EP0258373B1 - Bookcover and reading light assembly - Google Patents
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- EP0258373B1 EP0258373B1 EP87901566A EP87901566A EP0258373B1 EP 0258373 B1 EP0258373 B1 EP 0258373B1 EP 87901566 A EP87901566 A EP 87901566A EP 87901566 A EP87901566 A EP 87901566A EP 0258373 B1 EP0258373 B1 EP 0258373B1
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- light
- housing
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- bookcover
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B42D3/00—Book covers
- B42D3/12—Book covers combined with other articles
- B42D3/123—Book covers combined with other articles incorporating sound producing or light emitting means or carrying sound records
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
- F21L2/00—Systems of electric lighting devices
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S9/00—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply
- F21S9/02—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply the power supply being a battery or accumulator
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21V33/00—Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
- F21V33/0004—Personal or domestic articles
- F21V33/0048—Office articles, e.g. bookmarks, desk lamps with drawers, stands for books or music scores
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- the front and back leaves may have a scored or corrugated portion 16 which allows the cover 10 to fold more easily and accommodate books of different thicknesses. If corrugated, portion 16 may be stretchable to fit books of different sizes
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Abstract
Description
- This invention relates to a bookcover and reading light assembly.
- CH-A-197870 discloses a bookcover and reading light assembly in accordance with the pre-characterizing part of claim 1. FR-A-2271051 discloses a bookcover having a housing for receiving batteries and a reading light swivellably connected to the housing.
- According to the invention, there is provided a bookcover and reading light assembly wherein the bookcover can be mounted on and removed from a book and wherein the reading light is integrated with the bookcover and is movable between operative and inoperative positions, the reading light housing a movable head provided with a lamp characterized in that the reading light has a stem connected to the head, the stem being translationally extendible out of a housing on a spine of the bookcover and retractable into the housing.
- Preferably, the head extends across and conforms with the open end of the housing to close the housing when the stem is retracted.
- Advantageously, the housing has two compartments, one for housing batteries for energising the light and the other for accommodating the stem of the light when the latter is in a retracted position.
- Preferably, the stem has one or more bendable and/or twistable sections and is able to retain a set position.
- Conveniently, the assembly further comprises switching means for automatically energising and de-energising the light as it is extended and retracted, respectively.
- The invention thus provides a light for night time reading which will disturb the reader's spouse or fellow aircraft travellers. It at the same time provides privacy, if required, as to the title of the book being read and is both compact and portable.
- The invention will now be more particularly described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
- Figure 1 is a developed view of the inside of one embodiment of a bookcover and reading light assembly according to the invention with the reading light partly extended,
- Figure 2 is a sectional view taken through the bookcover with the reading light shown in a retracted position in which the stem of the reading light is accommodated in a housing integral with the spine of the bookcover.
- Figure 3 is an end view of the bookcover and reading light assembly shown mounted on a book and opened out, parts of the housing being removed to show the inside thereof and the stem of the light being shown in section,
- Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the bookcover mounted on a book and the stem of the reading light in a retracted position,
- Figure 5 is a fragmentary view showing the housing in section with the stem of the reading light partially extended, and
Referring now to Figures 1 to 5 of the drawings, the bookcover and reading light assembly shown therein comprises aflexible cover 10 which could be of plastics material, e.g. polyvinyl chloride, and which has aspine 11, front andback leaves pockets leaves - The front and back leaves may have a scored or
corrugated portion 16 which allows thecover 10 to fold more easily and accommodate books of different thicknesses. If corrugated,portion 16 may be stretchable to fit books of different sizes - A rigid or
semi-rigid housing 17 is secured to or integrally formed with thespine 11 of the cover. Thishousing 17 defines acompartment 18a which accommodates one ormore batteries 24 and acompartment 18b which accommodates astem 19 of a reading light. Thecompartments partition wall 25 and thecompartment 18a is closed at the top and has anopenable door 27 at the bottom for changing the batteries. Thestem 19 is telescopically extendible from and retractable into thecompartment 18b and has astop member 20 which holds the stem captive with respect to thehousing 17 by co-operation with acollar 28 fixed to the top of thecompartment 18b. Thestem 19 also has one or more bendable and/ortwistable sections 21, and ahead 22 accommodating a reflector and areplaceable light bulb 23 which is connected to the batteries bywires 26 extending through thestem 19. Thehead 22 is pivotably connected to thestem 19 by acollar 29. - The bendable and/or
