Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Convertible – Reorientatable support
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-17
2001-10-16
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3636)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Convertible
Reorientatable support
C108S009000, C297S156000, C312S231000, C312S235400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302032
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Current drawing horses are quite crude and usually serve only a single purpose. Typically, the artist straddles the horse between his or her legs and paints or draws on an incline board resting on uprights at one end of the horse.
There is a need, in schools and other institutions and by other artistic individuals, to have a multi-purpose work station which can be quickly converted from an art horse with a drawing board, to a work station with table top, to a drafting table or to a stand-up work station with a support for a planar drawing board and easel for painting surfaces.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-purpose work station which provides a drawing horse, a drafting table, a horizontal surface table and a stand up work station.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a system which can be easily converted into a drawing table, drafting table, art stand, stand up work station or an art horse.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a stand up work station with open work frame members wherein a tray can be placed on one of the open frame work members thereby supporting and capturing paint, brushes and other articles used in drawing, painting, sculpture and crafts.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The drawing horse and multi-task work station is adapted to support a planar board for use by a user. The station includes a generally rectangular, three dimensional central frame structure having a width small enough to be straddled by the user. Planar, rectangular end frame structures are mounted on either end of the central frame structure. The end frame structures include upwardly extending frame portions with a pair of extending end posts thereat. In one embodiment, the work station is provided with a removable drafting board system having pivotal end support elements, supporting the drafting board thereon, mounted to left and right side cross support beams. The cross support beams are removably mounted on the end posts of the end frame structures with end post caps. The caps are at either end of the cross support beams. In another embodiment, the station includes a tray. The bottom side of the tray has a complementary shape to mate with the open frame work of one of the end frame structures such that, when the central frame structure is turned on its end and the end frame structures are vertically aligned (one on the ground plane and the other elevated by the central frame structure), the tray sits atop the open frame work of the raised end frame structure. Other accessories include a horizontal design table top with a vertical support structure, a planar drawing board support removably mounted atop the tray, an easel (FIG.
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A and B), which is an adjustable vertical support structure for painting surfaces removably mounted atop the tray and locked securely to the station, a horizontal work surface for sculpture, and crafts that mates with an partially covers the tray, depending legs for each of the end frame structures, and wheels mounted on the terminal ends of the depending legs.
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Anderson Jerry D.
Cuomo Peter M.
Kain Fleit
Kain, Jr. Robert C.
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