Books – strips – and leaves – Book or leaf holder
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-19
2001-01-09
Wellington, A. L. (Department: 3722)
Books, strips, and leaves
Book or leaf holder
C281S042000, C281S051000, C116S234000, C116S236000, C116S237000, C248S441100, C248S446000, C248S451000, CD19S034000, CD19S065000, CD19S075000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06170877
ABSTRACT:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of reading accessories, and more particularly to a page holding device.
2. Description of Related Art
As can be seen by reference to the following U.S. Pat. Nos. D300,228; 1,415,631; 4,487,156 and 5,427,414 the prior art is replete with myriad and diverse reading accessories.
While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are more than adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they have been specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical page holder.
As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed a longstanding need for a new and improved page holder and the provision of such a construction is a stated objective of the present invention.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the present invention provides a page holder adapted to hold opposing pages of a book in an open position while reading. The page holder includes first and second wings meeting at a junction point and disposed at an angle of about 150° with respect to each other. A thumb opening is spaced back from the leading surface of the first and second wings and offset slightly from the junction point toward the first wing. In use, the reader's thumb is inserted into the thumb opening and the junction point is placed between two adjoining pages of an open book near the bottom of the pages. One wing extends over and holds down the page on the right while the other wing holds down the page on the left. One embodiment of the invention is formed of clear plastic material using injection molding, while another embodiment is made of metal wire using wireform manufacturing techniques.
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patent: D. 242703 (1976-12-01), Teetor
patent: D. 300228 (1989-03-01), Eddins
patent: 1415631 (1922-05-01), Grimm
patent: 4474383 (1984-10-01), Kikis
patent: 4487156 (1984-12-01), Frost
patent: 4726606 (1988-02-01), D'Alessandro
patent: 5165722 (1992-11-01), Wong
patent: 5427414 (1995-06-01), Fletcher et al.
patent: 6089609 (2000-07-01), Denley
Henderson Mark T.
Henderson & Strum LLP
Wellington A. L.
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