Supports – Easel; book – copy or music score holder
Patent
1991-12-13
1992-12-22
Chin-Shue, Alvin C.
Supports
Easel; book, copy or music score holder
248118, 248285, 248287, 248279, A47G 124
Patent
active
051728834
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus to assist a painter in painting a canvas resting on an easel having a ledge includes a first and second rails joined together by a pivotal connection. The pivotal connection is adjustably located along the length of the first and second rails tightenable to secure the rails in a set pivotal configuration along the adjustable lengths. The first rail includes a backing plate and a slotted forward plate bound to the backing plate and having a widened slot portion where the forward plate is bound to the backing plate. The second rail has a slot, and the connection is a nut and a bolt, with the bolt head located in the widened slot portion. The stem extends out through the slotted forward plate and through the slot in the second rail and has the nut secured thereto. The second rail is of adjustable length and has a lower end with a V- shaped notch defining two spaced apart ears and two sets of holes in the ears, so that each ear has two holes aligned with similar holes in the other ear. An additional segment extension for the second rail has a V-shaped protrusion with holes in the protrusion so that the second rail may be lengthened by positioning the additional segment at the lower end of the second rail and securing the segment to the lower end of the second rail by fasteners extending through the aligned holes in the ears and the protrusion. The first rail can rest securely on top of the canvas as it rests on the ledge of the easel. The second rail can be supported by being bound to the first rail by the connection and by contacting the ledge without touching the canvas, thereby permitting an artist to rest his or her painting hand on the second rail while painting.
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