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Bookcover and reading light assembly

CA 1296310 C · Owner: Beare, Eric · Inventors: Fisherman, Carl; Beare, Eric

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A bookcover , which can be removably mounted on a book, has a housing on its spine and a reading light powered by batteries, accommodated in the housing. In a preferred embodiment, the housing has two compartments one housing the batteries and the other, accommodating a stem of the light when the, latter is in a retracted position. In an alternative embodiment the light is pivotably mounted on the housing.

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  • Granted February 25, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 25, 2009.
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FiledMarch 2, 1987
GrantedFebruary 25, 1992
Term endedFebruary 25, 2009
Patent numberCA 1296310 C
Classification (IPC)B42D3/12 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedMarch 2, 1987Patent grantedFeb 25, 1992Term endedFeb 25, 2009

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