Ke-easel

Claim 1

A drawing aid comprising in combination: A pair of vertical legs having upper ends, a table with a back pivot secured on said legs and having a front, the back pivot being spaced from said upper ends of said vertical legs sufficiently to permit the table front to rest in proximity to said upper ends of said vertical legs by pivoting said table front upward around said back pivot; said table having a boss thereon under the front thereof with a threaded socket, bracing leg means having a threaded upper end and a lower end with a socket therein, an upper cross member between the upper ends of said vertical legs with securing means, a pivoted back brace having a socket in one end thereof, a coupling for said back brace, said threaded end of said bracing leg means being interchangeably receivable in the socket of said boss to provide support for the front of the table or receivable in the coupling for said back brace, a threaded screw joint centrally secured to said vertical legs adjacent the level of the table back pivot, said screw joint being adapted to engage the socket of said back brace when the drawing aid is used as a table, whereby the vertical legs are braced as an easel support with the table pivoted upwardly when the table brace is engaged with the coupling for the back brace at one end and the upper cross member at the other end, and the drawing aid is thus convertible from a drawing table to an easel.