Drawing table construction

A drawing table construction comprising:

• (a) a frame including a front frame member and a pair of spaced, substantially parallel side frame members which extend rearwardly from said front frame member in substantially perpendicular relation thereto;
• (b) a drawing board formed with a continuously extending, unperforated work surface and having front and rear edges, said drawing board being hingeably attached to said frame adjacent to said front frame member so that said front edge is in substantially parallel relation thereto and so that when said frame is positioned on a supporting surface, said drawing board is hingeable between a collapsed position wherein it overlies said frame in substantially parallel relation thereto and an inclined position wherein it extends upwardly and rearwardly from said front frame member to said rear edge;
• (c) means for releasably adjusting said drawing board in said inclined position;
• (d) an elongated instrument tray having at least one elongated longitudinally extending upwardly facing channel formed therein, said channel being dimensioned for receiving and positioning drawing instruments therein;
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• (e) a pair of spaced, substantially parallel mounting members rigidly fastened to said side frame members and extending forwardly therefrom, said instrument tray being permanently secured to said mounting members in substantially parallel, forwardly spaced relation to both said front edge and said front frame member, said mounting members and said instrument tray and one of either said front edge or said front frame member cooperating to define an elongated unobstructed opening that is disposed adjacent to and rearwardly of said instrument tray and extends between said mounting members to enable a user of said drawing table to utilize said instrument tray as a carrying handle when said drawing table is in said collapsed position thereof by grasping said instrument tray so that a hand of said user fully encircles the latter.