Protective book cover

Claim 1

A removable book cover comprising a first pocket section and a second pocket section for receiving a respective cover of a book, each of said pocket sections being of envelope-type form having an inner member and an outer member, said inner member and said outer member having coterminous upper edges and coterminous lower edges parallel to said upper edges and having coterminous remote edges perpendicular to said upper edges and said lower edges, said inner and outer members being connected together along said coterminous upper and lower and remote edges, each of said pocket sections being completely open along its side opposite said remote edge, said outer member of each of said pocket sections extending outwardly beyond its open side whereby one of said pocket sections may be telescoped over the front cover of a book and the other of said pocket sections may be telescoped over the back cover of the book with said flaps extending toward each other, each of said flaps having an upper edge and a lower edge disposed in generally the same direction as said respective upper edge and said lower edge of its pocket section, said upper edge and lower edge of each of said flaps being tapered toward each other, the distance between said upper edge and said lower edge of each of said flaps being less than the distance between said upper edge and said lower edge of its pocket section whereby after said pocket sections have been telescoped over the front and back covers of the book said flap of said first pocket section may be inserted in a completely flat condition against the cover of the book, and adjustable attaching means on said flap of said second pocket section whereby after said first flap is tucked into said second pocket section said first and said second pocket sections may be secured together by said attaching means to thereby retain said pocket sections on their respective covers of the book.