US576803A - Artist s sketching outfit - Google Patents

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SAUL BERNSTEIN OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ARTISTS SKETCHING OUTFIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,803, dated February 9, 1897.

Application filed August 4, 1-896. Serial No. 601,666. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAUL BERNSTEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnewand useful Improvements in Artists Sketching Outfits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved ar tists outfit for outdoor sketching.

The object of the invention is to provide a serviceable and convenient apparatus which shall include an easel, a stand, a box to contain paper, colors, &c., an umbrella-holder, and a stool all constructed to coact together in use and so combined as to admit of being folded and packed together in small compass and carried by a suitable handle.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of the outfit set up ready for sketching. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same outfit folded ready to be carried. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the folded apparatus. Fig. 4. shows four detail figures of the stand and prop or support. Fig. 5 shows two longitudinal views of the easel-standard, the brace-bar at the bottom, and leg of the stool, also a cross-section View of same. Fig. 6 is a cross-section view, on a large scale, of the standard and shows the top clamp for holding down the sketch-board. Fig. 7 is a detail view, partly in section, also on a large scale, of the standard shelf or ledge for supporting the sketch-board. Fig. Sis a top view of said shelf or ledge. Fig. 9 shows two Views of one leg of the stool and the hinged foot on the leg.

Referring to the drawings, the letters A A designate the folding or pivoted legs of the stool, of which a is the canvas seat. The two inner legs A have at one side a board I), which serves as the bottom of a box, and the same legs at their lower end have a cross-bar 0, to which alid or half-cover cl is secured by hinges d. The other pair of legs A at the top and to the crossbar e, to which the canvas seat is secured, has a half-cover B, secured by hinges c. This last half-cover serves as a stand or table (see Fig. 1) when the apparatus is in use for sketching. When the stool is folded, the two half-covers d B have their meeting edges at the center and form acomplete lid for the box. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The described construction of the two half-lids, when the apparatus is set up for use, enables one lid B to take a horizontal position as a table substantially in a plane even with the canvas seat and enables the other to be tilted back, so that a projecting bar d rigidly attached to it, may serve as a prop to support said table. (See Fig. 1.) When the two halflids are closed, (see Fig. 2,) this projecting bar 61 on one lid laps over onto the other lid.

The half lid or table B has on top a metal plate f, flush with the surface and through which a hole f passes. A boss or thick block f on the bottom of the table surrounds the said hole f. The easel-standard 0 when set up passes through this hole, and thereby the said half-lid B serves as a stay for said standard, as well as for a table.

The projecting bar 01 at the top end is beveled, as at g, and this beveled end enters a socket g in the boss f This bar also has near the end a hole h, and a spring-bolt h, movable in a keeper or slideway h attached to the bottom of the table, enters said hole It in the bar and thereby locks the bar when its beveled end is in the socket g and keeps it from disconnecting. This device by keeping the table fastened up insures that the standard 0 will not loseits upper stay. While the prop-bar d is in the position shown in Fig. 1 to support the half-lid B as a table, the half-lid (1 serves as an inclined holder to support papers or sheets of drawing whose ends are resting in the box.

The lower cross-bar c on the legs A has on its under side a metal plate 0, and the lower end of the standard 0 has a racked bar D, secured to it by a hinge 2'.

of the rackedbar engage the metal plate 0', (see also Fig. 5,) and thereby the foot of the standard is held immovable. The extremity of the standard has a prong t, which enters the ground and also serves to hold the standard. The two stool-legs A, which have the metal plate 0', also have at their ends hinged feet I). When in use, these feet spread out on the surface of the ground and prevent the end of the legs from penetrating the ground, but when not in use these hinged feet may be turned back and take position alongside of the leg, as indicated by broken lines in Fig 9.

When the outfit is set up in the field, as in Fig. 1, the teeth A sliding wedge E has a dovetailed groove j, and the standard 0 has a longitudinal plate with beveled edges 011 which the said groove of the wedge fits. The wedge may slide up or down on the standard. hen the outfit is set up, this wedge enters the hole f in the table 13 and serves to tighten the standard, which is also in said hole. The standard 0 is made in short lengths or sections, which are united by a screw-joint K. (Seen in section in Fig 5.)

The shelf or ledge F for supporting the sketch-board is shown in Figs. 1, '7, and 8. This shelf has two parallel longitudinal edge flanges 7c, and at the center has a hole 472, through which a sprin g-catch n passes. This spring-catch is secured at the bottom side of the shelf by a rivet n,and it passes up through the said hole m, and then projects laterally at the front over one of the flanges k and terminates in a thumb-piece 02 The shelf sets on an arm or stud G, which projects horizontally from the standard 0. On its top side this arm has a notch 0, which receives the elbow part of the spring-catch 02. (See Fig. 7.) The bottom of the shelf F has two parallel cross-bars 13, one of which is shown in Fig. 7, and both are indicated by broken lines in Fig. 8. These two cross-bars 19 take on opposite sides of the said stud G and by contact with said stud serve to steady the shelf. \Vhen the spring-catch is engaged with the notch 0, the shelf will be retained in position. To detach the shelf, it is only necessary to lift the projecting end 11. of the catch.

