US838516A - Easel-frame. - Google Patents

Description

No. 838,516. PATENTBD DBO. 1a, 1906.

s. BODINGBR.

BASEL FRAME. urmourou FILED IEB. 190s.

A TTOHNEY.

SAMUEL BODINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EASEL-FRAIVIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed February 2, 1906. Serial No. 299,086.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BODINGER, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Easel- Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in easel-frames, and more particularly to the support therefor, the object being to provide an article of this kind or character whereby the support is adjustably held in its several positions, which may be folded tightly against the frame in order that the same may be packed in a small compass for transportation, and which support when in its folded adjustment may be used or employed as a handle whereby to conveniently carry the frame with its attached article.

A further object of my invention is to produce an article of this kind which shall be cheap to manufacture and simple and eco nomical in its construction; and with these and other ends in view it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a frame having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, showing the support in its folded adjustment and in position to be employed as a handle. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the frame, the support being in its lowered adjustment. Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the retainingplates,-

showing a part of the support in its raised or folded adjustment. Fig. 5 is a .similar view, showing a part of the support in its lowered adjustment. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a frame formed of wood, metal, or other de sired material and of any suitable size or pattern and may, if required, be provided with an opening B, wherein to set a mirror or other article, (not shown.) the frame being such as may be adapted to support a picture, album, or other article. To the back of the frame A are secured, at each side thereof, the retaining-plates C, each of which is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet shown that is, with the part or portion a, by means of which it is nailed, screwed, or otherwise fastened to the frame A and with the part or portion 1) bent or folded at right angles to the plate a, that portion of the metal joining the plates a b and forming the angle or bend being so curved as to form the recess 0, of such size as to nicely contain between the metal and the frame A one arm or red of the support, as hereinafter described. The plate I) is also formed with the recess (1 by curving or stamping the metal of the plate inwardly, this recess or groove being such as to nicely contain the arm or bar of said support when the latter is lowered. In the plate a is also formed a channel or recess by stamping or curving the metal outwardly, as illustrated at c, said recess extending transversely across the plate and adapted to contain the bent ends f of the support, the latter being preferably made from a bar or single piece of wire bent to form arms D, with the connecting-arm E. In this channel or recess a rest the bent ends 7 and held therein between the metal of said channel and the frame A, said bent ends f being upset or headed, as at g, in order to prevent their disengagement from the retaining-plates.

l/Vhen the easel-frame is in use, the support is lowered to the position as illustrated in Fig. 3that is, the bars D rest in the channels or recesses (1, formed in the plates 1) and held therein by the spring or tension of the wire of which the support is formed. I/Vhen it is desired to pack the article for transportation, the bars D of the support are slightly sprung outwardly, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereupon they may be turned out of the recesses or channels (1 and the support folded up against the frame into the position as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the said bars D springin into place in the channels or recesses c and there held in that adjustment until the bars D are again separated, as before, whereupon it can be lowered into the adjustment, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

WVhen in its folded position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the support may be used or employed as a handle with which to carry the frame with its attached article or articles, thereby avoiding the necessity ofemploying a separate handle in addition to the framesupport.

By reason of the formation of the retaining- 5 5 metal and bent or folded into the shape as 1 plates the support is easily and readily adjusted to its lovvere'd position as a support and by slightly springing outwardly the Wire rods D may be adjusted to its folded position, where it is held against movement in the recesses c, and when insuch position enables the article to be easily and readily carried thereby.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An easel-frame comprising a frame, retaining-plates secured to the opposite sides of said frame, each of said plates being formed of a piece of metal, one portion of which is bent at right angles to the other, one portion of the bent plate being provided with a' transverse channel, the other portion being provided with a slanting channel,- and the bend or angle of the metal being provided with a vertical channel, and a support having bent ends fitting in said transverse channels, the vertical arms of said support being adapted to fit in the other of said channels when raised and lowered, substantially as described channels being adapted to hold said support in its different positions, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 31st day of January, A. D. 1906.

SAMUEL BODINGER Witnesses:

M. VAN NORTWICK, NORRIS B. SMITH.

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