EP0876782A1 - Staffelei für Künstler - Google Patents

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EP0876782A1
EP0876782A1 EP98303582A EP98303582A EP0876782A1 EP 0876782 A1 EP0876782 A1 EP 0876782A1 EP 98303582 A EP98303582 A EP 98303582A EP 98303582 A EP98303582 A EP 98303582A EP 0876782 A1 EP0876782 A1 EP 0876782A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B97/00—Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A47B97/04—Easels or stands for blackboards or the like
    • A47B97/08—Easels or stands for blackboards or the like foldable

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  • This invention relates to graphic artist's kits. It seeks to provide a lightweight apparatus which provides all the common tools and materials required by an artist when painting or drawing away from the home base, essentially providing a portable artist's studio facility.
  • the present invention therefore provides an easel as set out in Claim 1 or Claim 7.
  • the 'apparatus' is loosely defined here as comprising a storage box mounted on a trestle assembly of two pairs of legs and connected together in scissor-like configuration. Therefore in describing this invention, the following definitions are applied in consideration of the apparatus assembled and configured into its 'normal' working mode, that is fully assembled with legs in scissor mode and placed on the ground and with the largest plane of the storage box near to horizontal. The following definitions are applied to both the box and the elevation of the apparatus as a whole and are expressed in relation to the user when facing the box and ready to paint or draw:
  • an apparatus which may exist in a plurality of configurations, each suited to a particular purpose in connection with the use or carriage of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus comprises an adjustable trestle assembly and a body in the form of a shallow storage box for holding loose tools and materials in convenient arrangement, with a pivotably openable lid, adjustable both for slope and position and intended for use as an artist's easel or craft person's work surface or lectern.
  • the box is releasably and pivotably connected at its sides to the top of the trestle assembly, itself comprising two pairs of legs each fitted with slidably adjustable feet to rest the apparatus on potentially uneven ground, pivotably joined near their mid points in a scissor-like manner.
  • the inner legs are rigidly and releasably linked together at their top ends and towards the rear face of the apparatus by a cross-connecting planar bracket at the rear of the apparatus, being held in fixed relation to each other by locating pins in the legs mating with close fitting holes in the bracket.
  • the outer legs are not linked to each other and are each free to rotate about their near-mid-point pivots and can be releasably fixed in one of two positions according to the configuration currently adopted, except that the inner and outer legs of each pair may be assisted in being brought to, and held in, either of the said two positions by a pair of rigid, frictionally and rotatably mid-jointed arms, of thin-section, rotatably attached at their ends to their respective adjacent legs and linked at the centres.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the example, may be made according to a stable, rigid and rugged design, using a plurality of materials but is preferably made of wood for its cheapness, lightness, strength, ease of working and when finely finished with a protective coating, for example, of clear varnish, for its aesthetic appeal to art lovers, and may be connected by means of suitable, releasable and clampable fixings, for example, international standard sized steel bolts, washers, square nuts, lock nuts and wing nuts, as appropriate, all of which are preferably zinc-galvanised for protection against corrosion in outdoor conditions.
  • the storage box ( Figure 1) 27 in accordance with the invention, preferably comprising a shallow container formed of six orthogonally disposed surfaces, contains a base panel 32 to afford strength and rigidity to the lateral and front-to-rear dimensions of the box and together with the front 24, rear 34 and left 29 and right 23 side walls, provides for the apparatus a body of rigid and strong construction, of minimum weight, to the left and right side walls of which, are pivotably, clampably and releasably connected, the legs 12, 15, 25, 26 of the trestle assembly and of which box the dimensions are not limited to but are preferably adequate to meet the following requirements:
  • the storage box in accordance with another aspect of the invention, has cut into the inside surfaces of its front and rear walls a plurality of narrow vertical grooves (Figures 1, 5) 33 placed preferably regularly and preferably symmetrically about the front-to-rear axis in which to accommodate vertically, a plurality of partition panels 31 whose characteristics, functionality and purpose are described as follows:
  • the storage box in accordance with another aspect of the invention, has as its top surface, fitted within a rebate (Figure 1) 28 in the top edges of the box's vertical walls, an openable panel 6, of a nature and thickness sufficient to provide adequate stiffness to prevent undue flexure while having a minimum weight and serving several roles, namely to provide:
  • the mounting flanges ( Figures 7b, 8) 37 are fixed to the underside of the lid/easel, placed symmetrically about the front-to-rear axis at the maximum distance therefrom to accommodate the widest possible media drawer assembly (Figure 7a) 53 within the width available in the storage box while allowing sufficient room for the other items comprising the mountings of the lid/easel and in a proximity to the front edge of the lid/easel to provide a close fit against the inside surface of the front wall of the storage box when the lid is fully closed ( Figure 6), and which flanges each have certain characteristics to serve several roles, as follows:
  • the media storage drawer ( Figure 7a), in accordance with the invention, provides storage for paper, painting panels or other flat media and may be made from any suitable material by any suitable method but is preferably made of wood and comprises:
  • pivot arms ( Figures 5, 6b, 8) 40 in accordance with the invention, comprise two bars of rectangular cross-section, each of which:
  • the portrait-mode panel ( Figure 1) is a loosely stowed device which may be connected to the top edge of the lid/easel for use as a vertical and flush-mounted extension to the lid/easel panel for the purpose of accommodating paper or other media when disposed on its surface in the vertical or 'portrait' orientation and comprises and is connected as follows:
  • the storage box in accordance with another aspect of the invention, may have fixed to its underside, near the front, a narrow-strip panel (Figures 1, 2) 76, to assist in the provision of a wet-media storage facility, comprising the features and having the functionality and purpose described below:
  • the storage box may be equipped with a pair of lid/easel support rack panels (Figure 9b) 79 to provide rigid steps on which may be placed the front ends of the lid/easel's mounting flanges to provide a solid base on which the front of the panel may rest in a plurality of positions providing a plurality of primarily steep angles of tilt, at which the lid/easel may be used to mount heavy objects without any possibility of its slipping or moving, each racked panel comprising the features and having the functionality and purpose described below:
  • the trestle assembly ( Figures 3a,b) 68 provides a firm and stable base on which to mount the storage box 27 and thereby provides the lid/easel panel with sufficient rigidity to withstand the normal pressures of painting and drawing and the stability to withstand normal wind pressure and moderate accidental knocks and to achieve these ends, comprises two pairs of straight legs pivotably joined at their scissor-points 14 in a scissor-like configuration to provide a front-to-rear ground level dimension exceeding the front-to-rear dimension of the box by an amount sufficient to provide adequate stability in that direction and to prevent unreasonable front-to-rear toppling of the apparatus and joined at the rear by a cross-connecting panel 10 of a width to suit the lateral dimension of the box and joined in a manner to provide lateral orthogonality, rigidity and stability, the whole trestle assembly comprising:
  • the inner and outer pairs of legs differ from each other in a number of respects but otherwise share common cross-sectional dimensions, the similarities and differences being as follows:
  • Each of the outer pair of legs ( Figures 1, 2) 15, 25, in accordance with the invention, in addition to the aforementioned scissor point hole and foot connecting holes, and having a similar leg-top clamping device similarly arranged to that of the inner legs, contains near its top end, centred asymmetrically about the vertical centre-line of the inside face and towards the front face of the leg, a slot 21 incorporating the leg-top hole 20 and cut right through the thinner cross-sectional dimension to accommodate the shaft of the leg-top clamping device by lowering it from above, when the apparatus is first placed into scissor mode and, the slot extending sufficiently from the top end on the inside face to accommodate the wings of the inside leg clamping wing nut, when the apparatus is in flat mode and being so placed manually in that position by slightly flexing the leg-top outward to clear the wings of the wing nuts securing the inside legs.
  • the apparatus in general, in accordance with the invention, has a plurality of modes of use and is adaptable in its physical configurations for the purpose of maximising its suitability for a plurality of uses and external conditions by slackening and or releasing its various clamps and manipulating its various component parts in a plurality of ways and re-tightening the clamps to suit the intended mode of use among which are described but not limited to, the following:
  • the present invention is intended to embrace many alternative uses beyond its preferred purpose as an artist's facility, for example, as a personal work table or reading lectern for elderly or disabled people or sick people engaged in therapeutic activity or for children or any other persons who desire or need to perform a set of tasks or crafts which require a matching set of facilities, specifically geared to themselves and or their tasks and in which circumstances it may be advantageous for individuals' sets of equipment and tools to be kept in personalised storage boxes, separate from those of others and ready for attachment to a smaller quantity of trestle assemblies and thus be available for immediate use and without the complexities of reloading the same box with different individuals' accoutrements.

