READING BOOK STAND

Abstract

A reading book stand mainly comprises a base plate (1) and a support plate (2) and a clamp (3). An intersecting line divides a length (L) of the base plate into two parts (L.sub.1) and (L.sub.2). A reading angle (A) is not less than 90 degrees. This is applicable for a book in which the vertical forward direction of text on pages having the text of the main text part is nearly perpendicular to the spine of the book and points toward the fore edge of the book that is nearly parallel to the spine of the book.

Claims

1. A reading book stand, comprising a base plate, a support plate (rod) and a clamp arranged on an end of the support plate to complete a fore edge of a read book, wherein the support plate and the base plate form a reading angle A and a theoretical intersecting line, the theoretical intersecting line divides a length L of the base plate into two parts L.sub.1 and L.sub.2, in a normal use state, the base plate is placed on a desk surface or on another plane, the center lines of the support plate and the base plate may be approximately perpendicular to a back spine of a book respectively, and a middle part of the back spine is placed on the intersecting line, the book is opened and divided into two parts, one part where a read page is located is leaned against the support plate and a direction of a text pointing from a lower edge to an upper edge in a vertical direction is set to a vertical forward direction of text, the vertical forward direction of the text of the read page points toward the clamp, a margin that is nipped to be straight as possible and is above a printing center at a middle part of the fore edge of the pages of the part where the read page is located is clamped with the clamp so that the book will not leave the base plate when lifted, and the other part naturally falls on the base plate to form a vertical pressure against the base plate, the margin that is above the printing center at the fore edge and clamped by the clamp forms a relatively stable triangular or trapezoidal structure with the book spine of the book, and thus the book itself becomes a part of the stable mechanical structure of the reading book stand, the reading angle A is adjustable or fixedly unadjustable, the reading angle A is not less than 90 degrees, the support plate and the base plate is fixedly combined or shaft-connected or plug-connected, those with the shaft connection and the plug connection are portable reading book stands, the support plate and the base plate are made into a foldable type, the clamp is placed at an end of the support plate, the clamp and the support plate are combined fixedly or are moveable relative to each other or both moveable relative to each other and moveable away from each other, the relative movement of the clamp and the support plate is achieved by fixing the clamp on a sliding base matched with the support plate through a sliding groove, the support plate serves as one clamping plate of the elastic clamp, alternatively, the support plate is made into a pullable telescopic type while the clamp is fixed on the end of the support plate, the clamp and the support plate are combinable by directly using a spring clamp rather than using the sliding base; in use, the clamp is assembled to the support plate, the support plate passes from the middle of two clamping plates of the clamp through a spring shaft, the support plate serves as the sliding channel of the clamp for adjusting a length of the clamping distance L.sub.j; in a case of no use, the spring clamp may be disassembled by pulling, the two clamping plates of the clamp are of equal length or are of non-equal length; when a clamp with two clamping plates non-equal in length is adopted, the clamp needs to be customized so that a long clamping plate is placed at the back cover or the front cover of the book and a short clamping plate is placed at the read page of the book, the reading angle A of the portable reading book stand is fixed by an elastic snap or a magnetic attraction snap, the elastic snap is exactly tightened by use of the elasticity of material itself when the reading book stand is opened to a set reading angle A; a wedge braking ratchet mechanism is adopted for the reading book stand with an adjustable reading angle A.

2. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein the support plate severs a clamping plate of the clamp, the base plate and the support plate are fixed together, the reading angle A and the clamping distance L.sub.j are not adjustable; a proper angle is selected from the angle range of 100-135 degrees according to use requirements of different persons; the reading book stand is applicable to reading a book of single specification; according to material strength, it is determined that whether a rib plate is provided, and the rib plate is replaceable with another type, clamp is fixed near an end of the support plate; the entire center of gravity of the reading book stand including book falls on the base plate during a use process; on the precondition of ensuring the strength and the rigidity of the reading book stand, the support plate and the base plate are narrowed to 10 mm-20 mm so that the reading book stand still can stand stably with a book removed; the base plate is wider than the support plate; the L.sub.2 acts to prevent the entire center of gravity of the book and the reading book stand from falling outside the end of the base plate during a normal use of the reading book stand, that is, L.sub.2 needs to ensure the entire center of gravity of the book and the reading book stand during the normal use of the reading book stand always falls on the base plate, thereby preventing a torsional topple of the reading book stand toward the end; thus, L.sub.2 has a sufficient length and the L.sub.1 is pressed by the book to increase the stability of the reading book stand and prevent the torsional topple of the reading book stand toward the reader resulting from a pull imposed by the book through the clamp near the end of the support plate during a normal use of the reading book stand; to further reduce the weight of the reading book stand and save materials, the base plate and the support plate may be formed by bending a steel wire of satisfactory strength-toughness match into a closed rectangular frame and welding the breaking points and the reading book stand may also be formed by performing one-time bending for one steel wire and welding the breaking points.

3. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein the sliding mechanism comprises the support plate and the clamp, the support plate is provided with a sliding channel, the clamp is fixed on a sliding base connected with a sliding block and a baffle and the sliding block slides in the sliding channel; the support plate serves one clamping plate of the spring clamp, the clamping distance L.sub.j is adjusted in length through the sliding channel to adapt to books of different folio sizes; in a folding state of the portable reading book stand, the spring clamp may be used to clamp the base plate to bind the reading book stand in a case of disuse or carrying.

4. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein the portable reading book stand adopts a magnetic snap for braking, the support plate is rotated to be folded or opened through a shaft, the support plate may adopt a ferromagnetic material so that the support plate is attracted by a magnet, thereby playing a braking function for the support plate; the combination of the clamp and the support plate is realized through a separate slide of the support plate and the spring clamp and the spring clamp is an ordinary spring clamp that is available form market and is of a proper model matched with the width of the support plate; in use, the clamp is assembled on the support plate which passes from a middle of the two clamping plates of the clamp through a spring shaft; the support plate serves as a sliding channel of the clamp and the clamping distance L.sub.j is thus adjusted; in disuse, the clamp is disassembled by pull; the two clamping plates of the clamp may be equal in length or may be non-equal in length; when a clamp with two clamping plates being non-equal in length is to be used, special customization is required so that a long clamping plate is placed at the back cover or front cover of the book and a short clamping plate is placed at a read page of the book; it is recommended to use a metal sheet of a thickness of 1 mm and it is recommended that the width of the base plate is 20 mm and the width of the support plate is 17 mm.

5. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein the portable reading book stand adopts an elastic snap for braking, an elastic support is fixed the support plate, the braking base and the shaft base are fixed on the base plate, the support plate is rotated to be folded and opened through the shaft; in a case of no external force, a rotation radius of the outermost edge of an end of the elastic support with the shaft as a center should be greater than a maximum radius of an inner wall of an arc at a lock snap of the braking base from the shaft; a sliding trajectory of the end of the elastic support on the braking base should be a plane or a straight line and forms an included angle no greater than 90 degrees with the base plate in the direction of the end and the trajectory may also be a curve surface or a curve; the elastic deflection of the elastic support reaches a maximum value when the end of the elastic support slides to a critical point before an elastic snap; the uneven engaging position of the elastic snap should be located at a maximum projection length of the rotation radius of the end of the elastic support with the shaft as a center of circle at the base plate and the included angle of the elastic support and the support plate (in the direction of the end) is greater than the angle A.

6. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein, a box for placing different living and study ordinary articles serves as a base plate for the reading book stand, the length and the width of L.sub.1 of the box should be such that a book of the largest specification to be read can be placed stably; the box may be opened by flipping a cover or by pull; the support plate is assembled to a middle part of a side of the box through a shaft, the box is the base plate of the reading book stand, a distance of a box cover and the intersecting line should be no less than a set thickness of book; in a case of smaller exterior size of the box, the support plate may be of telescoping type, and the support plate is a hollow rectangular component with sawtooth-shaped sliding channels on both sides; a moveable support plate also is a hollow rectangular component with its lower part assembled with an elastic bolt baffle; an elastic bolt is placed inside the elastic bolt baffle; a telescoping support plate is formed by inserting the moveable support plate into the support plate so as to adapt to use in books of different folio sizes; a supplementary plate acts to control the retracting length of the support plate to be flush with an external surface; in a case of a large exterior size of the box, the support plate may adopt a moveable clamp type structure; the support plate is provided with the sliding channel, the clamp is fixed on the sliding block with a baffle; the support plate serves as one clamping plate of the spring clamp and the length of the clamping distance L.sub.j is adjusted by the sliding channel to adapt to books of different folio sizes.

7. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein a casing base and a shaft base are fixed on proper positions of the base plate or integrally fabricated, the support plate and a ratchet are fixed together or integrally fabricated and assembled onto the shaft and a rotating range may be such that a front surface and a back surface of the support plate are respectively in contact with the base plate and the casing base, the contact surfaces of the braking wedge and the ratchet are consistent, a pull rod and the braking wedge are connected or fabricated integrally; the spring is sleeved on the pull rod and the spring is compressed tightly to have a full spring force and then assembled into the matching casing base; the ratchet is always subjected to a push force of the braking wedge, thereby restricting the support plate from rotating in a direction of the end of the base plate; a degree of restriction of the rotation of the support plate in the direction of the end of the base plate depends on the size of an elastic force of the spring; according to the actual use situations, springs of different elastic forces may be selected to meet different use requirements; when a position of the support plate is adjusted, a force is applied to the pull rod so that a gap is formed between the braking wedge and the ratchet; when the support plate is adjusted to a desired position, the force is removed. The support plate may be made of a thick nonmetal material such as plastic or adopt a dovetail-groove sliding channel.

8. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein a dovetail groove plugging base is arranged on the L.sub.2 of the base plate, a guideway matched with the dovetail groove is arranged at a lower end of a round support rod, the round support rod may be solid or hollow, an upper end of the round support rod is a circular sliding channel of a circular sliding base, the clamp 3 is fixed at the circular sliding base, a length of a lower clamping plate of the clamp shall not be less than a length of an upper clamping plate; according to the use requirements, the lower clamping plate may be longer than the upper clamping plate but shall not be longer than of a length of the book spine of the read book; the base plate is as thin as about 1 mm-2 mm and is recommended to be made of metal material (or a nonmetal material with strength-toughness performance satisfying the use requirements); the dovetail groove plugging base is fixed by a bolt on the base plate or fixed by welding or bonding technology; the dovetail groove plugging base is recommended to be made of a nonmetal material such as plastic; the circular sliding channel and the dovetail groove sliding channel should be closely mated with corresponding inserts to ensure there will be sufficient wrapping force between the dovetail channel of the plugging base and the sliding base.

9. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein a hinge connection is formed between the shaft connecting rod and both of the base plate and the support plate, a lever snap is fixed at the lower end of the support plate, the elastic snap eye of the braking snap is fixed on the theoretical intersecting line of the base plate according to the set reading angle A, the lever snap may enter or leave the elastic snap eye by manual operation, thereby unlocking and locking the snap; in normal use, a locking state is maintained, and in disuse, unlocking may be performed to fold up the reading book stand through the hinge mechanism; in a folding state, the distance of the shaft and the base plate and the distance of the shaft and the support plate may be neglected; the lower end of the support plate may be approximately aligned with the end of the base plate and at the same time, the end of the support plate and the end of the base plate may also be aligned or approximately aligned; the clamp is fixed on the non-closed sleeve type sliding base; the distance of the lever snap and the shaft is set to L.sub.3, the distance of the shaft and the shaft is set to L.sub.4, and then the L.sub.3 should not be greater than L.sub.4; in the folding state, the support plate and the base plate are attached together; theoretically, two attaching surfaces should be in a parallel and overlapping state and the contact surfaces should also be parallel and overlapped along the center line Z.sub.x of the length direction; the elastic force generated by the spring acts on the shaft connecting rod and the support plate both coaxial with the shaft, and also is a force allowing the shaft connecting rod and the support plate to be opened with the shaft as a rotation shaft; an elastic force generated by the spring acts on the shaft connecting rod and the base plate both coaxial with the shaft and also is a force allowing the shaft connecting rod and the base plate to be closed with the shaft as a rotation shaft.

10. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein in a use state of the reading book stand, both ends of the anchor and the base plate are in real contact and a false contact is present in the middle; the width of the anchor shall be no less than the width of the support plate but slightly less than the width of the base plate; the reading angle A may be adjusted arbitrarily by displacement of the anchor on the base plate, the set reading angle may be adjusted in a range of 100-135 degrees; correspondingly, a recessed or through sliding groove matched with the anchor is arranged in the displacement interval of the anchor on the base plate; the steps of completing folding from the opening state are as follows: firstly, an expanding elastic force of the spring and a push force imposed by the spring to the ratchet through the braking wedge are overcome, the support plate and the shaft connecting rod are kneaded together, and the reading book stand will automatically fold up under the action of the closing force applied by the spring; and at this time, the clamp is located near the end of the support plate and may clamp the end of the base plate; the steps of completing opening from the folding state are as follows: the clamp is pulled away from the end of the base plate, a pull force is applied to the pull rod to open the self-locking of the braking wedge and the ratchet and leave a gap, and the support plate will generate tendency to open under the action of the spring and overcome, through human lift, the closing force applied by the spring; and the connecting rod is released when a desired reading angle A is reached; the distance from the anchor to the shaft is set to L.sub.3 and the distance from the shaft to the shaft is set to L.sub.4 and thus the L.sub.3 should be no greater than L.sub.4.

11. The reading book stand according to claim 1, wherein it is only required to arrange a protrusion that may prevent the support plate reaching the set reading angle by rotation from further rotating at a proper position of the shaft sleeve that is on the shaft and integrally connected with the connecting rod; the cam is fixed with or integrally fabricated with an end of the connecting rod together; the shape size and position of the cam is determined by the set reading angle A; the contact of the cam and the support plate may be a point contact or may be a line contact or surface contact; taking the point contact as an example, a vertical distance from the contact point to the shaft center line of the shaft should be always greater than a vertical distance from the shaft center line to a surface plane of the support plate where the contact point is located; the distance from the anchor to the shaft is set to L.sub.3 and the distance from the shaft to the shaft is set to L.sub.4 and thus the L.sub.3 should be no greater than L.sub.4; the sliding base fixed with the clamp is provided with a carrying plate wider than a width of the sliding stroke portion of the support plate and the clamping edge, whichever is larger; the position shape of the carrying plate is like the lower clamping plate of the clamp without a clamping function, which acts to carry the pages of the book clamped by the upper clamping plate and falling due to smaller width of the lower clamping plate (support plate; some readers like to use a large reading angle A, the read book or practice book is soft paperback book and the ratio of the width of the fore edge of the book clamped by the clamp (equal to the length of book spine) and the width of the lower clamping plate of the clamp (support plate) is large, and at this time, both ends of the fore edge of the book clamped by the clamp are easy to droop, and the sliding base with the carrying plate may better solve the problem; to minimize the volume of the reading book stand in the folding state (to be precise, exterior size), it is required that L.sub.3=L.sub.4, L.sub.z=L or L.sub.z=(L+L.sub.s), and in this way, the reading book stand may have a smaller and relatively regular exterior size.

12. The reading book stand of claim 1 wherein the base plate and the support plate are as thin as about 1 mm-2 mm, the support plate is as narrow as about 10 mm-20 mm and the base plate are as narrow as about 20 mm-30 mm.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a basic structure according to an example of the present disclosure, where the right diagram is the right view of the left diagram.

[0017] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a sliding mechanism formed by a support plate 2 and a clamp 3, where the right diagram is the right view of the left diagram.

[0018] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a portable reading book stand using a magnetic snap braking mechanism in the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of portable reading book stand using an elastic snap braking mechanism in the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a multi-functional reading book stand with a support plate telescopically adjustable in length in the present disclosure, where the right diagram is the right view of the left diagram.

[0021] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a wedge braking ratchet mechanism and an adjustable reading angle A.

[0022] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a portable reading book stand with a plug connection structure.

[0023] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a connecting rod hinge mechanism.

[0024] FIG. 8.1 is a top view of a folding state after a spring is added and a clamp 3 is removed based on FIG. 8.

[0025] FIG. 8.2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a connecting rod hinge mechanism and an adjustable reading angle A, which is also a top view of a folding state after a spring mechanism and a wedge braking ratchet mechanism are added, an elastic snap eye 30 of a braking snap is removed and a lever snap 31 is replaced by an anchor 44 at the same time.

