Photographic copying apparatus

Claim 1

FOLDING PHOTOGRAPHIC COPY APPARATUS COMPRISING A BASE SECTION AND AN UPPER SECTION DETACHABLY LOCKABLE TOGETHER IN OPERATING POSITION, SAID BASE SECTION COMPRISING AN OPEN RECTANGULAR METALLIC FRAME TO REST UPON A FLAT COPY SURFACE AND ENCLOSING AN AREA UPON WHICH THE COPY ELEMENT IS PLACED, SAID FRAME HAVING VERTICAL CORNER POSTS RIGID WITH SAID FRANE AND OF A HEIGHT SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE SMALL DIMENSION OF THE APPARATUS WHEN FOLDED, A PAIR OF VERTICAL H-SHAPED SUPPORT MEMBERS EACH MEMBER BEING HINGED TO THE UPPER END OF OPPOSITE PAIRS OF CORNER POSTS IN SUCH MANNER THAT THEY WILL FOLD INWARD AND DOWNWARD TO HORIZONTAL POSITION ONE OVERLYING THE OTHER, THE UPPER SECTION COMPRISING AN ENCLOSED CASING OF A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF SAID BASE FRAME AND FITTING WITHIN THE FRAME, THE SAID CASING BEING NO HIGHER THAN SAID CORNER POST AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE BATTERIES AND ELECTRIC CIRCUITRY FOR ENERGIZING LIGHTING MEANS, A PAIR OF LAMPS RECEIVED IN SAID HOUSING, FLEXIBLE CONNECTIONG FROM SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO SAID LAMPS, A CAMERA SECURED TO SAID HOUSING, PLATFORM SUPPORTS FIXED TO SAID CASING, LAMP MANIPULATING MEANS PIVOTED TO SAID OTHER END OPERABLE TO SWING SAID HOUSINGS FROM THEIR FOLDED POSITION WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE FOLDED POSITION OF THE APPARATUS AND OUTWARD TO THEIR OPERATION POSITIONS.