Portable easel

Abstract

A portable easel has three legs and a head connecting ends of the legs. Two supporting members are movably mounted on two of the legs, each of which has a movable support movable mounted thereon to be moved outwardly and inwardly. The supporting members are provided with a magnet to attract the leg while the supporting member is folded.

1 . A portable easel, comprising: 
 plural legs, each of which has a plurality of sections connected together and at least one of the sections is made of a material that can be attracted by a magnetic force;    a head connecting ends of the legs;    a supporting member movably mounted on the leg that is manipulative to be secured at a predetermined portion of the leg and to move a distal end thereof toward the leg;    a magnetic device mounted on the supporting member to attract the leg while the distal end of the supporting member is moved toward the leg.    
   
   
       2 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the supporting member has a base and a movable support, which an end of the base is movably mounted on the leg and the movable support is connected to the base for movement along the base.  
   
   
       3 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the magnetic device is mounted on the movable support.  
   
   
       4 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the base and the movable support respectively has a hole and a protrusion to be engaged with the hole while the movable support is moved to a predetermined position.  
   
   
       5 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the base has a rail and the movable support has a channel fitted to the rail.  
   
   
       6 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 5 , wherein the rail is pivotally connected to the base.  
   
   
       7 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 5 , wherein the base and the movable member respectively have a flange and a slot on the rail and on a wall of the channel and the flange is received in the slot.  
   
   
       8 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 2 , wherein movable support has at least a recess on a top thereof.  
   
   
       9 . The portable easel as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the base and the movable member respectively have an elongated guiding slot and a post engaged with the slot.