US1712756A - Easel bracket - Google Patents

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May 14, 1929. J, w, DIXON 1,712,756

EASEL BRACKET Filed Feb. 13, 1928 Patented May 14, 1929.

JOHN W. DIXON, OF MAYWOD,` ILLINOIS.

EASEL BRACKET.

Application filed February 13, 1928. Serial No. 253,861.

This invention relates to easel brackets, and has been designed primarily for use in connection with printed or lithographed `advertising displays, such as posters, pictures, calendars, and the like, Which are printed upon limp paper, cloth, or the like, and hence lack the requisite body or stiitness to render them self-supporting. i

Une ot the objects of the present invention is to provide improved means for connecting i the easel bracket `to the printed sheet. Another object is to simplify, cheapen and otherwise improve upon the construction ot easel brackets. Another object is to provide an easel bracket which may be easily assembled for use and disassembled tor storageor ship ment.v i

Another object is to provide improved means for adj ustably connecting theleg member oitv the easel with the other supporting members thereof, whereby' the leg member may be readily extended into a position tor supporting the easel, and whereby the leg member may bereadily moved back against the other., members, so that the entire easel may occupy but little space for storage or shipment. Another object is to provide an extensible supporting element between opposite edges of the sheet and having resilientV means for holding the members of the supporting element in extended position, Whereby the sheet may be stretched taut. r

ther objects and advantages Will appear in the course of this specification, and with said. objects and advantages in view, this invention consists in the several novel features oi' construction, arrangement and combinan tions oi parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

rllhe invention is clearly illustrated in the drawing accompanying this specification .in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective vievv of an easel bracket embodying a simple form of the present invention and showing the same in position supporting a display sheet;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation oi the easel, on an enlarged scale, With certain members, partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is detail vertical cross section taken onthe line 3 3 ot Fig. 2;

Fig. l is a detail vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; i

Fig. 5 is a detail cross section taken on the Fig. 6 is a detail vertical cross section taken through the foot otl the leg member of the easel.

Referring to said drawing, which illustrates a simple eml'lodiment of the `present invention, the reference character 10 designates a rectangular sheet of paper, cloth, or the like, one ot both sides of which is arranged to receive printed matter, such as posters, pictures, calendars, or other displaf.7 advertisements. Secured to the upper and lower edges ol the sheet l0 are metallic binding strips 11, each of which is folded around and upon an edge portion oif 'the sheet, as is clearly seen in Fig. l, and is lattened down upon itseli to etl'ectively grip the edge portion and provide a stiiiening member theretor.

Secured to the binding strips 11 are opposite-.ly extending tongues 12 which may be :formed of light gauge sheet metal. Said tongues may be fastened in place between the rolled or folded together parts oit' the binding strips. The tongues are iol-med With outwardly struck up loops 13 which are adapted to receive tongues 14 formed on the ends of the sheet supporting member which isillustrated at 15. The tongues lll are made slightly narrower than the supporting inember, whereby shoulders are formed at the ends of said supporting member that engage with the edges oi' the loops, as is clearly ,seen in Fig. 2.

The supporting member 15 is made telelscopie whereby it may be extended and contracted :tor the purpose ot effecting its engagement with the tongues 12. As shown, the supporting member comprises two chan` nel shaped bars 1G and 17 termed ot light p gauge sheet metal, the flanges 18 of which converge slightly towards each other, as seen in Fig. 5, to atord the telescopic connections between them.

Resilient means are provided between the two bars for moving them in opposite direc tions, lengthwise of each other, and, as shown, 'aid means comprise a coiled tension spring 18, one end ot which is secured to a bent up hook member 19, or other anchoring element, on the bar 17, and the other end o'f the spring is secured to a bent up hooker anchoring member 2O on the bar 16. The bar 16 is formed with aslot 21 Which extends lengthwise of the bar, and the hook member 19 projects through said slot so as to lie on the same side of the supporting member as thehook member 2O.'V Both of said hook members and the spring are preferably contained in the chanl nel of the supporting member.

The hook members'are formed in the parts of the channel bars that overlap each other, and each hook member is formed adjacent the end of the bar farthest removed from its Vpoint of connection with the binding strip,

whereby the tension ofthe spring is exerted to .extendthe bars and thereby hold the ends of ythe bars in locking engagement with the A tongues 12 and to stretch the sheet taut. The

supporting member is secured to the tongues 12 by telescoping the two members 16 and 17 far enough to permit the ends thereof to be inserted underneath the loops 13.

The leg member 22, also formed of light Y gauge sheet metal of channel formation, is

employed as a brace for the easel, and said leg member is secured to thev upper bar 16 of the supporting member 15 by-a rivet 23, which is preferably in the form of a hollow rivet.

The, neck or shank of the rivet extends through-a hole in one of the channel bars and through a slot 211 formed in the leg member 22.