[0026] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a cam braking connecting rod hinge mechanism.

[0027] FIG. 9.1 is a top view of a folding state of FIG. 9.

[0028] In the drawings, 1 refers to a base plate, 2 refers to a support plate, 3 refers to an elastic clamp in a broad sense, 4 refers to an end, 5 refers to an end, 6 refers to a reinforcing rib plate, 7 refers to an end, 8 refers to a clamping edge, 9 refers to a theoretical interesting line, 10 refers to an shaft, 11 refers to a connecting plate, 12 refers to a magnet, 13 refers to a braking base, 14 refers to an elastic support, 15 refers to a sliding channel, 16 refers to a sliding block, 17 refers to a shaft base, 18 refers to a box cover, 19 refers to a spring bolt, 20 refers to a spring bolt baffle, 21 refers to a sliding support plate, 22 refers to a supplementary plate, 23 refers to tooth-shaped sliding channel, 24 refers to a spring, 25 refers to a sliding base in a broad sense, 26 refers to a braking elastic sheet 26, 27 refers to a sliding block baffle, 28 refers to a general spring clamp, 29 refers to a shaft connecting rod, 30 refers to an elastic snap eye of a braking snap, 31 refers to a lever snap, 32 refers to a spring in FIGS. 8.1 and 8.2, 33 refers to a shaft base on a support plate in FIGS. 8.1 and 8.2, 34 refers to a ratchet, 35 refers to a sliding channel (groove) in FIG. 6, 36 refers to a sliding base of a clamp 3 matched with the sliding channel (groove) 35, 37 refers to a spring-driven braking wedge matched with the ratchet 34, 38 refers to a pull rod connected with the braking wedge 37, 39 refers to a casing base for fixing the spring-driven braking wedge mechanism, 40 refers to a spring in FIGS. 6 and 8.2, 41 refers to a spring in FIGS. 8.1 and 8.2, 42 refers to a shaft on a support plate in FIGS. 8.1 and 8.2, 43 refers to a rectangular sliding base, 44 refers to an anchor of the support plate 2, 45 refers to a sliding base of a circular sliding channel, 46 refers to a round support rod, 47 refers to a bolt, 48 refers to a dovetail groove plugging base, 49 refers to a recessed or through sliding channel (groove), 50 refers to a cam, 51 refers to a pull handle, 52 refers to a sliding base with a carrying plate, A refers to a reading angle, L refers to a length of the base plate 1, L refers to a distance between the intersecting line 9 and the end 7 theoretically, L2 refers to a distance between the intersecting line 9 and the end 4 theoretically, L.sub.j refers to a clamping distance, and Z., refers to a center line of a surface of the support plate 2 and the base plate 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0029] The structural relationships of the main components of the reading book stand of the present disclosure will be described below

[0030] L.sub.z refers to a length of a support plate. A minimum distance between a clamping mouth (edge) of a clamp and an intersecting line of the base plate when the clamping mouth (edge) clamps width of a margin of a fore edge of a book well placed at initial reading is a clamping distance denoted as L.sub.j. Theoretically, Lj should be equal to a minimum distance between a tangent plane across the clamping mouth (edge) and the support plate and the intersecting line of the base plate, and the clamping mouth (edge) should be parallel to the intersecting line. L.sub.h refers to a length of a sliding base fixed with a clamp along a sliding direction of the support plate at a side of the clamp. S refers to a sliding stroke of the sliding base. 6 refers to a maximum thickness of a book set for the reading book stand. L.sub.s refers to a length of a read book along a vertical direction of text. L.sub.smax and L.sub.smin respectively refers to a maximum length and a minimum length of a read book at a maximum folio size and a minimum folio size along the vertical direction of text. L.sub.z refers to a length of a support plate 2. Thus, it should be assumed that L.sub.z=L.sub.h+L.sub.smax++ or L.sub.z=L.sub.h+L.sub.smin+S+, where S=L.sub.smaxL.sub.smin. Generally, the length of L.sub.1 should be no less than of a length of the read book along the vertical direction of text. It should be assumed that L.sub.1L.sub.smax and L.sub.1 should be no greater than L.sub.smin at the same time. When the impacts of the clamp, its sliding base, gravity of the support plate portion contained herein and the thickness of the book are neglected, the length of L.sub.2 theoretically should be no less than L.sub.s, and a range of a ratio of L.sub.s and L.sub.1 is recommended to be 2:1-1:1. A.sub.max refers to a maximum angle set for the reading book stand. A given safety coefficient should be considered based on the book L.sub.smax of the maximum folio size and the maximum book thickness and the maximum reading angle A.sub.max adopted for the reading book stand. The L.sub.2 of the actual product should be greater than the theoretical L.sub.2. Generally, there should be L.sub.2[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.s)*sin(A90)]. Considering a good stability of the reading book stand, diversified use requirements of products and product diversification, there should be a correction value for theoretical calculation of the L2, which is denoted as and then L.sub.2=[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.s)*sin(A90)+]. Considering that the exterior sizes of the reading book stand should be minimized on the condition of satisfying the use requirements, the L2 usually shall not be greater than a vertical projection of Lz on a plane where a bottom surface of the base plate [1], that is, L2 shall not be greater than [L.sub.z*sin*A90)]. Thus, a value range of the should be: [L.sub.z*sin(A90)][*(L.sub.h+L.sub.s)*sin(A90)]. L.sub.sL.sub.1L.sub.s is a reasonable length range and L.sub.sL.sub.1=L.sub.s is a reasonable value selection method.

