Clarkson Book Support System

Book Support System designed by Christopher Clarkson to cater for books with a wide variety of structural variations. The system is used in institutions throughout the world. The book support is built up from lightweight units of synthetic foam. Synthetic foam allows a book's uneven board surfaces even with bosses and side pins; to be equally supported over their entire exterior surface. The particular density of foam was chosen for the important non-slip characteristic required and the grey colour was found preferable for a library environment. The concept of related units has dictated the use of generalised angles and dimensions in the design. Simplicity and ease of storage impossible to achieve with combined tilt-and-wedge designs are special features of the style.

The units consist of three basic shapes in various format sizes
Blunt Wedge. A pair of these wedges, plus one of the next larger format size for each regular 'place-setting'
Rectangular Pad, 25mm (1") thick.
Two pads would be the normal requirement for each 'place-setting'. Three may be needed for a very thick book.
Spine Support-Strip
Used when 'tight-back' (flexible) bindings are read.
Six units are required for each placement set
An optional 7th piece is available if an extra pad is required
Besides the synthetic foam units, one other piece of equipment is needed.
A 'snake', a strap of weighted fabric which is used to hold the book open
Two being required for each 'place setting'.

The book supports are available as 6 piece sets for each of the three sizes Large, Medium and Small. The larger wedges can also be used by themselves to display single sheet items at a reasonable reading angle.

Code	Item	Description	Dimensions (metric)
SUCBSL0003	Large Set	1 x CP50465 Blunt Wedge 2 x CP50466 Blunt Wedge 2 x CP50470 Rectangular Pad 1 x CP50473 Spine Support Strip	L760 x W470 L500 x W348 L500 x W348 L500 x W40
SUCBSM0002	Medium Set	1 x CP50466 Blunt Wedge 2 x CP50467 Blunt Wedge 2 x CP50471 Rectangular Pad 1 x CP50474 Spine Support Strip	L500 X W348 L370 X W225 L370 x W225 L370 x W40
SUCBSS0001	Small Set	1 x CP50467 Blunt Wedge 2 x CP50468 Blunt Wedge 2 x CP50472 Rectangular Pad 1 x CP50475 Spine Support Strip	L370 x W225 L240 x W155 L240 x W155 L240 x W40
SUWBSS2009	1 Pair of Snakes	900mm Length, Weight 200 gsm
SUWBSL2001	1 Pair of Snakes	1200mm Length, Weight 200 gsm
SUWBSS1009	1 Pair of Snakes	900mm Length, Weight 100 gsm
SUWBSL1001	1 Pair of Snakes	1200mm Length, Weight 100 gsm

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