Abstract: A flat and generally rectangular clipboard is provided with a pair of integral L-shaped spring members that are normally coplanar with the remainder of the board but may be flexed into raised and tensioned positions to hold sheet materials upon the top surface of the board.

Abstract: A simplified and inexpensive book holder for use by readers without arm mobility is operable for both reclining and sitting readers. Reading visibility is not obscured by page holding clamps. Thus, a set of monofilament lines is horizontally disposed across the open pages of a book to hold them in reading posture. These lines also provide simple page turnability by means of a stick held in the mouth. The construction thus is basically a four walled framework with two or three monofilament lines across one open end. A set of clamps extending inwardly from the walls holds a book cover in place with the pages open. A pivoted set of clamps attached to the walls will mount the book holder on the edge of a table for reading in vertically oriented sitting position or horizontally oriented reclining position.

Abstract: A document holder attachable to a display terminal used to support one or more documents to be referenced by the display terminal user when information is entered or displayed on the display terminal screen is disclosed. The document holder is supported by an easel bracket which fits in an annular groove in the display terminal cover. The document easel is attached to the easel bracket such that an adjustment in the swivel or tilt of the display terminal for operator viewing convenience also results in a corresponding adjustment in the document holder such that the document holder always remains in the same relative viewing position with respect to the display terminal screen. The document holder can be easily added or removed from the display terminal and is reversible for either righthanded or lefthanded use.

Abstract: A directory holder is disclosed. The holder includes a bed with a cover hinged to the bed. The bed and cover each have flanges which cooperate to form a case for the directory. The cover and bed are hinged together with plural pivoting clips and, in addition, a security bar is provided to prevent unwanted removal of the directory from the bed and cover.

Abstract: The invention comprises a flat base member which is inserted between the mattress and spring of a bed, a pair of arms of different lengths, each of which is pivoted at one end in an end of the base member, and at the other end to an end of a preferably transparent table on which the reading material rests face down. The pivot arrangements on the table are such that the article can be adapted for use on either side of a bed.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed herein for releasably holding graphic or other materials or articles including a U-shaped base adapted for supporting attachment to a tool box, table or the like and the base retaining a pair of material or article support rods having one end of each rod secured to the base. The pair of rods upwardly extend in diverging relationship and slidably support a spring biased clip on each rod for releasably retaining the materials or articles intended to be displayed.

Abstract: A book or magazine reading support including a rectangular back board with a forwardly extending shelf along the lower margin, and a pair of V-shaped brackets each having a long and a short arm diverging at an acute angle relative to one another. Each bracket has an open slot at the end of each arm. The reading support is optionally assembleable in high or low modes by interconnecting the slots of the long arms or the short arms respectively with the slots of the back board. A thin, clear monofilament line with weights at opposite ends is fastened at the rear of the back board and extends upwardly over the top edge of the back board and downwardly across an opened book or magazine on the front surface of the back board, through a pair of grooves in the shelf. The weights tension the line and hold the pages open.

Abstract: A device adapted to be mounted to a conventional music stand to hold sheet music to the back panel of the stand. The device has a mounting portion comprising upper and lower hinge connected mounting flanges that grip the support flange of the music stand. The device has a transparent retaining arm connected to the upper mounting flange and extending upwardly therefrom to engage the sheet music with moderate pressure. A spring clip is positioned over the mounting portion to cause firm gripping action.

Abstract: A book support consists of a book supporting plate and a back plate hinged to the top of the front plate and extending outwardly and downwardly when extended, to form an inverted V when viewed in side elevation. A cord is secured by each end thereof to the sides of the front plate and extend through guide apertures at the sides of the back plate to be hooked over one of several projections on the back plate to adjust the angle between the plates. A pair of slide members extend one from each side of the front plate to adjust to the width of the book and a further cord is detachably secured by one end thereof to one of said slides, passes across the open book and detachably hooks onto the other of said slides to hold the pages relatively flat. This cord is disengaged from the other slide when a page is to be turned and rehooked afterwards to hold the pages open and relatively flat. The holder can be folded relatively flat for storage, without removing the book from the holder.

Abstract: The present apparatus suspends a book above the reader from an overhead support. It includes a suspension line hanging down from two support attachments above. Suspended from the middle of the line is an assembly of a book tie rod which holds the book along its spine and a suspension bar extending from side to side behind the cover of the book. An apertured control tube couples the book tie rod to the suspension bar. Page retainers are carried by the suspension bar to engage the open pages of the book. A pitch line extends down to the suspension bar at one side of the book from a pitch bar which engages the opposite sides of the hang line a short distance above the suspension bar and tie rod.

