Abstract:
The inventor has produced a device to simplify the supporting of the
artist's reference material. The device being conveniently mounted to the
drawing board to support the reference.
Claims:
1. The `Hoots Hanger` is a system comprised of a flat, smooth drawing
surface (polystyrene foam bonded between two layers of wood-fiber veneer,
commercially sold as `Gatorboard`) and a detachable support arm made from
thin metal (
0.032''×
0.75''×12'') and bolted together in a way
that enables a two-dimensional reference material to be mounted
immediately adjacent to the drawing surface, at an angle of 30 degrees
relative to the drawing surface, and which requires no tools to assemble.
By mounting the reference material at 30 degrees relative to the drawing
surface, all of its details (from left to right) are perpendicular to the
viewer, reducing the horizontal spatial distortions of perspective. This
allows the user's eye to perceive the details of the reference material
in their true relation to each other. The inventor claims that the
convenient positioning of the reference material is a new innovation for
the artist that is far superior to the methods available before this
invention came to light.
Description:
[0001] The inventor, Leonard Gibson, is filing an application for patent
of a system (commercially referred to as a `Hoots Hanger`) that allows
the user of an upright drawing/painting support to mount a
two-dimensional reference material (be it a drawing, photograph,
painting, drawing, etc) of that which he is painting at an angle relative
to the painting surface that reduces spatial distortions of perspective.
[0002] The system is comprised of stiff board (polystyrene foam bonded
between two layers of wood-fiber veneer, commercially sold as
`Gatorboard`) that has been perforated at each corner with a series of
three holes (see Drawing 1 `Board and Support Arm Assembly" for
perforation pattern), a support arm made from metal that has been
perforated at one end with the same pattern of holes as the board and has
been deflected 30 degrees, and two bolts used to adjoin the latter two
parts together. This system may be assembled in such a way as to enable
the user to mount his example on his left and/or right (with one or two
support arms), with the board oriented horizontally or vertically. The
two-dimensional sample of the drawing may be secured to the support arm
via any appropriate means (examples: adhesive tape, paper clip) and the
system's mass and weight are low enough to enable it to be easily
transported and assembled in the user's place of choice.
Patent applications in class Latch, retainer, or keeper is threaded member (i.e., set screw or locknut)
Patent applications in all subclasses Latch, retainer, or keeper is threaded member (i.e., set screw or locknut)
