Supports – Easel; book – copy or music score holder – With adjustable inclination
Patent
1994-01-27
1995-01-03
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
Easel; book, copy or music score holder
With adjustable inclination
248463, A47G 124
Patent
active
053779460
ABSTRACT:
A bed tray (10) with supporting legs (14) and a flat bottom (12) having an insert panel (24) therein which can be positioned at an angle of inclination to thereby serve as a book stand. The insert panel is normally supported co-planar with the top (13) of the flat bottom but is pivotally mounted thereto and by means of a rack and pawl combination (40, 43) it may be positioned at a selected angle of inclination for reading in bed. A straight edge insert (80) is removeably mounted along one edge of the tray whereby it can be removed therefrom and selectively positioned at a preferred height on the inclined panel insert (24) to serve as an adjustable support for the bottom edge of a book. A battery-powered light source (60) is removably mounted in an opening in one edge of the panel insert and provided with a flexible adjustable arm (58) which may be adjusted to position the light (60) above the insert panel for illumination. An optional provision is a page holder (90) in the form of a transparent flexible strip (92) mounted on a spring biased reel (91) fixed at one side of the tray and from which it can be extracted and laid across the pages of an open book (96) to be secured by its free end to the other side of the tray bottom member.
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Foss J. Franklin
Marnock Marvin J.
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