Photographic enlarging easel

Claim 1

AN EASEL ADAPTED FOR EFFECTING SIMULTANEOUS PRINTING AND TITLING OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGEMENTS, COMPRISING A BASE HAVING A FLAT UPPER SURFACE ADAPTED FOR SUPPORTING A SENSITIZED SHEET, SAID SURFACE BEING FORMED OF RESILIENT MATERIAL, A FRAME SWINGABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AND FORMED TO DEFINE A RECTANGULAR OPEN PRINTING AREA, A LIGHT SOURCE SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME OVER A PORTION OF SAID OPEN PRINTING AREA, A LIGHT-TIGHT HOUSING ENCLOSING SAID LIGHT SOURCE AND HAVING A STRAIGHT EDGE EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPEN PRINTING AREA PARALLEL TO TWO OF THE SIDES THEREOF, SAID HOUSING BEING FORMED WITH A LIGHT-TRANSMITTING OPENING AT ITS LOWER SIDE, MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID HOUSING TO SAID FRAME IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID OPEN PRINTING AREA, LEAF MEMBERS SLIDABLE ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING STRAIGHT EDGES COOPERATIVE WITH SAID EDGE OF SAID HOUSING AND WITH SAID FRAME FOR ADJUSTING THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF SAID RECTANGULAR OPEN PRINTING AREA, CORRESPONDING INDICES ON SAID FRAME ADJACENT TO SAID LEAF MEMBERS WHEREBY SAID EASEL MAY BE QUICKLY ADJUSTED TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT SIZES OF SENSITIZED PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER, AND MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FORMED FOR RELEASABLY ENGAGING THE ENDS OF A FLEXIBLE SUBSTANTIALLY OPAQUE STENCIL AND PULLING IT TAUT OVER SAID LIGHT-TRANSMITTING OPENING WHEREBY LIGHT FROM SAID SOURCE CAN SHINE THROUGH TRANSPARENT AREAS OF THE STENCIL SO AS TO TITLE A PHOTOGRAPH BEING PRINTED THROUGH THE OPEN PRINTING AREA OF THE SWINGABLE FRAME.