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All of the components of a collapsible easel are formed of a rigid plastics material and include three telescopic legs each formed by an upper inner leg section or channel slidable within a lower outer leg section or channel having opposing flanges for retaining the upper leg channel. The top end po

All of the components of a collapsible easel are formed of a rigid plastics material and include three telescopic legs each formed by an upper inner leg section or channel slidable within a lower outer leg section or channel having opposing flanges for retaining the upper leg channel. The top end portions of the upper leg channels are connected to a connector member which forms snap-fit pivotal connections with the leg channels, and the bottom end portions of the upper leg channels have snap-fit pivotal connections to the outer end portions of corresponding leg support members or channels. Another connector member forms snap-fit pivotal connections to the inner end portions of the leg support channels, and the lower end portions of the upper leg channels have integrally molded spring finger lock buttons which snap-fit into selected holes within the lower leg channels. Pivotal support fingers are retained within slots within two lower leg channels by the corresponding upper leg channels.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A collapsible easel comprising a set of three elongated leg members each including an elongated upper inner leg section and an elongated lower outer leg section, each of said upper and lower leg sections having a channel-shape cross-sectional configuration, said lower out

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A collapsible easel comprising a set of three elongated leg members each including an elongated upper inner leg section and an elongated lower outer leg section, each of said upper and lower leg sections having a channel-shape cross-sectional configuration, said lower outer leg section of each said leg member having longitudinally extending opposing flanges retaining the corresponding said upper inner leg section for relative sliding telescopic movement between an extended position and a retracted position within said lower outer leg section, a head connector member pivotally connected to an upper end portion of each of said inner leg sections and providing for pivotal movement of said leg members between generally parallel collapsed positions and outwardly diverging erected positions, a set of three elongated leg support members each having an outer end portion pivotally connected to a lower end portion of a corresponding said upper inner leg section and movable to a collapsed position confined within the corresponding said upper inner leg section, and a lower connector member pivotally connected to an inner end portion of each of said leg support members and providing for simultaneously moving said leg members between said collapsed and erected positions.