Abstract: A book marker useful to mark a page in a book as well as hold a page down while the book is being read is disclosed. The device has a frame which supports and guides a pair of cover engaging members. These markers have elongated C-shaped portions which hook over the upper and lower edges of a book cover and are biased towards one another. An arm is pivotally attached to an outer corner of one of the C-shaped portions. The end of the arm has a swingable page marker extending over the page of the book. Preferably this page marker is a thin stiff wire that minimizes any obstructions to reading the book. The arm is spring loaded causing the page marker to press against the page. This page marker can be swung out of the way when desired, for example when the book is first mounted or when a great number of pages are to be advanced. The device assists the reader by keeping the pages on one side of the book held down during reading, as well as marking the place when the book is closed.

Abstract: A holder for cookbooks which will hold a cookbook above and off the counter surface in a position easily accessible for reference during cooking. The cookbook holder is formed of metal wire segments bent to shape and comprises a generally planar back frame having an upper portion and a lower portion and a pair of spaced apart sides adapted to support an open book. A ledge is connected to the lower portion of the back frame and extends generally forwardly therefrom and is adapted to support the lower edge of the book when it is resting on the back frame. Preferably, the ledge includes a lip which serves to engage the book in such a manner that it will be held open. Hook means connected to the upper end of the back frame are adapted for hooking around a vertical post or the like, such as the frame of a kitchen cabinet, a screw eye, etc.

Abstract: A clipboard with improved sheet holding means includes an elastic band stretched across a flat, rigid board and having opposite ends secured near opposite corners of the board. On the band are spaced solid beads having bores through which the band extends. The beads may be adjustably positioned along the band or their positions may be fixed. Underneath each of the beads is a friction pad or friction surface. A single sheet of a pile of sheet material may be held between the beads and the friction pads. The beads may be shaped and the bores are located so that the beads and band cam upwardly when a sheet is being pulled away from the pile under the elastic band. The beads can be a cubical with rounded edges, ellipsoidal with bores extending across the shorter diameters, or spherical with bores eccentrically located.

Abstract: A reading rack for reading in a lying position, comprises a lamp stand, detachable book shelf, pen rack, folding legs, flexible metal arm, adjustable rod, folding arms, and clamps. The illuminating lamp is fixed on the lamp stand through a flexible metal arm, and the direction of the illuminating lamp can be adjusted to fit a reader's position. The detachable book shelf is attached on the rear of lamp stand by a sleeve ring. The flexible metal arm is fixed on a link rod, and can be freely bent; in addition, with the assistance of the adjustable rod, and clamps, the device can hold books or newspapers of different sizes.

Abstract: This cassette holder is for use with a medical examination table and an X-ray camera and includes a generally horizontal base plate having a holder plate hingedly attached thereto for swinging movement of the holder plate into a selected angle of inclination relative to the base plate to suit the position of the camera. A support linkage, hingedly attached to the base plate, clamps the holder plate in the selected position and the holder plate includes adjustably spaced cassette retaining arms. A modified cassette holder includes a slotted base plate which cooperates with a tracked table to provide longitudinal and transverse adjustment relative to the table.

Abstract: This invention is for an improved print-out reader rack for use in the computer industry or the like for supporting a binder having print-out sheets contained therein. This rack consists of a carbon steel rod framework having two parallel spaced sides inclined upwardly and terminating in vertical legs for positioning the sides at an angle to the horizontal. Cross filler members are positioned between the sides to give rigidity to the framework. The front of the rack is formed angularly upwardly to receive the back of the binder. A weighted arm is pivotally mounted to one side of the rack to hold sheets of a binder in operative position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a table-easel which supports a working surface in such a manner that it is readily movable in three directions, height, tilt, and rotation. The height adjustment is achieved by means of a pair of telescopically assembled uprights on a base and support frame which are raised and lowered by a double action turnscrew. The working surface is provided by a tabletop mounted on a cross shaft rotatably supported between the upper ends of the support frame, and tilt is achieved by rotating the cross shaft about its substantially horizontal axis. A locking structure is provided at one end of the cross shaft to lock the shaft in a particular tilt position. To permit rotation of the tabletop about a central axis normal to its surface, a pair of trunnion plates are provided. The tabletop is attached to one of the plates, and the other is attached to the cross shaft.

Abstract: A book holder utilizes an elongated bar having a T-shaped member removably secured to it. When secured, the T-shaped member extends at right angles to the length of the bar. A book may be rested on the leg portion and a half of the cross section of the T-shaped member such that the spine of the book rests upon a portion of the length of the bar. The book is maintained secured to the bar and the T-shaped section by a cord which rests between leaves of the book adjacent to the spine such that the cord may be removably affixed to the bar by way of an elastic member coupled to the cord and a hook-like element removably affixed to the bar. A U-shaped member is removably attached to a plate. The plate is pivotably secured to the bar and biased inwardly to the bar at a point where the U-shaped member is secured, thereby letting the ends of the U-shaped member hold the pages of the book open by resting on the bottom portion of the pages.

