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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Percy F Albee, Jr, Bristol, RI (US);
Assignee:
Q-Panel Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
248168 ; 248188 ;
Abstract
A collapsible tripod stand for an easel is disclosed which has three legs of channel cross section with one end of each of the legs having outwardly extending wing portions which are loosely fastened to each other by fastening means, the wing portions being bent at an angle so that when the legs assume a pyramidal form, the wing portions will assume face-to-face contact. Compression spring means between the ends of the fasteners and the face of the wings urge the legs to assume pyramidal form.