Slant front easel

Claim 1

A mount comprising a headboard and baseboard adapted to be disposed at an angle to each other such that the headboard rises from the baseboard at a relatively sharp angle and the baseboard slopes downwardly from the headboard at a relatively flat angle, said headboard having upper and lower edges and front and rear surfaces and said baseboard having upper and lower edges and upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces, hinge means connecting the headboard and baseboard comprising a panel coextensive with the rear and downwardly facing surfaces respectively of said headboard and baseboard, said panel containing transversely spaced hinges at the junction of the lower edge of the headboard with the upper edge of the baseboard and means supporting the headboard and baseboard in said angular relation to each other comprising a leg and brace comprised of a portion severed from the part of the panel intermediate said hinges and underlying the baseboard, said portion containing a transverse hinge which divides it into said leg and brace, said leg and brace being movable angularly with the headboard relative to the baseboard of the headboard relative to the baseboard, alternately to dispose the leg and brace in parallel relation to the baseboard or to dispose the leg at said angle to the baseboard and the brace in the angle between the baseboard and the leg with its free end in engagement with the downwardly facing surface of the baseboard.