Supports – Easel; book – copy or music score holder – Body supported
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-25
2001-02-13
Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Easel; book, copy or music score holder
Body supported
C248S444100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186464
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to devices for holding of books, and more particularly to a hand mounted apparatus to permit a book to be held by one hand of a user.
2. Prior Art
Our society has become one of readers. People read on trains, airplanes, automobiles, in their homes, in their offices, and in their schools. Making reading easier to accomplish is a worthwhile goal. Often, readers try to hold their book with one hand while writing, eating, or just sitting. It is always problematical however to easily hold a book open so that both pages facing the reader stay held in place and flat, while that book is being held in a comfortable manner without fatigue.
It is an object of the present invention, to provide a reader with a device to permit the reader to hold the book open comfortably, with just one hand.
It is yet a further object of the present invention, to provide a reader with a device that is small, portable, collapsible, easy to manufacture, and readily utilizable in the reading of relatively any size book that may be held in one hand.
It is still yet a further object of the present invention, to provide a book holding device that would readily fit on any readers hand, be that reader a child or an adult.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a book holding device, which is readily mountable on the users or readers hand. The book holding device comprises a frame assembly, which in one preferred embodiment, is of generally U-shaped configuration. The framed assembly of the first embodiment comprises a first panel having a flexible, generally tubular shaped sheath attached thereto. The tubular sheath maybe openable and sealable along its side portion, or adjustable by a Velcro™ means or the like. The tubular sheath attached to the first panel may have securement means arranged therebetween, such as rivets or the like to permit rotation of the sheath with respect to the panel. The first panel has a lowermost end, with a second panel thereattached. The second panel may be rigidly formed at the lowermost end of the first panel, or the second panel may be hingedly attached to the first panel which in its open configuration forms a generally L-shape. The second panel, in a preferred embodiment, may have a third panel there attached. The third panel may be attached to the distalmost end of the second panel by a hinge or the like. The third panel in a preferred embodiment, may be shorter in length than the length of the second panel, to permit rotation and articulation between the first, second, and third panels for storage purposes. The third panel, in its openmost configuration, is generally parallel to the plane of the first panel.
In its fully open configuration, a book may be inserted between the first panel and the third panel so as to hold the pages properly compressed. It is preferred, that at least the third panel is constructed from a clear plastic material so as to permit the user or the reader to see therethrough.
In operation of the first preferred embodiment, the fourth or third finger of either hand may be placed within the generally cylindrically shaped flexible sheath with the first panel being supported against the inwardly facing side of the hand. The second and the third panels are thus opened so as form a generally trough-like or U-shaped configuration for the receipt of the lower edge of a book therein. The thumb of that same hand may be utilized by the reader to hold the other half portion of the pages of the book open, as the reader wishes to hold and support that book with that “one” hand to which the book holding device is attached.
A further configuration of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, involves the use of the book holding device with the generally cylinder shaped sheath rotated 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the first panel. This permits the second panel to be in engagement with the side edges of the book being held and not the lowermost edge of the book, when the user is supporting a book in one hand.
In yet a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a generally cylinder shaped flexible sheath of about 2 centimeters in length, has a first panel fixedly attached thereto. The sheath and first panel have a first end to which a second panel is attached. The second panel may be attached by a hinge to the end of the first panel. The second panel is preferably transparent, inasmuch as it covers a portion of the page to be read by the reader holding the book. In a further embodiment of the present invention, the first and second panel may be a generally L-shaped extrusion, not being hingedly arranged with respect to one another.
In operation of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, the generally cylinder shaped sheath is placed on one of the fingers of one hand, so that the second panel may be flipped up in an upright orientation nearest the distal tip of the finger and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the distal most end of the finger. A book may be placed between the second panel and the palm side surfaces of the remaining fingers of the users hand in which is holding the book. The second panel may be arranged so as to hold one side of the book against the reader's fingers, and the reader's thumb is holding the other side of the book thereagainst as well.
Thus what has been shown is a unique readily manufactureable device for permitting a user or reader to hold a book with only one hand. The device includes a flexible, size adjustable, finger encircling sheath onto which a panel is attached. The panel is supported by the sheath which is placed about the finger to permit a book to be held between the panel and the remaining fingers of a single hand. This arrangement permits a reader to comfortably and easily maintain a book in its open orientation between the device, the fingers, and the thumb of one hand while permitting the users other hand for writing, eating, or the like.
The invention thus comprises a book holding device for holding of a book by one hand of a reader of said book, including a sheath arranged for receipt of a reader's finger, a frame assembly attached to the sheath, the frame assembly being arranged to supportively receive at least one side of a book. The frame assembly may be movable with respect to said sheath. The frame assembly may be comprised of a plurality of articulable panels. A first panel is attached to the sheath, and a second panel is attached to the first panel. The second panel may be hingedly attached to the first panel by a hinge arranged therebetween. A third panel is attached to the second panel. The third panel may be hingedly attached to the second panel by a hinge arranged therebetween. The third panel is preferably fabricated by a transparent material to permit a book page to be read therethrough. The frame assembly may be rotatable with respect to the sheath. The frame assembly may be attached to the sheath by a rivet arrangement. The sheath is preferably fabricated from a flexible material. The sheath is preferably adjustable in size.
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DeLuca Jerome
Halgren Don
Ramirez Ramon O.
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