twistable sections 21 allow thehead 22 of the light to be set in a desired position, thesections 21 being so designed that thehead 22 can retain its set position. - The
head 22 is shaped to conform with the cross-sectional shape of thehousing 17 so that when the light is rectracted thehead 22 extends across and conforms with the open end of thehousing 17 to close the latter as shown best in Figure 4. Moreover, as shown thehousing 17 is shorter than thespine 11 to define a space for receiving thehead 22 when the light is retracted. Thus the light is compactly stored when not in use. - The light may be automatically energised as it is extended from the
compartment 18b and automatically de-energised as it is retracted into thecompartment 18b. This can be achieved by an appropriate mechanical arrangement which ensures that electrical contacts are made as the light is extended and broken as the light is retracted. - In the embodiment shown the
battery compartment 18a includes ametal contact 30 mounted (see Figure 5) at its upper end, which extends intocompartment 18b and includes oneend 30a for contact withbatteries 24 and asecond end 30b for contact withstem 19, in a manner to be explained. In addition,compartment 18b includes an elongate L-shaped metal contact 31 disposed therein which has oneend 31a connected to the lower end ofbatteries 24 and anupper end 31b for contact withstem 19, in a manner to be explained.Wires 26 connected to thelight bulb 23 are connected tometal contacts stop member 20. As thestem 19 moves in and out relative tocompartment 18b,metal contact 33 always remains in contact withmetal contact 31. Thus, it is only whenmetal contact 32 is brought into contact withmetal contact 30b that the electrical circuit is completed and operates to turn on thelight bulb 23. This occurs when thestem 19 is moved in an upward direction within compartment 36 to its extended position. - Alternatively the light may be provided with a manually operable on/off switch on the
head 22 or on the outside of thehousing 17. - A page mark (not shown) may be connected to the bookcover. This page mark could be, for example, in the form of a ribbon which could have a fresnel-screen magnifier attached thereto.
- The above embodiment is given by way of example only and many modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims.
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT87901566T ATE61287T1 (en) | 1986-03-03 | 1987-03-03 | COMPOSITION OF BOOK COVER AND READING LIGHT. |
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB868605156A GB8605156D0 (en) | 1986-03-03 | 1986-03-03 | Bookcover assembly |
GB8605156 | 1986-03-03 | ||
US06/882,725 US4680681A (en) | 1986-07-07 | 1986-07-07 | Integral book cover and reading light |
US882725 | 1986-07-07 |
Publications (2)
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EP0258373A1 EP0258373A1 (en) | 1988-03-09 |
EP0258373B1 true EP0258373B1 (en) | 1991-03-06 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP87901566A Expired - Lifetime EP0258373B1 (en) | 1986-03-03 | 1987-03-03 | Bookcover and reading light assembly |
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EP (1) | EP0258373B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH072436B2 (en) |
AU (1) | AU7086387A (en) |
CA (1) | CA1296310C (en) |
ES (1) | ES2005108A6 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2189019B (en) |
WO (1) | WO1987005266A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US6478443B2 (en) * | 2001-03-13 | 2002-11-12 | Jack Lin | Bookcase lamp |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2161872A (en) * | 1937-01-25 | 1939-06-13 | Wilhelm Ernst Reeser | Electrical pocket writing and reading lamp |
CH197870A (en) * | 1937-03-16 | 1938-05-31 | Rebmann & Frueh | Envelope with electric lighting. |
US2311153A (en) * | 1941-06-17 | 1943-02-16 | Carlo Ralph | Self-adjusting book cover |
US2561744A (en) * | 1948-08-17 | 1951-07-24 | Vera V Langdon | Battery-operated book light |
FR1005901A (en) * | 1949-04-26 | 1952-04-17 | Application of pleating to plastics | |
US3823312A (en) * | 1973-02-16 | 1974-07-09 | M Weinstein | Illuminated book holder |
FR2271051A1 (en) * | 1974-01-14 | 1975-12-12 | Perrun Jean | Protective book cover with reading lamp - has batteries housed in spine, bulb arm and reflector at top |
US3885145A (en) * | 1974-02-05 | 1975-05-20 | Norman Dudley Wise | Combination book enclosure and reading lamp |
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1987
- 1987-03-02 CA CA000530914A patent/CA1296310C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-03-03 JP JP62501583A patent/JPH072436B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-03-03 EP EP87901566A patent/EP0258373B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-03-03 WO PCT/GB1987/000149 patent/WO1987005266A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1987-03-03 ES ES8700578A patent/ES2005108A6/en not_active Expired
- 1987-03-03 AU AU70863/87A patent/AU7086387A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1987-03-03 GB GB8704903A patent/GB2189019B/en not_active Expired
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AU7086387A (en) | 1987-09-28 |
JPS63502814A (en) | 1988-10-20 |
ES2005108A6 (en) | 1989-03-01 |
EP0258373A1 (en) | 1988-03-09 |
JPH072436B2 (en) | 1995-01-18 |
WO1987005266A1 (en) | 1987-09-11 |
GB2189019A (en) | 1987-10-14 |
GB8704903D0 (en) | 1987-04-08 |
CA1296310C (en) | 1992-02-25 |
GB2189019B (en) | 1989-12-20 |
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