Supports – Easel; book – copy or music score holder – Knockdown or collapsible
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-20
2001-05-22
Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3634)
Supports
Easel; book, copy or music score holder
Knockdown or collapsible
C248S125800, C248S148000, C248S151000, C211S195000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06234442
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a collapsible easel with a panel being standable even on an uneven ground, particularly to one with an easel collapsible and contained in a panel and the panel consisting of two cover plates connected pivotally to be folded on each other to become a flat case having of a small dimensions and of a light weight for transporting, storing and carrying, possible to stand on an uneven ground, and having a nail base fixed under each foot of a tripod of the easel for keeping the easel from being blown down by a big wind.
A known conventional easel
10
shown in
FIG. 1
supports a panel
11
, on which a painting paper
12
is adhered. The conventional easel
10
is usually separated from the panel
11
made of a large plate, and the easel
10
is a tripod having three feet
100
,
101
,
102
pivotally connected with each other. Further, a lateral support plate
13
is fixed with the three feet
100
,
101
and
102
for the panel
11
to rest on, having a not-short length and not a light weight.
However, the conventional easel
10
and the panel
11
are comparatively large and heavy, not occupying small dimensions in a car or a pick-up truck when they are transported. Whenever a person goes out for sketching, painting tools and pigments in addition to an easel, a panel and painting papers have to be carried out at the same time, not a taking a little time and work.
Besides, in outdoor sketching, if the easel
10
is not stably standing on the ground, it will be blown to fall down on the ground by a gust of wind. And the ground outdoors is often not smooth for the tripod feet
100
,
101
, and
102
of the easel
10
to stand stably, so bricks have to be laid under the feet for keeping the easel stable on the ground.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention has been devised to offer a collapsible easel with a panel standable on an uneven ground, collapsible to a small size and having a light weight to be easily carried out for painting, and possible to stand stably even on an uneven ground.
The main feature of the invention is a panel consisting of two cover plates pivotally connected to each other to be folded to become a flat case and a handle fixed on an upper side of a first cover base, three position pivot bases fixed on an inner wall of the upper side and having a bolt passing through each pivot base and screwed with a butterfly nut at an end. Further, an easel consists of three tripod feet pivotally connected to the three pivot bases of the panel, and a movable rod is movably contained in each tripod foot to adjust the length of the tripod feet respectively to stand on even a rough ground. Besides, a nail base is fixed on a lower end of each movable rod to be nailed in the ground to keep the easel from being blown down by a strong wind.
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Novosad Jennifer E.
Stodola Daniel P.
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