[0031] It is noted that L.sub.1L.sub.s is assumed because a center of gravity of a book usually is a geometrical center of the book. However, in a practical application, it is also allowed that L.sub.1<L.sub.s because it is not a hard index relating to a success of the product. But, based on theoretical considerations, it is more reasonable to adopt L.sub.1>L.sub.s. Similarly, the requirement of L.sub.1L.sub.s is also not one hard index but a consideration for presenting a beautiful look and reducing occupation space. It is noted that the case of L.sub.1>L.sub.s is also allowed in a practical application. Furthermore, the case of L.sub.2>L.sub.z*sin(A90) is also allowed.

[0032] The adjustment and the structural relationship of the reading angle A and the clamping distance L.sub.j of the reading book stand of the present disclosure are described below in four cases.

[0033] a. The reading angle A is not adjustable and the clamping distance L.sub.j is not adjustable. As shown in FIG. 1, in this case, S=0 and the impact of is neglected, then there will be that L.sub.z=L.sub.h+L.sub.s. It can be assumed that L.sub.2>[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.s)*sin(A90)] or L.sub.2=[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.s)*sin(A.sub.max90)+]. In a case of [L.sub.z*sin(A90)][*L.sub.z*sin(A90)], a ratio range of the Ls and L1 is recommended to be 2:1-1:1. Thus, L.sub.1L.sub.s can be assumed.

[0034] b. The reading angle A is not adjustable and the clamping distance is adjustable. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9, it can be assumed that L.sub.2>[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A90)] or L.sub.2=[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A90)+]. In a case of [L.sub.z*sin(A90)][*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A90)] the ratio range of L.sub.s and L.sub.1 is recommended to be 2:1-1:1, and it can be assumed that L.sub.1L.sub.smax. Generally, L.sub.sminL.sub.1L.sub.smax is a reasonable length range and L.sub.sminL.sub.1=L.sub.smax is a reasonable value selection method.

[0035] c: The reading angle A is adjustable and also is of single axis adjustment. As shown in FIG. 6, it can be assumed that L.sub.2>[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A.sub.max90)] or L.sub.2=[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A.sub.max90)+]. In a case of [L.sub.z*sin(A.sub.max90)][*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A.sub.max90)], the ratio range of the L.sub.s and L.sub.1 is recommended to be 2:1-1:1 and it can be assumed that L.sub.1L.sub.smax. Generally, L.sub.sminL.sub.1L.sub.smax is a reasonable length range and L.sub.sminL.sub.1=L.sub.smax is a reasonable value selection method.

[0036] d: The reading angle A is adjustable, and also is of double axis adjustment. As shown in FIG. 8.2, the L.sub.1 and the L.sub.2 change along with the change of the reading angle A. It is assumed that a distance from the shaft 10 to the end 7 of the base plate 1 is L and the maximum reading angle is A.sub.max, and corresponding L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are initial values. When the A is adjusted gradually to become small, the L.sub.2 and L.sub.1 are increased accordingly. When the reading angle reaches an extreme angle A=90, L.sub.2=0, and L.sub.1=L. When the shaft 10 is provided at the end 4 of the base plate 1, as shown in FIG. 8.2, L=L. At this time, L.sub.1=L=L. Assuming A.sub.max is an initial state, it can be correspondingly assumed that L.sub.2>[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A.sub.max90)] or L.sub.2=[*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A.sub.max90)+]. Then, there will be that [L.sub.z*sin(A.sub.max90)][*(L.sub.h+L.sub.smax)*sin(A.sub.max90)]. Assuming L.sub.1=L.sub.smax at the initial state of A.sub.max, then the range of the L.sub.1 is L.sub.smaxL.sub.1L.

[0037] The present disclosure will be further described through examples in combination with accompanying drawings.

[0038] FIG. 1 illustrates a reading book stand with simple structure which is a basic type of the present disclosure. The reading book stand includes a base plate 1, a support plate 2 and a spring clamp 3. The support plate 2 serves as a clamping plate of the spring clamp. The support plate 2 and the base plate 1 are fixed together. A reading angle A and a clamping distance Lj are not adjustable and a proper angle range is between 100-135 degrees. The reading book stand may be customized according to requirements and is applicable to reading a thin book with a single specification. It is determined whether a rib plate 6 is used according to a strength of material. Also, another type of alternative rib plate 6 may be used, for example, the support plate itself is made into a groove shape or a vertical wave shape or a hollow material is used to increase the rigidity of the support plate itself. If a metal sheet is used, it may be bent at a combination end with a bending angle supplementary to the reading angle A and a bending part is combined with the base plate 1. The spring clamp 3 is fixed near an end 5 of the support plate 2. It should be ensured that the entire center of gravity of the reading book stand including book will fall on the base plate 1 and is preferably 5-10 mm from an end 4 during a use process. On the precondition of ensuring the strength and the rigidity of the reading book stand, the support plate 2 and the base plate 1 may be narrowed to 10 mm-20 mm so that the reading book stand still can stand stably with a book removed. Further, the base plate 1 may be properly wider than the support plate 2. An intersecting line 9 divides a length L of the base plate 1 into two parts, L.sub.1 and L.sub.2, and L=L.sub.1+L.sub.2. The L.sub.2 acts to prevent the entire center of gravity of the book and the reading book stand from falling outside the end 5 of the base plate 1 during a normal use of the reading book stand, that is, L.sub.2 needs to ensure the entire center of gravity of the book and the reading book stand during the normal use of the reading book stand always falls on the base plate 1, thereby preventing a torsional topple of the reading book stand toward the end 4. Thus, L.sub.2 should have a sufficient length but shall not be excessively long on the condition of ensuring the use requirements are satisfied. The L.sub.1 may be pressed by the book to increase the stability of the reading book stand and prevent the torsional topple of the reading book stand toward the reader resulting from a pull imposed by the book through the clamp near the end 5 of the support plate 2 during a normal use of the reading book stand. To further reduce the weight of the reading book stand and save materials, the base plate 1 and the support plate 2 may be formed by bending a steel wire of satisfactory strength-toughness match into a closed rectangular frame and welding the breaking points and the reading book stand may also be formed by performing one-time bending for one steel wire and welding the breaking points. It is recommended to use a stainless steel sheet of a thickness of 1 mm and the recommended sizes are: the width of the base plate 1 is 0 mm and the width of the support plate 2 is 17 mm.

