Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A portable book stand for supporting an open book including base means for engaging a horizontal surface, support means releasably secured to said base means and upwardly extending therefrom to support and display a book inclined against said support means, means for separating and reconfiguring said support means and base means as a protective enclosure to be secured about a book, said base means including a base member, said base member including a base panel adapted to impinge on the horizontal surface, said base member further including a front panel extending from one edge of said base panel and defining an acute angle therewith, said front panel including an upper edge having a pair of rounded lobes extending generally upwardly therefrom and spaced apart laterally to engage lower edge portions of opposed pages of an open book supported by said stand.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A portable book stand for supporting an open book including base means for engaging a horizontal surface, support means releasably secured to said base means and upwardly extending therefrom to support and display a book inclined against said support means, means for separating and reconfiguring said support means and base means as a protective enclosure to be secured about a book, said base means including a base member, said base member including a base panel adapted to impinge on the horizontal surface, said base member further including a front panel extending from one edge of said base panel and defining an acute angle therewith, said front panel including an upper edge having a pair of rounded lobes extending generally upwardly therefrom and spaced apart laterally to engage lower edge portions of opposed pages of an open book supported by said stand.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The book stand of claim 1, wherein said front panel is formed of a transparent material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The book stand of claim 1, wherein said base member and said support means are formed of transparent, form-retaining material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
256 words
A stand for supporting reading material, comprising a base member having a base panel adapted to impinge on a horizontal surface and a front panel extending from one edge of said base panel and defining an oblique angle therewith, a support member having a support panel extending upwardly from the horizontal surface and a bottom panel extending from a lower edge of said support panel and defining an oblique angle therewith, slot means in said support member for receiving therethrough a portion of said base panel in slidable fashion, said front panel and said support panel oriented in generally parallel, spaced apart disposition to retain reading material therebetween, the reading material inclined against said support panel and supported thereby, wherein said front panel and said support panel are disposed in adjustably variable spacing according to the extent to which said portion of said base panel is inserted through said slot means, further including means for separating and reconfiguring said support means and base means from an in-use position to a protective enclosure to be secured about a book by removing said base panel from said slot means, wherein said support panel is disposed to impinge on one outer cover of a closed book, and said base panel is disposed to impinge on the other outer cover of the closed book, said front panel and said bottom panel disposed adjacent to sides of the closed book in protective fashion, and means for securing said support means and said base means as said protective enclosure about the book.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
256 words
A stand for supporting reading material, comprising a base member having a base panel adapted to impinge on a horizontal surface and a front panel extending from one edge of said base panel and defining an oblique angle therewith, a support member having a support panel extending upwardly from the horizontal surface and a bottom panel extending from a lower edge of said support panel and defining an oblique angle therewith, slot means in said support member for receiving therethrough a portion of said base panel in slidable fashion, said front panel and said support panel oriented in generally parallel, spaced apart disposition to retain reading material therebetween, the reading material inclined against said support panel and supported thereby, wherein said front panel and said support panel are disposed in adjustably variable spacing according to the extent to which said portion of said base panel is inserted through said slot means, further including means for separating and reconfiguring said support means and base means from an in-use position to a protective enclosure to be secured about a book by removing said base panel from said slot means, wherein said support panel is disposed to impinge on one outer cover of a closed book, and said base panel is disposed to impinge on the other outer cover of the closed book, said front panel and said bottom panel disposed adjacent to sides of the closed book in protective fashion, and means for securing said support means and said base means as said protective enclosure about the book.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The book stand of claim 4, wherein said front panel includes a pair of laterally spaced lobes at a distal upper edge thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The stand of claim 4, wherein said front panel includes an upper edge having a pair of lobes extending generally upwardly therefrom and spaced apart laterally to engage lower edge portions of opposed pages of an open book supported by said stand.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The book stand of claim 12, wherein said means for securing includes an elastic band extending about said base panel and said support panel with the book disposed therebetween.