Artist's hand and brush guide for adjustable traveling mahl
OwnerWalter G. Johnstoninventor
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Abstract
A hand and brush guide manipulated the length of a mahl in the form of a beam adjusted as to height over a base supporting an artist's canvas, carriages at opposite sides of the base carrying the mahl in spaced relation over the base and supported canvas, the guide slidably carried on the mahl by antifriction bearings and positioned by a brake for steadying the artist's hand and brush, with adjustment for said spaced relation of the mahl and guide from the canvas and with braking to position them between top and bottom positions over the canvas.
Claims17
A hand rest-guide in combination with a traveling mahl for steadying an artist's hand over a workpiece supported upon a planar base,
- the traveling mahl being comprised of a rigid member extending horizontally between slide means at opposite side edges of the base and carried thereby to travel upwardly and downwardly in spaced relation to and over the workpiece, there being means to position said member on said slides,
- the hand rest-guide being comprised of a track carried by the rigid member of the traveling mahl and extending transversely thereon between opposite side edges of the base, a hand support carried by transport means therefor engaged on the track to freely traverse between said opposite side edges of the base, and brake means comprising a brake block to position the hand support along the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.