The arm or stud G,which supports the shelf, is vertically adjustable on the standard 0. This is effected by the side grooves 61 in the standard and a slide-head I, movable up and down by plates q, fitting in said grooves. The slide-head I carries the arm or stud G and has a set-screw T, which serves to hold it to the standard at any height to which it may be set.

A top clamp J is employed on the standard to hold down the sketch-board 1 (Shown in Fig. 3.) The sketch-board will set on the shelf F, and this top clamp J will engage the upper edge of the sketch-board and keep it pressed down to its seat on the shelf. The same grooves 1 before referred to receive plates (1 on the top clamp and thus form a slide-head. A set-screw s on the clamp impinges against the standard 0, and thus con-. fines the slide-head and clamp in position. The slide-head carries a clamp'blade t, whose prongs 25' point downward. This blade has two parallel projecting arms a, which loosely fit in holes or sockets in the slide-head and may be pushed in or drawn out a little. The set-screw passes through the clamp-blade t. It will now be seen that the prongs t of the top clamp-blade may be entered into the upper edge of the sketch-board or stretcher which may happen to be in position on the shelf F.

The top extremity of the standard has an upright bolt to, 011 which is fitted an umbrellaholder. This holder comprises a collar w, surrounding the bolt, and a suitable clamp device 20 swiveled to the collar. The said clamp grasps the handle cc of the umbrella. In this class of clamps a set-screw is usually employed to tighten the clamp on the umbrella-handle. Such clamps afford a wide range of movement of the umbrella-handle, and thereby enable the umbrella to be adjusted to any desired position, so as to afford shade for the person occupying the stool-seat. Vhen there is but little breeze, the easelstandard C may thus be utilized to hold the umbrella, but of course if the wind should blow too hard the umbrella thus supported would make the easel too unsteady for the artists work, and in such case the umbrella would have to be removed.

hen the entire outfit is folded (except in g only the standard) ready to be carried, a hook Z, pivoted on the prop-bar (1 engages with a staple or eye 1, which projects through the cover B and also through a slot in said. prop-bar. This staple or eye 1 is rigidly fixed to the bottom board I) or to a cross-piece in the box, of which said board Z2 is the bottom. "When the parts are thus folded, a handle 1 is employed and a cord The cord is passed twice around the folded parts (see Figs. 2 and 3) and over the base ends y of the handle and the end secured firmly, and said cords bind all the folded parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having a canvas seat and crossed pivoted legs, one pair of which has a bottom board, I), and ends forming a box, and a hinged half-cover, cl, provided with an attached prop-bar, C1 and the other pair of legs has at the top a hinged half-cover, B, said two half-covers, when the stool is folded, having their meeting edges at the center, and when the stool is set up for use said hinged half-cover, B, may take ahorizontal position as a table substantially in a plane even with the canvas seat, and be sustained by said prop-bar attached to the other half-cover.

2. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having a canvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a table, B, hinged to the said stool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat, and said table provided with ahole; an easel-standard, C, which, when set up, passes through said hole in the table, whereby the hinged table serves as astay for said standard.

3. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having a canvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a table, B, hinged to the said stool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat, and said table provided on the bottom with a boss, said boss having a socket, g; a prop-bar, 62 connected with the stool-legs and its upper end havinga hole,

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h, and the extremity of said end adapted to enter said socket; and a spring-bolt, h, on the bottom of said table which enters the hole in the prop-bar and thereby locks the latter while its extremity is in the socket.

4:. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having a canvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a lowercross-bar on one pair of legs havinga metal plate, 0; a table, B, hinged to the said stool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat and said table provided with a hole; an easel-standard, O, which, when set up, passes through said hole in the table; and a-racked bar, D, secured to the lower end of said standard and adapted to engage the said metal plate, as set forth.

5. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having a canvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a table, B, hinged to the said stool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat, and said table provided with ahole; an easel-standard, O, which when set up, passes through said hole in the table;

and a wedge, E, secured to said easel-stand- .ard by' a dovetailed slide device so as to be movable up and downsaid wedge entering the hole in the table through which the easeling plates which take in said grooves and is vertically movable on said standard, and held in position by a set-screw, a; an arm or stud, G, projecting from said slide-head and having a notch; a shelf or ledge, F, adapted to set upon the said arm or stud and provided with a spring-catch, it, having an elbow-bend which engages said notch and thereby retains the shelf in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAUL BERNSTEIN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J12, CHAPIN A. FERGUSON.

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