Patent ID: 6513443
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A portable collapsible pulpit comprising:a top wall panel A having a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge, a right edge, a top surface and a bottom surface; a top wall panel B having a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge, a right edge, a top surface and a bottom surface; first hinge means connecting said right edge of said top wall panel A to said left edge of said top wall panel B so that said top wall panel A can be pivoted toward said top wall panel B to a collapsed position; left side support means having a top edge, a front edge, a rear edge, a bottom edge and being transversely oriented to said bottom surface of said top wall panel A; second hinge means connecting said top edge of said left side support means to said bottom surface of said top wall panel A so that said left side support means can be pivoted away from said top wall panel A to a position extending substantially outwardly from said left edge of said top wall panel A; right side support means having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge, a rear edge, and being transversely oriented to said bottom surface of said top wall panel B; third hinge means connecting said top edge of said right side support means to said bottom surface of said top wall panel B so that said right side support means can be pivoted away from said top wall panel B to a position extending substantially outwardly from said right edge of said top wall panel B; an upstanding flange member adjacent said rear edge of each of said top wall panel A and said top wall panel B; and a handgrip slot in said top wall panel A adjacent its said right edge and a handgrip slot in said top wall panel B adjacent its said left edge both for the purpose of aiding in collapsing said pulpit and also for the purpose of carrying said pulpit in its collapsed state.