US 9,174,485 B2Granted

Artistic media stretching device

OwnerDaniel R Lareauinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a stretching device for artistic media, which includes a pair of horizontal and vertical frame members. The horizontal frame members and the vertical frame members can be removably connected by means of L-shaped joints to form a rectangular frame. Each of the horizontal frame members and the vertical frame members include an upper flat bar and a lower flat bar slideably attached thereto by means of slide screws. The upper flat bar and the lower flat bar can be brought closer together so as to hold an edge of a piece of paper therebetween by adjusting clamping screws affixed thereto. The upper flat bar and the lower flat bar can be moved away from the horizontal frame member or the vertical frame member by means of stretch knob screws. In one embodiment, the device may be utilized to stretch watercolor paper and prevent the paper from wrinkling.

Claims9

Dependent claims

An artistic media stretching device, comprising:

a rectangular frame comprising a pair of horizontal frame members and a pair of vertical frame members connected by a plurality of joints;
each of said pair of horizontal frame members and said pair of vertical frame members having a first set of apertures;
an upper flat bar and a lower flat bar slideably connected to an exterior surface of each of said pair of horizontal frame members and said pair of vertical frame members;
wherein said upper flat bar and said lower flat bar are arranged in a stacked orientation and are independently movable;
wherein terminal ends of each of said upper flat bar and said lower flat bar extend beyond terminal ends of said rectangular frame;
each of said upper flat bar and said lower flat bar having said first set of apertures, a second set of apertures, and a third set of apertures;
each of said first set of apertures, said second set of apertures, and said third set of apertures having a fastener therein.

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Facts

Application: 14/484,010Filed 11 Sep 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 12 Sep 2013
Published: US 2015/0068075 A112 Mar 2015
Granted: 3 Nov 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B44D 3/185
Boards or sheets with surfaces prepared for painting or drawing pictures; Stretching frames for canvases: stretching frames for canvases
D06C 3/08
Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics; Producing elasticity in textile fabrics: by frames or like apparatus
D06F 59/08
Supports adapted to retain the shape of particular articles being dried, e.g. incorporating heating means: for curtains, table cloths, or other…
B44D
Painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for