively, of a directory when the directory is received in said bed means; (b) cover means having a top end, two opposite side ends and a bottom end; (c) hinge means adapted for hingedly attacking said cover means, along one side end thereof, to a mutually respective side end of said bed means, so that the cover means can be moved from a closed position, in which it substantially overlies said bed means with the top, side and bottom ends thereof corresponding to and overlying the top, side and bottom ends, respectively, of said bed means, to an open position in which said cover means lies substantially adjacent to said bed means, whereby said cover means is adapted to cover the directory when said cover means is in the closed position overlying said bed means and to receive any portion of the directory when said cover means is in the open position lying adjacent to said bed means; (d) flange support means at the respective bottom ends of said bed means and said cover means for supporting the pages of a directory when any portion of said directory is received in said bed means and said cover means, each of said flange support means being attached along their mutually respective longitudinal base edges to respective bottom ends of the respective bed means and cover means so that the respective flange support means extend in planes which are generally perpendicular with the bottom ends of the bed means and cover means; and (e) means for resting said device on a flat support base, such as a desk, such that the bottom end of said bed means lies substantially adjacent to said base and the broad, flat face of said bed means slopes upwardly at an acute angle from said support base, said means for resting said device on the flat support base comprising brace means pivotally attached to the outer, broad, flat face of said bed means, said brace means comprising an elongate rod which is bent to form a generally block U-shape, with the extending legs of the U-shaped brace means being bent back upon themselves at a point about midway the length of the respective legs to that the bent back portions form acute angles and a general V-shape with the remaining portions of the respective legs of the U-shaped brace means, said bent back portions also being positioned in a common plane, said free ends of the legs of the U-shaped brace means being pivotally and removably attached to the outer, broad, flat face of said bed means, whereby the U-shaped brace member can be pivoted between (1) a first position in which the base of the U-shaped member is adjacent to the bottom end of said bed means, and said remaining portions of the legs of said U-shaped member contact and lie on said flat support base, and (2) a second position in which the bent back portions of the legs of said U-shaped member contact and lie on the outer, broad, flat face of said bed means and the base of the U-shaped member contacts and lies on said flat support base.