Fabric covered book cover

Claim 1

A fabric covered book cover having an inside surface and outside surface and: consisting essentially of front and back rectangular leafboards and a spine, said leafboards being spaced from one another by said spine; each of said leafboards including a stiffening member encased in a fabric member having a first portion corresponding to the outside of said book cover and a second portion corresponding to the inside of said book cover, said fabric member being woven nylon, said stiffening members being encased in said first and second portions of said fabric member by a seam at the periphery of said leafboards and a pair of internal seams running parallel to said spine and interposed between said spine and each of said leafboards about which internal seams said leafboards fold to open and close said book cover; a padding member provided between said fabric member and said stiffening member on the outside surface of said leafboards; a reinforcing woven nylon fabric border overlying said fabric member and fixed thereto by a peripheral seam at said periphery of said leafboards; said spine including a plurality of spaced seams running the entire length of said spine and reinforcing said spine and enabling said spin to curl slightly and fit comfortably in the palm of the hand.