Pallet adaptor and shield therefor

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR USE BY ARTISTS THAT COMPRISES AN ADAPTOR FOR DETACHABLE CONNECTION TO A MIRGINAL EDGE OF A PALLET AND TO FORM A SURFACE UPON WHICH OIL PAINTS ARE TO BE MIXED, AND AN ELONGATED SHIELD THAT IS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE ADAPTOR; SAID SHIELD BEING OPENED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS AND HAVING A FLAT TOP AND FLEXIBLE OUTWARDLY ANGLED MARGINAL SIDE WALLS, THE SIDE WALLS BEING ADDITIONALLY CURVED INTERMEDIATE THEIR LENGTH AND THEN BENT INWARDLY AND WITH THE INWARDLY BENT PORTIONS TERMINATING IN UPWARDLY ANGLED FLANGES, THE CURVED PORTIONS, TERMINATING IN UPFORMING GROOVES FOR RECEIVING THE OPPOSITE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE ADAPTOR, THE ADAPTOR BEING A FLAT RECTANGULAR SHEET HAVING A PAIR OF FLAT SPRINGS SECURED UPON ITS BOTTOM ONE ADJACENT EACH END FOR YIELDABLE CLIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PALLET; THE ADAPTOR BEING POSITIONED WITHIN THE SHIELD WITH THE EDGES OF SAID ADAPTOR FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED WITHIN THE GROOES AT EACH SIDE TO HOLD THE ADAPTOR AGAINST ACCIDENTAL DISPLACEMENT, THE SHIELD BEING OPEN UPON ITS BOTTOM FOR ITS MAJIR WIDTH, THE CURVED PORTIONS OF THE SIDE WALLS DISPOSING THE ADAPTOR AT AN ELEVATION ABOVE THE FLANGES TO FORM A CLEARANCE FOR THE SPRINGS, THE ADAPTOR BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE SHIELD WITH ITS TOP SURFACE UPPERMOST AND WHEREBY THE PAINTS ARE DISPOSED WITHIN THE SHIELD AND IN SPACED RELATION TO THE TOP OF THE SHIELD.