(19)
(11) EP 0 628 267 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/50

(21) Application number: 94303760.6

(22) Date of filing: 25.05.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A47B 97/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 09.06.1993 US 74733

(71) Applicant: QUARTET MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Skokie, Illinois 60077 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Rellinger, Michael
    Chicago, Illinois 60614 (US)
  • Gilbert, Richard Rogers
    Barrington, Illinois 60010 (US)
  • Green, Sara Edmund
    Chicago, Illinois 60657 (US)
  • Jepsen, John
    Grayslake, Illinois 60030 (US)

(74) Representative: Goodenough, Nigel et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London WC1V 7LE
London WC1V 7LE (GB)

   


(54) Portable easel


(57) A portable flipchart plastic blow molded easel (10) has a display portion (12) telescopically arranged on a pedestal base portion (11) having legs (18) pivotally secured to and foldable away from the base portion for holding the easel upright. The legs (18) and base portions (11) have cooperating interconnected means for securing the easel in selected extended or collapsed condition, for table top or floor use and having nesting structure for holding like collapsed easels stacked together during transport and storage.






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