[0039] It is usually recommended not to fix the clamp 3 on the end 5 of the support plate shown in FIG. 1 but to combine the clamp 3 and the support plate 2 in a sliding manner to facilitate adjusting the size of the clamping distance L.sub.j.

[0040] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a sliding mechanism formed by the support plate 2 and the clamp 3. The support plate 2 is provided with a sliding channel 15. The spring clamp 3 is fixed on a sliding base 25 connected with a sliding block 16 and a baffle 27 and a sliding block 16 slides in the sliding channel 15. The support plate 2 serves one clamping plate of the spring clamp 3. The clamping distance Lj may be adjusted in length through the sliding channel to adapt to books of different folio sizes. In a folding state of the portable reading book stand, the spring clamp 3 may be used to clamp the base plate 1 to bind the reading book stand in a case of disuse or carrying.

[0041] FIG. 3 illustrates a foldable portable reading book stand using a magnetic snap for braking. The support plate 2 is rotated to be folded or opened through a shaft 10. The support plate 2 may adopt a ferromagnetic material so that the support plate is attracted by a magnet 12, thereby playing a braking function for the support plate 2. The combination of the clamp and the support plate 2 may be realized through a separate slide of the support plate 2 and the spring clamp and the spring clamp may be an ordinary spring clamp 28 that is available form market and is of a proper model matched with the width of the support plate. In use, the clamp 28 is assembled on the support plate 2 which passes through a middle of the two clamping plates of the clamp 28 through a spring shaft. The support plate 2 serves as a sliding channel of the clamp 28 and the clamping distance L.sub.j may be adjusted. In disuse, the clamp may be disassembled by pull. The two clamping plates of the clamp 28 may be equal in length or may be non-equal in length. When a clamp with two clamping plates being non-equal in length is to be used, special customization is required so that a long clamping plate is placed at the back cover or front cover of the book and a short clamping plate is placed at a read page of the book. It is recommended to use a metal sheet of a thickness of 1 mm. Also, it is recommended that the width of the base plate 1 is 20 mm and the width of the support plate 2 is 17 mm.

[0042] FIG. 4 is a portable reading book stand using an elastic snap for braking. A braking base 13 and a shaft base 17 are fixed on the base plate 1 and the support plate 2 is rotated to be folded and opened through the shaft 10. An elastic support 14 is fixed on the support plate 2 with an elastic material. In a case of no external force, a rotation radius of the outermost edge of an end of the elastic support 14 with the shaft 10 as a center should be greater than a maximum radius of an inner wall of an arc at a lock snap of the braking base from the shaft 10 to ensure the end of the elastic support 14 and an uneven engaging position of the braking base have sufficient elastic deflection, thereby realizing braking function for the support plate 2. A sliding trajectory of the end of the elastic support 14 on the braking base 13 should be a plane or a straight line and forms an included angle no greater than 90 degrees with the base plate 1 in the direction of the end 4 and preferably forms an angle of 90 degrees. The elastic support 14 may be allowed to obtain a larger deflection by reducing a distance of the braking base 13 and the shaft 10 or reducing an angle of the contact surface (line) and the base plate 1 in the direction of the end 4 properly at the same time. This contact surface may be a curved surface or a curve. It should be ensured that the elastic deflection of the elastic support 14 reaches a maximum value when the end of the elastic sheet 14 slides to a critical point before an elastic snap. The uneven engaging position of the elastic snap should be located at a maximum projection length of the rotation radius of the end of the elastic support 14 with the shaft 10 as a center of circle at the base plate 1. It should be ensured that the elastic support 14 can smoothly slide into the braking base 13 under the action of external force. The included angle of the elastic support 14 and the support plate 2 (in the direction of the end 5) should be greater than the angle A. With the base plate 1 as a reference, a height of the contact surface of the braking base 13 and the elastic support 14 is greater than a height of an initial contact point of both.

[0043] FIG. 5 is a multi-functional reading book stand. The support plate 2 is assembled onto a box through the shaft 10 (the base plate 1 of the reading book stand is the box). The support plate 2 is a hollow rectangular component, on both sides of which are arranged sawtooth-shaped sliding channels. A movable support plate 21 is also a hollow rectangular component with an elastic bolt baffle 20 assembled on its lower part and a spring bolt is arranged in the elastic bolt baffle 20. The moveable support plate 21 is inserted into the support plate 2. and a supplementary plate 22 acts to control the retracting length of the support plate to be flush with an external surface. When a book is read, the support plate 2 is opened and a lower edge of the support plate 2 is in contact with an elastic sheet 26 so that the spring sheet is pressed to generate the elastic deflection and the support plate 2 continues sliding to a hook position of the elastic sheet 26, thereby locking the reading angle. The distance of the box cover 18 and the intersecting line 9 should not be less than a set thickness of book. The external size of the box should be matched with the folio size of the used book. In case of a smaller external size of the box, the support plate may be of telescoping type (as shown in FIG. 5). In a case of a larger external size of the box, the support plate may be of a type shown in FIG. 2.

