US2515359A

US2515359A - Easel

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Publication number: US2515359A
Application number: US44711A
Authority: US
Inventors: William F Steiner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-08-17
Filing date: 1948-08-17
Publication date: 1950-07-18
Anticipated expiration: 1967-07-18

Description

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EASEL Filed Aug. 17, 1948 4b INVENTOR.

WILLIAM F. STEINER I '-:o BY i t i I I A TORNE Patented July 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EASEL v William Steiner, Silver;Spring, Md. Application August 17, 1948,Serial No. 44,711

The present invention relates to an improved easel particularly adapted for use for facilitating the deco-ration of Easter eggs, small articles of pottery, and the like.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an easel which is characterized by its extreme simplicity of construction and ease of manufacture and which, therefore, may be marketed at very low cost.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision, in an easel, of simple means for rotatably supporting an Easter egg, or small article of pottery, so that it may be decorated with the utmost ease and effectiveness.

A further object is to provide a device of this character embodying a simple and efficient brush rest by the use of which accurate work can be done with minimum fatigue to the operator.

Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of my invention will be appreciated readily as the same becomes understood by reference to the following detailed description, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the invention as it would appear with an egg in the cup for decoration, and a brush partially supported by the brush rest.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device, on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in more detail, the numeral It] indicates the base of my device. Although shown as a rectangular wooden block, it should be understood that the base may be of any other suitable material and of any desired shape.

The work holder of my easel is shown generally at l2 and includes a bracket l4 and a work receiving cup It. The bracket I4 is formed from a sheet metal strip, bent to define a vertical web or center section 18, a laterally directed upper section 20 and a lower section 22. The lower section 22 of the strip is formed with spaced, parallel slits which define a center portion 24 and

outer portions

26 and 28 at each side of said center portion. The center portion 24 is bent laterally to a position normal to the center section I8, said outer portions '26 and 28 also being bent to positions normal to said center section It but in the opposite direction, so that said

portions

24, 26, and 28 define feet for the bracket. Screws 30, extending through the

said portions

24, 26, nd 28, secure the bracket to the base It.

The work receiving cup I6 is of metal or other 2 Claims. (Cl. 91-60) suitable material and is provided with a liner 32,

preferably of cardboard or other relatively soft material, for protecting the surface of the workto be decorated from the rim of said cup. A shaft or pivot pin 34 is secured to the bottom wall of the cup axially thereof and is formed with a knurled portion 36, extending throughout its midportion, for engagement by the thumb and forefinger of the operator. As best seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the upper section 28 and the portion 24 of the bracket M are apertured near their corresponding outer ends to provide journals for the upper and lower end portions of the pivot pin 34, a recess 38 being formed in the base l0 beneath the aperture in the portion 24 to receive the lower end of said pin. A ball bearing '40 is carried in the recess 38 to pivot the lower end face of the pin to assure free rotation thereof when manipulated by the operator.

It will now be understood that I have provided a simple and efiicient rotatable support for an Easter egg or a small article of pottery to be decorated. In order properly to rest the brush or other implement used for decorating the work in the cup during such decoration, I employ a brush rest 42 which, as best seen in Fig. 1, is formed of sheet metal and is of right-angular cross section. More specifically, the brush rest 42 is formed by binding a flat strip of sheet metal to right-angular shape, slitting the strip along the vertex of the formed angle and bending the bifurcated portions to define feet 44 for the rest. The brush rest 42 is, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2, screwed on the base II] in parallel spaced relation to the work holder l2, and is formed, on its edge nearest said work holder, with a row of connected tooth-like notches 46 to receive the shank of the decorating brush to provide a steadying rest therefor. As will be seen clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the brush rest 42 is of sufiicient height to extend well above the horizontal plane of the top of the cup, so that a brush, used for decorating an egg (as shown at A in Fig. 1) or other article in the cup, may be held steady while the cup is rotated.

It is thought that the construction and manner of use of my improved easel will be fully understood from a reading of the foregoing description and a study of the drawings.

Obviously modifications of the present invention are possible in the light of the foregoing description. It is therefore to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.

I claim 1. An easel including, in combination, a base, a work support on the base and comprising a cup, and a bracket rotatably supporting the cup, said bracket consisting of a strip of sheet metal having a vertically extending portion and spaced pin guiding portions extending horizontally therefrom, one disposed a substantial distance above the other, ;saijd.;po rtions having :alined apertures,

said cup having a pivot pin extending between guiding portions, and through the apertures, for

manual engagement, whereby the cup may be rotated.

2. An easel including, in combination, a base,

a work support on the base and comprising a cup having a pivot pin, a braeketrotatablysupporting the cup, said bracket consisting of a strip of sheet metal having a vertically extending portion and spaced pin guiding portions extending horizontally ",thereirom, one disposed a substantial distance above the other, said portions haring alined apertures, said :base having a recess below th apert e in the lowermost; pin guid n portion, a bearing in the recess, the lower end of the pivot pin engaging the bearing in the recess, and means securing the bracket to the base, said pivot pin having a knurled portion between the journaling portions of the bracket to facilitate manual rotation of the cup.

WILLIAM F. STEINER}.

E E WE The following references are or record in the ,file of this patent:

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