Workstation attachment for french easel
OwnerDaniel Gelfandinventor
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Abstract
A workstation for a portable easel, especially a French easel, has hinged tray halves which, when open, have slides which engage the sides of the easel drawer from the exterior and thus hold the tray open so that the tray does not obstruct access to the interior of the drawer while providing a place to rest a palette. On the other side, the tray may form a brush rack and towel holder.
Claims12
A box-type portable French easel comprising:
- a box-shaped casing;
- a plurality of folding legs mounted on and extendable from said casing for supporting said casing upon a surface;
- an artwork support structure mounted on and erectable from said casing for supporting an artist's work surface;
- a drawer receivable in said casing and extendable therefrom in a direction transverse to said work surface and toward a user of the easel, said drawer having a pair of longitudinal sides extending in said direction;
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- a workstation attachment for said easel comprising:
- an elongated tray dimensioned to extend below said drawer and beyond said sides, and a pair of slides on said tray engaging said sides of said drawer and supporting said tray on said drawer, each of said slides having a plate secured to said tray and flanking a the respective side of said drawer, and a ledge projecting inwardly from the respective plate and engaging over an edge of the respective drawer side.
A box-type portable French easel comprising:
- a box-shaped casing;
- a plurality of folding legs mounted on and extendable from said casing for supporting said casing upon a surface;
- an artwork support structure mounted on and erectable from said casing for supporting an artist's work surface;
- a drawer receivable in said casing and extendable therefrom in a direction transverse to said work surface and toward a user of the easel, said drawer having a pair of longitudinal sides extending in said direction;
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- a workstation attachment for said easel comprising:
- an elongated tray dimensioned to extend below said drawer and beyond said sides, and a pair of slides on said tray engaging said sides of said drawer and supporting said tray on said drawer, comprising said tray having a combination brush rack, paper towel holder and surface for artist's materials on one end of said tray to one side of said drawer, another end of said tray to an opposite side of said drawer forming a palette-receiving surface, said tray having two parts forming opposite ends.
A workstation attachment for a box-type portable French easel having a drawer adapted to be pulled out from a frame, said drawer having opposite sides, said workstation attachment comprising:
- an elongated tray dimensioned to extend below said drawer and beyond said sides, and a pair of slides on said tray engaging said sides of said drawer and supporting said tray on said drawer, and a brush rack mounted on one end of said tray to one side of said drawer, another end of said tray to an opposite side of said drawer forming a palette-receiving surface, said tray having two parts forming opposite ends thereof and articulated together by a hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.