[0044] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a wedge braking ratchet mechanism and an adjustable reading angle A. A casing base 39 and a shaft base 17 are fixed on proper positions of the base plate 1 or integrally fabricated. The support plate 2 and a ratchet 34 are fixed together or integrally fabricated and assembled onto the shaft 10 and a rotating range may be such that a front surface and a back surface of the support plate 1 are respectively in contact with the base plate 1 and the casing base 39. The contact surfaces of the braking wedge 37 and the ratchet 34 are consistent, and a pull rod 38 and the braking wedge 37 are connected or fabricated integrally, the spring 40 is sleeved on the pull rod 38 and the spring is compressed tightly to have a full spring force and then assembled into the matching casing base 39. The ratchet 34 is always subjected to a push force of the braking wedge 37, thereby restricting the support plate 2 from rotating in a direction of the end 4 of the base plate 1. A degree of restriction of the rotation of the support plate 2 in the direction of the end 7 of the base plate 1 depends on the size of an elastic force of the spring 40. According to the actual use situations, springs of different elastic forces may be selected to meet different use requirements. When a position of the support plate 2 is adjusted, a force is applied to the pull rod 38 so that a gap is formed between the braking wedge 37 and the ratchet 34. When the support plate 2 is adjusted to a desired position, the force is removed. The support plate 2 may be made of a thick nonmetal material such as plastic or adopt a dovetail-groove sliding channel.

[0045] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a portable reading book stand with a plug connection structure. A dovetail groove plugging base 48 is arranged on the L.sub.2 of the base plate 1, a guideway matched with the dovetail groove is arranged at a lower end of a round support rod 46, the round support rod may be solid or hollow, an upper end of the round support rod is a circular sliding channel of a circular sliding base 45, the clamp 3 is fixed at the circular sliding base 45, a length of a lower clamping plate of the clamp shall not be less than a length of an upper clamping plate. according to the use requirements, the lower clamping plate may be longer than the upper clamping plate but shall not be longer than of a length of the book spine of the read book. The base plate 1 is as thin as about 1 mm-2 mm and is recommended to be made of metal material (or a nonmetal material with strength-toughness performance satisfying the use requirements). The dovetail groove plugging base is fixed by a bolt 47 on the base plate 1 or fixed by welding or bonding technology. The dovetail groove plugging base is recommended to be made of a nonmetal material such as plastic. The circular sliding channel and the dovetail groove sliding channel should be closely mated with corresponding inserts to ensure there will be sufficient wrapping force between the dovetail channel of the plugging base 48 and the sliding base 45. The adjustment of the clamping distance L.sub.j may also be achieved by fixing the clamp 3 on the end 5 while the round rod is made into a sleeve pull telescoping type. The sleeve pull telescoping positioning method is a mature prior art, such as a pull rod of a suitcase and a support rod of an electric fan.

[0046] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a connecting rod hinge mechanism, where the foldable portable reading book stand is in an opened state in use. A hinge connection is formed between the shaft connecting rod 29 and both of the base plate 1 and the support plate 2. A lever snap 31 is fixed at the lower end of the support plate 2, the elastic snap eye 30 of the braking snap is fixed on the theoretical intersecting line 9 of the base plate 1 according to the set reading angle A, the lever snap 31 may enter or leave the elastic snap eye 30 by manual operation, thereby unlocking and locking the snap. In normal use, a locking state is maintained, and in disuse, unlocking may be performed to fold up the reading book stand through the hinge mechanism.

[0047] In a folding state, the distance of the shaft 10 and the base plate 1 and the distance of the shaft 42 and the support plate 2 may be neglected. The lower end of the support plate may be approximately aligned with the end 4 of the base plate and at the same time, the end 5 of the support plate 2 and the end 7 of the base plate 1 may also be aligned or approximately aligned. The clamp 3 is fixed on the non-closed sleeve type sliding base 43. The distance of the lever snap 31 and the shaft 42 is set to L.sub.3, the distance of the shaft 42 and the shaft 10 is set to L.sub.4, and the L.sub.3 should not be greater than L.sub.4.

[0048] To ensure the reading book stand shown in FIG. 8 is tensioned during use, a spring may be installed at the hinge to allow the reading book stand to be always in a tensioned stress state during use.

[0049] The support plate 2 of the apparatus shown in FIG. 8 adopts a hollow or solid round rod, that is, the support plate 2 is replaced with the round rod. In this case, the contact surface of the round rod and the base plate 2 should be a straight line, and the straight line should be paralleled to and overlapped with a centerline of a surface along the length direction of the base plate. When the clamp 3 fixed on the sliding base is combined with the round rod, the round rod is a sliding channel. It is also a feasible solution that the clamp is fixed on the sliding base matched with the round rod. The advantages are that the rigidity of the round rod is stronger than the sheets and the circular sliding channel may easily adopt a circular or slightly elliptical non-closed elastic sheet. The clamp is fixed at the sliding base made of the circular or slightly elliptical non-closed elastic sheet to form a wrapping force, resulting in good clamping effect. When the clamping distance is adjusted, no slip will occur after positioning following movement. A general clamp available from market may be fixed on the above sliding base 43. Since the sliding shaft is circular, the sliding base may also be adjusted rotatably so that the clamping edge 8 is easily maintained paralleled to the theoretical intersecting line 9.

