Reading desk used in sitting or lying position

Abstract

A reading desk for use in a sitting or lying position includes a downwardly open box-shaped housing secured to the ceiling of a building, a take-up roll mounted within the housing, a rotation assembly mounted at one side of the take-up roll to rotate the take-up roll in the forward or reverse direction, a pair of belts, each of which has one end connected to the take-up roll to be wound on or unwound from the take-up roll and the other end extending downward from the housing, and a book holder having an upper portion connected to the other ends of the pair of belts and adapted to ascend or descend by the operation of the rotation assembly to be inserted into the housing or exposed to the outside.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a reading desk for use in a sitting or lying position. More specifically, the present invention relates to a reading desk that can be used by patients and the handicapped who spend a lot of time in a lying position and children and ordinary persons who enjoy reading in a lying position on beds or beddings, even those in a sitting position, to conveniently read books.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In recent years, people have spent more time at reading desks in a sitting position to read books for study, business and self-development. A general reading desk is simply designed to support a book to allow a user to conveniently read the book. The reading desk typically includes a desk for holding the book and a chair integrated with or separated from the desk.[0003]A user of the reading desk needs to sit on the chair for a long time to read the book on the reading desk. This makes it impossible for a patient suffering from backache, a physicall...

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Benefits of technology

[0022]Patients and the handicapped who spend a lot of time in a lying position and children and ordinary persons who enjoy reading in a lying position on beds or beddings can use the reading desk of the present invention to conveniently read books.

[0023]Children and ordinary persons tend to take a lying position to continue to read books when they feel physically uncomfortable during reading in a sitting position. In this case, the use of the reading desk according to the present invention is effective in preventing muscle pain and back pain resulting from a lying or sitting position for a long time.

[0024]The reading desk of the present invention is secured to the ceiling of a room, such as a living room or bedroom, in a building, such as an apartment, or the ceiling of a patient's room in a hospital or sanatorium. Therefore, it is easy to secure a space necessary for installation of the reading desk. The reading desk of the present invention is designed to move toward the ceiling for storage when not in use after installation. Due to this design, the reading desk of the present invention can be simply stored without interfering with walking. Particularly, the reading desk of the present invention does not require a separate space for storage, which is advantageous in terms of space efficiency.

[0025]A personal mobile terminal, like iPad, instead of a book may also be held on the book holder.

Problems solved by technology

This makes it impossible for a patient suffering from backache, a physically disabled patient or a handicapped person to use the reading desk.

Further, when children and ordinary persons sit on chairs to read books for a long time, their postures become unstable, for example, their bodies tend to incline or lean to one side.

Particularly, reading for a long time causes serious side effects, such as severe curvature of the spine, in growing young students.

However, since such reading desks are not suitable for use in a sitting position, they cannot be easily used by children and ordinary persons.

Particularly, the large size of the reading desks makes it difficult to store when not in use.

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