Hospital bed reading book support

Claim 1

A hospital bed reading book support with a lamp attached, comprising: (a) an uppermost book rest; (b) a lamp affixed to said book rest; (c) an upper post pivotable in a vertical plane having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being pivotally connected to a lower portion of said book rest whereby said book rest can pivot in a plane perpendicular to the first said plane to assume a number of different positions towards and away from the reader; (d) means for locking said book rest in each of said number of different positions comprising a pivotable plate affixed to said lower portion having a slot slidable about a wing nut and bolt; (e) a horizontal post having a first end, a second end and a longitudinal axis, said first end of said horizontal post being pivotably connected to said lower end of said upper post so that said upper post may pivot in a plane that is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said horizontal post and assume a number of different positions laterally towards and away from the reader; (f) means for locking said upper vertical post in each of said number of different positions; (g) a lower vertical post having an upper end pivotally connected to said second end of said horizontal post so that said horizontal post may pivot in a vertical plane thereby lowering or raising the book rest; (h) means for locking said horizontal post in each of said number of different positions; (i) a tee bracket fixedly attached to a rail of the hospital bed and containing a throughbore for slidingly receiving a lower end of said lower vertical post so that said lower vertical post may slide up and down with respect to said tee clamp and assume a number of different positions; and (j) means for locking said lower vertical post in each of said number of different positions.