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A folding easel has three telescoping legs, leg locks for locking each of the legs at arbitrarily extended positions, two tie-bars each hinged at one end to an axle supported on a corresponding leg lock, one tie-bar being snap-engageable to an axle on a third leg lock, the remaining tie-bar being sn

A folding easel has three telescoping legs, leg locks for locking each of the legs at arbitrarily extended positions, two tie-bars each hinged at one end to an axle supported on a corresponding leg lock, one tie-bar being snap-engageable to an axle on a third leg lock, the remaining tie-bar being snap-engageable to an intermediate point of the first tie-bar to form a T tie-bar arrangement for maintaining the three legs in fixed spaced apart relationship and usable as a shelf for paint boxes or the like, the tie-bars being readily disengageable without removal of fasteners for folding together of the three legs.

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A folding easel having three legs, each leg having an upper end and a lower end, each leg being pivotably interconnected at its upper end to a pivot head to allow pivotal movement of a first and a second leg in a common plane between a folded mutually parallel position and a spaced apart position, a

A folding easel having three legs, each leg having an upper end and a lower end, each leg being pivotably interconnected at its upper end to a pivot head to allow pivotal movement of a first and a second leg in a common plane between a folded mutually parallel position and a spaced apart position, a third leg being movable away from said first and second legs in a plane perpendicular to said common plate, each of said legs comprising at least two telescopically slideable leg sections and a first leg lock for securing said leg sections at an arbitrarily extended position against telescoping movement, each said first leg lock including a lock mounting socket, each said socket supporting an axle disposed transversely to said leg, a first rigid tie-bar pivotably attached at one end to said axle on said first leg for movement between a folded and an extended position, the free opposite end of said first tie-bar being releasably engageable in its extended position to said axle on said second leg, and a second rigid tie-bar pivotably attached at one end to said axle on said third leg for movement between a folded position and an extended position, the opposite free end of said second tie-bar in its extended position being releasably engageable to an intermediate point of said first tie-bar thereby to secure said three legs in fixed spaced apart relationship with said two tie-bars forming a figure T usable as a shelf support for paint boxes or the like; said free ends of both first and second tie-bars being engageable respectively to said axle and said intermediate point by a snap locking engagement readily disengageable without removal of fasteners.