Boards and Doorways
Easel Rentals for Signs and Posters
For the sign that is already a board. A mounted seating chart, a foam-board welcome panel, a framed sponsor credit — the board arrives finished and the easel is what holds it up.
On the list. See the list
Specifications
It opens in one motion and there is nothing to lose.
One movement takes it from flat to standing and it locks there. No wing nuts, no threaded knobs, no separate tray to leave behind in the grass. Two clips carry the board and they are the adjustment most people miss: the easel’s own height is fixed, but unclipping and sliding them changes where the board sits on it, so a wide landscape panel can ride high and a tall portrait one can sit low. The limit is 5 lb, so anything glazed or framed in something solid belongs on a set of scales while there is still time to send a lighter board instead.
| Type | Instant-fold tripod, floor standing |
|---|---|
| Height | 60.8 in (154 cm) |
| Footprint set up | 43.5 in wide × 39.2 in deep |
| Board limit | 5 lb (2.3 kg) |
| Frame | Steel with plastic fittings |
| Board supports | Two sliding clips, unclip and reposition |
| Feet | Non-slip rubber, non-marking |
| Setting up | Tool-free — opens and locks in one motion |
| Transport | Folds flat |
| Finish | Black |
Where a board needs holding up
Six places an easel earns its floor space.
A room entrance
The seating chart or the running order, at the threshold, where a guest reads it once and moves on. It is the classic position and the reason is that nobody has to stop walking to use it.
The top of a staircase
A floor stand at the head of stairs is an obstruction and reads badly from below. An easel leans its board back toward whoever is climbing, which is the direction they are looking.
A gallery-style run
Sponsor panels or exhibit boards in a row, one board each, evenly spaced. Count the panels and you have counted the easels — there is no arrangement where two boards share one and look right.
A hardwood or polished concrete room
The feet are non-slip rubber that does not mark, which is the row to quote when a venue asks what is going on its floor.
Beside a product on display
Holding the specification panel next to the thing it specifies, at a height somebody standing over the product is already reading at.
A foyer next to the desk
A welcome board or a programme within reach of the registration queue, so people waiting have something to read that answers what they were about to ask.
Behind the easel line
A bare wall is what people notice instead.
Three easels in a row against beige function-room wallpaper read as boards waiting to be hung. A drape bay behind them turns the row into a deliberate arrangement. It also hides whatever the venue has on that wall.
See the drape bays