Collapsible easel and support therefor

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE EASEL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LEGS ANGULARLY POSITIONED RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, EACH OF SAID LEGS INCLUDING A TUBULAR CENTRAL SECTION, A PLURALITY OF FIRST TUBULAR SECTIONS SLIDABLY FITTED TO THE FIRST END OF THE CENTRAL SECTION, A PLURALITY OF SECOND TUBULAR SECTIONS SLIDABLY FITTED TO THE SECOND END OF THE CENTRAL SECTION MEANS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE CENTRAL SECTION, THE SECTIONS OF THE LEG ADJOINING ONE ANOTHER, NEAR THE FIRST SECTION ENGAGING ONE OF THE FIRST SECTIONS, TO RETAIN THE FIRST SECTION IN THE EXPANDED POSITION, MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE FIRST SECTIONS ENGAGING THE SECTION LOCATED NEXT TO THE FIRST SECTION TO RETAIN THE LEG IN THE EXPANDED POSITION, MEANS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE CENTRAL SECTION NEAR THE SECOND SECTIONS, ENGAGING ONE OF THE SECOND SECTIONS, TO RETAIN THE SECOND SECTION, LOCATED ADJACENT THE CENTRAL SECTION, IN THE EXPANDED POSITION, MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE SECOND SECTIONS ENGAGING THE END OF THE ADJOINING SECTION OF THE LEG, TO RETAIN THE LEG IN THE EXPANDED POSITION, AND A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR MEMBERS ATTACHED TO THE END OF ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF THE LEGS TO ATTACH THE LEGS OF THE EASEL TO ONE ANOTHER, THE MEANS GEN. ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE CENTRAL SECTION NEAR THE FIRST LOWER SECTION, BEING A PIN INSERTED THROUGH THE OUTER WALL OF THE CENTRAL SECTION OF THE LEG AND FIXEDLY ATTACHED THERETO, THE FIRST LOWER SECTION HAVING A SLOT IN THE FORM OF AN ARCUATED SEGMENT OF A CIRCLE, A THERETHROUGH, SAID SLOT RECEIVING ONE END OF THE PIN ATTACHED TO THE CENTRAL SECTION, TO RETAIN THE FIRST LOWER SECTION INT HE EXPANDED POSITION.