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US 4,229,890 AGranted
Picture-making easel and frame
OwnerMarion Dropinskiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus upon which a fabric is supported in a stretched condition, in order to be flat while a pictorial design is sewn thereupon, with beads and sequins; the apparatus including an upright easel supporting a freely pivotable frame, that holds the fabric, the upper end of the easel having a lamp and shade for floodlighting the work, and the frame also supporting a set of cups, within which different colors of beads and sequins are retained, during the work.
Claims1
An adjustable easel and frame unit for supporting needlework and the like comprising:
- A. a pair of vertical side legs having feet at the lower ends thereof;
- B. lamp means mounted between upper ends of said legs;
- C. spaced-apart openings located along each leg in order to selectively receive a bolt;
- D. a frame unit pivotally supported upon said easel by said bolt;
- E. said frame unit comprises upper and lower frame means, said upper means including a plurality of downwardly extending nails and said lower means including a plurality of openings into which said nails are receivable, whereby needlework may be retained in a stretched condition between said frame means by said nails of said upper frame passing through said needlework into the openings of the lower frame;
- F. means for clamping said upper and lower frames means together;
- and;
- G. cup means supported upon said frame unit for holding needle-working material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.