Portable easel with adjustable board support
AssigneeGeneral Binding Corporation, Quartet Mfg. Co. Divison
InventorMichael Rellinger
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Abstract
A portable easel with adjustable board support which has a plurality of legs pivotally joined together by a head, the legs of which may be selectively spread apart when set up as an easel and folded together when collapsed, each leg composed of multiple interlocked sections biased together when in extended position but which may be manipulated for separation and folding into a bundle one section against another section for storage and transport, and a board support mounted on at least one leg which may be selectively adjustably moved to a desired position on any of the sections and moved against the leg on which it is mounted for storage and transport and extended away from the leg for holding a display on the easel when set up.
Claims17
A portable easel having a board support for holding a display, said easel comprising
- a plurality of legs selectively spreadable apart when set up as an easel and foldable together when collapsed, and
- said board support mounted on at least one of said legs,
- said board support being selectively adjustably movable to a desired position on at least said one of said legs and extendable away from said leg for supporting a display on said easel,
- said board support comprising an apertured body through which said one leg extends,
- said body having a longitudinal channel, a base angularly disposed from said channel and upstanding members at each end of said channel,
- a first of said upstanding members having means to inhibit said display placed upon said support from moving off of said support, and
- a second of said upstanding members remote from said first of said upstanding member consisting of a clip for securing said support against said leg when folded toward said leg.
A portable easel having a board support for holding a display, said easel comprising
- at least three legs,
- a head arranged on and pivotally connecting one end of each of said legs,
- said legs being selectively spreadable apart when set up as an easel and foldable together when collapsed,
- each of said legs composed of multiple sections biased together when in extended position but which may be manipulated for separation and folding one section against another section for storage and transport, and
- said board support mounted on at least one of said legs,
- said board support being selectively adjustably moveable to a desired position on any of said sections on and along the entire length of said easel except at said head,
- said board support being selectively foldable against said leg on which said board support is mounted for storage and transport and folded away from said leg for holding a display on said easel when set up,
- said legs when spread apart as an easel adapted to leaningly hold said display against at least said one leg on which said board support is mounted.
A portable easel having a board support for holding a display, said easel comprising
- at least three legs,
- a head arranged on and pivotally connecting one end of each of said legs,
- said legs being selectively spreadable apart when set up as an easel and foldable together when collapsed,
- each of said legs composed of multiple sections biased together when in extended position but which may be manipulated for separation and folding one section against another section for storage and transport,
- leg sections on each of said legs being manipulative angularly relative to an adjacent section on said leg and foldable angularly thereto, whereby the height of said easel may be varied, and
- said board support mounted on at least one of said legs,
- said board support being selectively adjustably moveable to a desired position on any of said sections on and along the entire length of said easel except at said head,
- said legs when spread apart as an easel adapted to leaningly hold said display against at least said one leg on which said board support is mounted.
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