Patent ID: 6179266
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A collapsible easel comprising a set of three elongated leg members each including an elongated upper inner leg section and an elongated lower outer leg section, each of said upper and lower leg sections having a channel-shape cross-sectional configuration, said lower outer leg section of each said leg member having longitudinally extending opposing flanges retaining the corresponding said upper inner leg section for relative sliding telescopic movement between an extended position and a retracted position within said lower outer leg section, a head connector member pivotally connected to an upper end portion of each of said inner leg sections and providing for pivotal movement of said leg members between generally parallel collapsed positions and outwardly diverging erected positions, a set of three elongated leg support members each having an outer end portion pivotally connected to a lower end portion of a corresponding said upper inner leg section and movable to a collapsed position confined within the corresponding said upper inner leg section, and a lower connector member pivotally connected to an inner end portion of each of said leg support members and providing for simultaneously moving said leg members between said collapsed and erected positions.