Convertible fasel and table

Claim 1

A CONVERTIBLE EASEL AND TABLE CONTAINING IN COMBINATION (1) AN EASEL FOR SUPPORTING THE STRETCHER FRAME OF AN ARTIST''S CANVAS AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A NORMALLY UPRIGHT STANDARD HAVING A FLAT FRONT FACE FORMED WITH AN AXIALLY EXTENDING SLOT, A BRACE HINGEDLY ATTACHED TO THE REAR SIDE OF SAID STANDARD, MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID HINGEDLY ATTACHED BRACE AT A DESIRED ANGLE RELATIVE TO SAID STANDARD, AND AN ELONGATED FOOT MEMBER MOUNTED ON AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE LOWER END OF SAID STANARD AND BRACE; AND (2) A LEG ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE NORMALLY UPRIGHT STANDARD OF THE EASEL IN THE SLOT THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE NORMALLY UPRIGHT STANDARD IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, SAID LEG ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LEG, A HINGE ON SAID LEG ADAPTED TO PIVOTALLY SECURE THE LEG TO THE NORMALLY UPRIGHT STANDARD, LOCKING MEANS FOR HOLDING THE HINGE IN A FIXED ANGULAR POSITION, AND A FOOT ON SAID LEG SECURED AT THE END OPPOSITE THE HINGE.