Portable artist's horse
OwnerFrederick Priorinventor
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Abstract
A portable artist's horse includes a pair of generally parallelepiped bench sections containing individual storage compartments which are hinged to provide a bench and pallet (or drawing board) support in an erected configuration and to allow folding to a compact travel configuration which can be easily transported by pulling or pushing. A pair of spaced-apart rollers provide mobility, and a pair of lifting handles, which are interconnected by latches, allow manipulation of the horse in transport condition. The rollers are received in pockets in the other bench section with the horse in its erected condition, and the lifting handles are integral portions of legs which stably support the bench in its erected configuration.
Claims19
A portable artist's horse which comprises
- a foldable bench which provides a seat for an artist and which includes first and second bench sections, both of which include storage compartments for holding artist materials,
- said bench sections each having first and second end regions, first and second main body regions and a pair of sidewalls,
- a hinge arrangement interconnecting said bench sections so that, in a folded travel configuration, said first main body regions lie in juxtaposition and, in an extended working configuration, said first end regions lie in juxtaposition, said hinge arrangement being affixed to said end regions and creating a common axis at said first end regions about which pivoting occurs during transition between said two configurations.
- a latch arrangement securing said bench sections in travel configuration,
- said first end region of said first bench section having at least two rollers at spaced apart locations, and said first end region of said second bench section having a pocket to accept and totally contain each said roller when said bench sections are in the working configuration, and
- a foot attached to and extending from said first end region of said second bench section to support the portable horse in upright orientation in said travel configuration, said first end region of said first bench section having a cavity to receive said foot in the working configuration.
A portable artist's horse which comprises
- a foldable bench which provides a seat for an artist and which includes first and second bench sections,
- said bench sections each having first and second end regions, first and second main body regions and a pair of sidewalls, each of said bench sections having a hinged door which forms a major portion of said second main body region thereof and, when opened, provides access to a storage compartment located between said sidewalls of each bench section,
- a hinge arrangement interconnecting said bench sections so that, in a folded travel configuration, said first main body regions lie in juxtaposition and, in an extended working configuration, said first end regions lie in juxtaposition,
- said first end region of said first bench section having a roller arrangement to permit said horse to be easily pushed or pulled in its travel configuration, and said first end region of said second bench section having pocket means to accept said roller arrangement rams and allow said first end regions of said bench sections to lie in abutting contact in the working configuration, and
- a foot moms extending from said first end surface region of said second bench section to support the portable horse in upright orientation in said travel configuration.
The portable horse according to claim 11 wherein said bench sections include legs which are each respectively integral with one of said handles and which are respectively hingedly connected to one of said second end regions, said legs being received in recesses provided in said first main body regions when said bench sections are in the folded travel configuration.
A portable artist's horse which comprises
- a foldable bench which includes first and second bench sections, at least one of which includes a storage compartment,
- said bench sections each having first and second end regions, first and second main body regions and a pair of sidewalls,
- a hinge arrangement interconnecting said sections so that, in a folded travel configuration, said first main body regions lie in juxtaposition and, in an extended working configuration, said first end regions lie in juxtaposition,
- a latch arrangement securing said bench sections in travel configuration,
- said first end region of said first bench section having at least two rollers at spaced apart locations, and said first end region of said second bench section having a pocket to accept each said roller when said bench sections arc in the working configuration,
- said bench sections including legs which are each respectively integral with one of said handles and which are respectively hingedly connected to said second end region, said legs being received in recesses provided in said first main body regions when said bench sections are in the folded travel configuration, and
- a foot attached to and extending from said first end region of said second bench section to support the portable horse in upright orientation in said travel configuration, said fist end region of said first bench section having a cavity to receive said foot in the working configuration.
The portable horse according to claim wherein said handle portions are received in hollows provided in each of said second end regions when said legs have been pivoted to their extended positions and abut surfaces of said second end regions to provide stability, and wherein pivoting foldable struts interconnect generally center portions of said legs and sidewalls of said respective bench sections to provide further stability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.