Abstract: A pair ofcylindrical rolls carried by a pair of wire arms having a spring connection to urge the rolls against one another. The rolls are offset from each other so that a book placed between the rolls can be held at a slanting upright position. As a modification, one of the rolls has a center groove to accommodate the protruding back seam of a book; in another modification, the rolls have locking grooves to prevent rotation of the rolls. In yet another embodiment, one edge portion of each of the rolls is bevelled to permit the device to be positioned in a slanting position. In further embodiments, auxiliary supporting members are mounted to one of the rolls.

Abstract: A portable utility desk for bed-patient and other uses including a flat, rectangular surface having a semicircular notch on one side thereof for adapting to the body of the user and providing for attachment of legs to the surface to be usable in a multiplicity of positions and further providing a book-holder structure for holding a book in stationary position on the flat surface.

Abstract: A book holder utilizes a flat rigid sheet having a bar fixedly secured thereto and extending along the marginal edge of the sheet and outstanding therefrom. Another sheet is hingeably secured to the bar carrying sheet at an opposed marginal edge. A flexible slat is secured to an opposite edge of the hingeable sheet and is also secured to the bar carrying sheet on a surface opposite to the location of the bar. A pair of clothespin-like pinching devices are attached to a pair of flexible cord-like members on the surface of the bar carrying sheet. In use, the book holder may be supported on a horizontal resting surface by having the bar carrying sheet left inclined relative to the supporting surface and utilizing the clamping devices to maintain the pages of a book open when the cover of the book rests on the bar carrying surface of the bar carrying sheet.

Abstract: A collapsible stand for supporting a book in an inclined readable position. The stand includes a base member having rearwardly extending side walls provided with slots therein. A planar book rest extends upwardly from the base member. A flexible bracket is connected between the base member and the book rest for supporting the book rest at a desired reading angle. The flexible bracket also permits the book rest to be folded down within the base member into a compact package for carrying.

Abstract: A novel stand is provided for supporting reference manuals of the type comprising a loose leaf holder with a hook located intermediate its end. The stand features means for preventing the holders from moving side-to-side and means adapted to interlock with the hooks of the holders to secure the latter in place. As added features, a key-operated locking device may be provided to prevent removal of the holders from the stand and two wire "flyleafs" may be attached to the stand to support the pages of the attached manuals when they are opened.

Abstract: A multi-position support structure providing a firm support surface selectively disposable at different angles for supporting articles or portions of the human body.The device also provides interior space for the storage of articles such as books or magazines.

Abstract: A page keeper having a spring clip such as a clothespin and being removably coupled to a music rack thereby with a spring wire fixedly attached to the spring clip and extending therefrom with at least one spring coil at a first corner bend and with a second corner bend disposed over a page on a music rack or other reading aid and terminating in a smooth surfaced ball for reducing slidable friction to any page it is resting upon and keeping in an open position.

Abstract: A toy spray painting system which includes a hand-held manually powered spray gun along with an easel for holding a substrate such as paper to receive a paint spray from the spray gun. The hand-held spray gun includes a frame having a pistol-grip handle with a trigger for one hand operation. Squeezing of the trigger will operate a member to issue air under pressure; the member could adopt the form of, for example, an expandable and contractable bellows which is operable by squeezing the trigger. Upon squeezing of the trigger, air under pressure is ejected through an orifice in a spray head of the spray gun to create an issued air stream. The issued air stream passes over a paint outlet defined by an opening in the upper end of an upright tube which extends down into a container of liquid paint. The paint container is also held by the frame. The spray gun operates in the manner of a liquid ejector so that a portion of the liquid paint is atomized and entrained in and carried by the stream to the substrate.

Abstract: A book holding device comprises a pair of rigid elongated page-retaining members secured to a book-supporting board by a pair of elastic cords which extend across the back of the board. Means are provided for restricting the horizontal movement of the cords beyond predetermined limits.

Abstract: A book holder for enclosing and holding books, said book holder having a pair of cover panels, a back panel hingedly connected between said cover panels, book holding means on the cover panels, and a transverse spring element mounted in and across said cover and back panels, the spring element being normally extended in a generally straight line and in a generally common plane to support the book holder and a book held therein, in substantially flat, open position. The spring element is resiliently bendable transversely of its length to close the book holder and book held therein. A book holding strap is transversely disposed across the book holder, extending across a book held therein when the book holder and book are both in open position, said strap extending around the book holder when the latter and the book contained therein are in closed position.

Abstract: The book holder is made of a foamable plastic material which when placed in a mold and foamed will form a durable skin over the area contacted by the interior mold surface. The holder has a front upright face against which the cover of the book is secured by elastomeric strips of inverted V-form, the inner strip of small angle secures the cover of a paper-backed book to the holder face while the next strip of inverted V-shape of greater angle supports the back covers of a hard-back book against the face. An additional strip in inverted V-form of elastomeric material may be used for supporting the pages of the book when the book holder is swung to the right side or the left side from a vertical position so that one reading the book may do so when resting on one or the other side while reading in prone position.