Self-leveling picture frame apparatus
OwnerThomas Butlerinventor
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Abstract
A self-leveling picture frame apparatus for automatically leveling pictures hung on a wall includes a frame body having an upper portion, a lower portion, a left portion, and a right portion defining a frame aperture. A leveling liquid is coupled within a leveling cavity of the frame body. The leveling cavity is shaped to direct the leveling liquid towards a midline of either the upper portion, the lower portion, the left portion, or the right portion depending on which portion is lowest. A transparent front cover is coupled to the frame body. The front cover is coupled to a front face of the frame body within the frame aperture. A back cover is coupled to a back face of the frame body over the frame aperture.
Claims12
A self-leveling picture frame apparatus comprising:
- a frame body having an upper portion, a lower portion, a left portion, and a right portion defining a frame aperture, the frame body having a leveling cavity;
- a leveling liquid coupled within the leveling cavity, the leveling cavity being shaped to direct the leveling liquid towards a midline of either the upper portion, the lower portion, the left portion, or the right portion depending on which portion is lowest;
- a transparent front cover coupled to the frame body, the front cover being coupled to a front face of the frame body within the frame aperture;
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- a back cover coupled to the frame body, the back cover being coupled to a back face of the frame body over the frame aperture.
A self-leveling picture frame apparatus comprising:
- a frame body having an upper portion, a lower portion, a left portion, and a right portion defining a frame aperture, the frame body having a leveling cavity, each of the upper, lower, left, and right portions being hollow, the frame body having a divider wall extending between a front face and a back face and defining the leveling cavity with a perimeter of the frame aperture, the leveling cavity continuously extending through each of the upper, lower, left, and right portions, the back face having at least one mounting aperture extending therethrough;
- a leveling liquid coupled within the leveling cavity, the leveling cavity being shaped to direct the leveling liquid towards a midline of either the upper portion, the lower portion, the left portion, or the right portion depending on which portion is lowest, the divider wall having a pair of convex portions within each of the upper, lower, left, and right portions, the convex portions being convex relative the frame aperture and extending from proximal the corner of the frame aperture to convene at the midline closer to an outer perimeter of the frame body, the leveling liquid being non-hazardous and having a freezing point below 0° centigrade;
- a transparent front cover coupled to the frame body, the front cover being coupled to the front face of the frame body within the frame aperture;
- a back cover coupled to the frame body, the back cover being coupled to the back face of the frame body over the frame aperture;
- a plurality of cover clips coupled to the back face of each of the upper, lower, left, and right portions adjacent the frame aperture, the cover clips selectively engaging the back cover;
- a filler board, the filler board being selectively engageable within the mounting aperture between the front cover and the back cover;
- a mounting bushing coupled within each mounting aperture;
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- comprising a table stand, an attachment pin of the table stand being selectively engageable with the mounting bushing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.