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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Glen Wade Duff, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A book easel for supporting an open book on a work surface is formed of a piece of bendable sheet material having a generally flat bottom edge for resting on the work surface and a center crease, generally perpendicular to the bottom edge. The center crease divides the book easel into similar left and right sections. Each of the left and right sections include a center panel, a supporting panel and a foot panel. The center panel is adjacent to the center crease, such that the left and right center panels are angled with respect to one another. The supporting panel extends outwardly from the center panel, and the foot panel extends outwardly from a remote end of the supporting panel. A left crease is formed between the center and supporting panel on the left side and the right crease is formed between the center and supporting panel on the right side. The center panel has an upper edge extending from the center crease upwardly to an intersection with the supporting panel. Further, the support panel has an upper load supporting edge for supporting a book cover, the load supporting edge extending downwardly, with respect to the bottom edge, from the intersection with the center panel to the foot panel. Furthermore, the foot panel extends upwardly, above an intersection of the support panel with a foot panel, in order to support the bottom edge of a book cover.