[0050] FIG. 8.1 is a top view of a folding state after a spring is added and a clamp is removed based on FIG. 8. The reading book stand may be folded up in case of disuse. In the folding state, the support plate 2 and the base plate 1 are attached together. Theoretically, two attaching surfaces should be in a parallel and overlapping state and the contact surfaces should also be parallel and overlapped along the center line Z.sub.x of the length direction. The elastic force generated by the spring 41 acts on the shaft connecting rod 29 and the support plate 2 both coaxial with the shaft 42, and also is a force allowing the shaft connecting rod 29 and the support plate 2 to be opened with the shaft 42 as a rotation shaft. An elastic force generated by the spring 32 acts on the shaft connecting rod 29 and the base plate 1 both coaxial with the shaft 10 and also is a force allowing the shaft connecting rod 29 and the base plate 1 to be closed with the shaft 10 as a rotation shaft.

[0051] FIG. 8.2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a connecting rod hinge mechanism and an adjustable reading angle A, which is also a top view of a folding state after a spring mechanism and a wedge braking ratchet mechanism are added, an elastic snap eye 30 of a braking snap is removed, a portion of length of the end 7 of the base plate 1 is properly cut off (equivalent to a length of the sleeve 43 along a sliding direction) and a lever snap 31 is replaced with an anchor 44 made of plate material Its spring mechanism adopts the apparatus shown in FIG. 8.1 equivalently and the braking mechanism adopts the apparatus shown in FIG. 6 equivalently. To allow the support plate 2 and the base plate 1 of the reading book stand to have good stability in contact in an opening state, the anchor 44 may be arranged so that both ends and the base plate 1 are in real contact and a false contact is present in the middle. The width of the anchor 44 shall be no less than the width of the support plate 2 but slightly less than the width of the base plate 1. The reading angle A may be adjusted arbitrarily by displacement of the anchor 44 on the base plate 1, the set reading angle may be adjusted in a range of 100-135 degrees. Correspondingly, a recessed or through sliding groove (channel) matched with the anchor 44 is arranged in the displacement interval of the anchor 44 on the base plate 1. The steps of completing folding from the opening state are as follows: firstly, an expanding elastic force of the spring 41 and a push force imposed by the spring 40 to the ratchet 34 through the braking wedge 37 are overcome, the support plate 2 and the shaft connecting rod 29 are kneaded together, the reading book stand will automatically fold up under the action of the closing force applied by the spring 32, and at this time, the clamp 3 is located near the end 5 of the support plate 2 and may clamp the end 7 of the base plate 1; the steps of completing opening from the folding state are as follows: the clamp 3 is pulled away from the end 7 of the base plate 1, a pull force is applied to the pull rod 38 to open the self-locking of the braking wedge 37 and the ratchet 34 and leave a gap, the support plate 2 will generate tendency to open under the action of the spring 41 and overcome, through human lift, the closing force applied by the spring 32, and the connecting rod 38 is released when a desired reading angle A is reached.

[0052] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an example of a foldable portable reading book stand with a cam braking connecting rod hinge mechanism. FIG. 9.1 is a top view of a folding state of FIG. 9. It is only required to arrange a protrusion that may prevent the support plate 2 reaching the set reading angle by rotation from further rotating at a proper position of the shaft sleeve that is on the shaft 42 and integrally connected with the connecting rod 29. The cam 50 is fixed with or integrally fabricated with an end of the connecting rod 29 together. The shape size and position of the cam is determined by the set reading angle A. The contact of the cam and the support plate 2 may be a point contact or may be a line contact or surface contact. Taking the point contact as an example, a vertical distance from the contact point to the shaft center line of the shaft 42 should be always greater than a vertical distance from the shaft center line to a surface plane of the support plate 2 where the contact point is located. The sliding base fixed with the clamp is provided with a carrying plate wider than a width of the sliding stroke portion of the support plate 2 and the clamping edge 8, whichever is larger. The position shape of the carrying plate is like the lower clamping plate of the clamp without a clamping function, which acts to carry the pages of the book clamped by the upper clamping plate and falling due to smaller width of the lower clamping plate (support plate 2). Some readers like to use a large reading angle A, the read book or practice book is soft paperback book and the ratio of the width of the fore edge of the book clamped by the clamp (equal to the length of book spine) and the width of the lower clamping plate of the clamp (support plate 2) is large. At this time, both ends of the fore edge of the book clamped by the clamp are easy to droop, and the sliding base 52 with the carrying plate may better solve the problem. To minimize the volume of the reading book stand in the folding state (to be precise, exterior size), the length from the center line of the shaft 42 to the end of the anchor 44 is set to L.sub.3, and the distance from the center line of the shaft 42 to the centerline of the shaft 10 is set to the length of the connecting rod 29, L.sub.4, and then L3 should be equal to L4, L.sub.z=L or Lz should be longer than a length of the sliding base 43 along the sliding direction. For example, the reading angle is set to A=120 degrees, L.sub.3=L.sub.4, L.sub.z=L or L.sub.z=(L+L.sub.s), and then the reading book stand may have a smaller and relatively regular exterior size.

[0053] A new type may be formed by splitting and recombining different types between different examples. For example, the ordinary spring clamp 28 shown in FIG. 3 may be used to replace the clamp 3 fixed on the support plate 2 shown in FIG. 1. After replacement, the clamping distance L.sub.j may be adjusted for the reading book stand shown in FIG. 1, and further, the sliding base 43 or the sliding base 52 fixed with the clamp may be sleeved on the support plate 2 in FIG. 1.