ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,087, issued on July 15.
"Portable bookstand" was invented by Myeonghyeon Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a portable bookstand, in particular, to a portable bookstand which is easy to carry due to having a foldable structure, firmly supports a book, and prevents pages from flipping arbitrarily, the portable bookstand comprising: a book back support frame which supports the back of a book; a first page fixing frame which is rotatably coupled to one side of the book back support frame and fixes the page while supporting one side of the book; and a second page fixing frame whi...