Picture frame
OwnerRoger Feltoninventor
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Abstract
A picture framing blank (2) is made of laminar, creasable and foldable material that is adapted to form one side of a frame and a portion of a mat for mounting of an art work. The blank has first and second ends (4, 6) with elongate parallel inner and outer edges (8, 10) extending between the ends; and crease lines (28) parallel to the edges defining four strips (18, 20, 22, 24) which together create a hollow four sided rectangular box profile, and an outermost bracing strip (26) with a width substantially equal to a diagonal of said box profile. When folded the strips create a flattenable, pop up box section containing the bracing strip diagonally positioned across the hollow box section. Four blanks can be fitted together to form a frame.
Claims5
A picture framing blank of laminar, creasable and foldable material that is adapted to form one side of a frame and a portion of a mat for mounting of an art work;
- the blank comprising first and second ends (4, 6) with elongate parallel inner and outer edges (8,10) extending between the ends;
- crease lines (28) parallel to the edges defining four strips (18, 20, 22, 24) which together create a hollow four sided rectangular box profile when assembled;
- an innermost mat portion (12) extending inwardly from the box profile when assembled;
- an outermost bracing strip (26) with a width substantially equal to a diagonal of said box profile;
- and adhesive means (30) to enable the strip (24) adjacent the bracing strip (26) to be adhered to a portion (16) of the blank adjacent an innermost crease line (28), wherein the strip (24) adjacent the bracing strip (26) is secured to a portion (16) of the blank adjacent an innermost crease line (28) leaving an open slot (27) adjacent the first end (4), into which an edge of an adjacent blank can be slid;
- and wherein the second end (6) of the blank has a diagonal edge (46) extending inwardly away from the innermost crease line and further comprises a flap (14) along its inner edge (8) in which at least one diagonal slit (40) is provided in order to receive an end of a flap of another blank in order to create a mitred corner of a frame when two blanks are assembled together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.