Musician's folding stand

Claim 1

A MUSICIAN''S FOLDING STAND COMPRISING A RELATIVELY WIDE U-SHAPED OUTER FRAME MEMBER AND A SLIGHTLY NARROWER U-SHAPED INNER FRAME MEMBER, EACH HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITE PARALLEL LEGS CONNECTED AT THEIR NORMALLY UPPER ENDS BY A HORIZONTAL BIGHT PORTION, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE CORRESPONDING LEGS OF THE TWO FRAME MEMBERS TOGETHER SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY THEIR ENDS, WITH THE LEGS OF THE WIDER, OUTER MEMBER OUTERMOST AND WITH THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID MEMBER SUFFICIENTLY FARTHER FROM THE BIGHT PORTION THEREOF THAN THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE INNER MEMBER IS FROM ITS BIGHT PORTION TO PERMIT THE TWO MEMBERS TO BE PIVOTED BETWEEN AN EXPANDED FLARING ANGULAR RELATION AND A FOLDED CONDITION IN WHICH THE TWO MEMBERS ARE NESTED IN A SINGLE PLANE, A NORMALLY VERTICAL FRONT PANEL HAVING OUTSTANDING FROM THE REAR SURFACE OF ITS UPPER PORTION AN EYE ENCIRCLING THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE OUTER FRAME MEMBER AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID FRONT PANEL THEREON IN A PLANE FORWARDLY DISPLACED FROM THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE OUTER FRAME MEMBER, A NORMALLY NON-VERTICAL TRAY PANEL HAVING OUTSTANDING FROM THE UNDER SURFACE OF ITS FORWARD PORTION AN EYE ENCIRCLING THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE OUTER FRAME MEMBER AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID TRAY PANEL THEREON IN A PLANE UPWARDLY DISPLACED FROM THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE OUTER FRAME MEMBER, AND MEANS SEPARABLY CONNECTING THE REAR PORTION OF THE TRAY PANEL TO THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE INNER FRAME MEMBER WHEN THE FRAME MEMBERS ARE IN EXPANDED RELATION, WHEREBY THE STAND CAN BE FOLDED BY SEPARATING SAID CONNECTION AND NESTING THE FRAME MEMBERS IN SAID SINGLE PLANE WITH THE TWO PANELS HANGING FROM THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE OUTER MEMBER IN PARALLEL PLANES RESPECTIVELY IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND SAID SINGLE PLANE AND CLOSELY ADJACENT THERETO.