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US9279325B2 (en) 2012-11-08 2016-03-08 General Electric Company Turbomachine wheel assembly having slotted flanges
CN113966928A (zh) * 2021-09-30 2022-01-25 青岛贝来文化科技有限公司 一种折叠支架板

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US2586524A (en) * 1948-01-26 1952-02-19 Claude J Dussardier Painter's kit
US3669227A (en) * 1970-08-06 1972-06-13 Glen M Alford Artist{40 s carrying case and easel
FR2352519A1 (fr) * 1976-05-25 1977-12-23 Paillard Anc Ets Jm Boite-chevalet pour la peinture a l'huile ou d'aquarelles
US4093326A (en) * 1976-05-11 1978-06-06 Thomas Edward Ford Artist's kit
US4372630A (en) * 1980-11-14 1983-02-08 Fuhri William F Portable easel device

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US2586524A (en) * 1948-01-26 1952-02-19 Claude J Dussardier Painter's kit
US3669227A (en) * 1970-08-06 1972-06-13 Glen M Alford Artist{40 s carrying case and easel
US4093326A (en) * 1976-05-11 1978-06-06 Thomas Edward Ford Artist's kit
FR2352519A1 (fr) * 1976-05-25 1977-12-23 Paillard Anc Ets Jm Boite-chevalet pour la peinture a l'huile ou d'aquarelles
US4372630A (en) * 1980-11-14 1983-02-08 Fuhri William F Portable easel device

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US9279325B2 (en) 2012-11-08 2016-03-08 General Electric Company Turbomachine wheel assembly having slotted flanges
CN113966928A (zh) * 2021-09-30 2022-01-25 青岛贝来文化科技有限公司 一种折叠支架板

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