The upper end portion 25 of the leg member is bent atan angle to the main portion, whereby when the leg is placed in its angularly disposed supporting position, said upper end 25 may lie parallel and contiguous with the bar 16. The legmember 22 nests into the channel of the channel bar 16 and it upper end may be formed witha tongue 26 narrower than the main portion of the leg member, which tongue is arrangedto be inserted behind a rloop 27 struck up from the bar 16. The. slot 24 permits the legmember to bemoved downwards to disconnect itfrom the loop 27 and also alrlows the leg member to be moved upward until the main portion thereof may be laid approximately parallel with the supporting member. This is done when the parts are packed for shipment. The lower end of the eg memeber may be bent transverse to Yform a foot 28, around which may be placed a rubber ferrule 29 which prevents the foot from scratching the surface upon which the easel is placed.

- Inasmuch as the metal parts of the easel are the two parts of thesupporting member provides a simple and convenient means for holding the supporting member in locking en- Vgagement With thefbinding strips and also acts lto hol-d the sheet in a taut condition. With the use of the rivet connection between the supporting member and leg member, the

leg member is positively connected to the supporting member, but may be readily adjusted to its supporting position or to its folded or collapsed condition. When the supporting member and leg members are folded together, the sheets lnay be rolled around the same and placed in a mailin tube for shipment. The parts are extreme y light and yet strong and rigid, and provide a very substantial easel bracket for supportingposters, calendars and other advertising displays.

More or less variation of the exact details of construction is possible without departing from the spirit of this invention. I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the construction shown and described, but intend, in the following claims, to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

I claim:

1. In an easel bracket, telescoping supporting members, a leg member adapted for adjustment in obliquely extended relation to the supporting members and having a slotted upper endportion, including a part intermediate the ends of the slot extending at an angle to the main portion of the leg and adapted to lie contiguous with one of the supporting members, said angularly disposed end portion being relatively short as compared with the length of the leg and a rivet secured in one of said supporting members and extending through said slot.

2. In an easel bracket, two telescoping supporting members, both of channel formation and both having interlocking converging side flanges, a leg member of channel formation adapted for adjustment in obliquely extended relation to the supporting members, said leg member having a slotted upper end, having a part intermediate the ends of the slot, disposed atan angle to the main portion of the leg member and adapted to nest into said supporting members, and a rivet secured in one of said supporting members and extending through said slot.

3. In an easel bracket, telescoping channel shaped supportingr members formed with interlocking converging side flanges, one of ywhich support-ing members is formed with a.

struck up loop, a leg member nested into one of said channel shaped supporting members adapted for adjustment in obliquely extended relation to said supporting members and having a slot-ted upper end portion formed with a tongue adapted to enter said loop, said upper end portion being angularly dlsposed with respect to the remainder of the leg member, and a headed connecting member secured to one of said supporting members and extending through the slot in said leg member.

4. The combination of a sheet of material having binding strips secured on two of its opposite edges, tongues` one secured to each binding strip and extending toward the other tongue, each tongue being formed with a struck up loop, a longitudinal extensible supporting member formed with side flanges and having a tongue on each end beyond said side fianges adapted for insertion into said loops with the ends of the side `flanges abutting against the loops, and a leg member adjustably secured to said supporting member.

5. rlhe combination of a sheet ot material having binding strips on two ot its opposite edges, tongues, `one secured to each binding strip and extending toward the other tongue, each tongue being formed with a struck up loop, a two part extensible supporting member having tongues on its ends adapted to be inserted into said loops, resilient means for extending the two parts of said extensible supporting member, and a leg secured to said supporting member.

t. The combination of a sheet of material having binding strips on two ot' its opposite edges, tongues, one secured to each binding strip an d extending towards the other tongue, each tongue being terme-d with a struck up loop, two telescoping channel shaped bars forming an extensible supporting member, each bar having a tongue formed on its outer end adapted to be inserted into the loop of one ot the tongues on the binding strip, resilient means connectedto said channel bars and arranged to extend them in opposite di` rections, and a channel shaped leg member adjustably secured to one of said channel bars.

7. The combination of a sheet of material having binding strips secured upon two ot other end secured to the other bar, whereby the supporting bars are extended in opposite directions.

8. The combination of a sheet of material having binding strips upon two of its opposite edges, slotted tongues extending from said binding strips, two channelshaped bar members, the one telescoping into the other and arranged tor connection with said tongues, said channel bars being formed with anchoring members arranged at one side of the bar members, one of said bar members being formed with a slot through which the anchoring member of the other bar member extends, and a coiled tension spring, the ends of which are secured upon said anchoring members.

9.l In an easel bracket, two telescoping channel shaped supporting bars formed with interlocking converging side tlanges and a channel shaped lef" member having an angu.` larly bent slotted end portion adapted to nest into the channel of one of said channel bars, and a headed connecting member on one ot said channel bars and entering the slot of the leg member.

l0. ln an easel bracket, two `telescoping supporting bars of channel formation having interlocking converging side flanges, means 'for holding said bars in extending position, a leg member ot channel torina-tion having an angularly bent end portion nested in the channel o1u one of said channel bars, there being a slot in said bent up end portion of the leg member, and a headed itastening member secured in one ot the channel bars and en tending through the slot of the leg member.

JOHN W. DIXON.

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