Frame assembly
AssigneeMCS Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert Terry Coyle, Jr., Matthew Scott Kressin
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Abstract
A frame assembly for supporting a flat article. In one aspect, the frame assembly may include a stack including a transparent window panel and a frame. The frame may include a floor structure for supporting the stack and an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall including a plurality of corners, an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity. The inner surface of the outer annular wall may include a plurality of recessed regions, each of the recessed regions encompassing one of the corners of the outer annular wall.
Claims19
A frame assembly for displaying a flat article, the frame assembly comprising:
- a stack comprising a transparent window panel;
- a frame comprising:
- a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface, the rear surface comprising a recessed portion;
- a floor structure for supporting the stack;
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- an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall comprising an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that forms at least a portion of the front surface of the frame and defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity;
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- an easel pivotably coupled to the frame between:
- (1) a storage position in which a distal portion of the easel nests within the recessed portion of the rear surface of the frame;
- and (2) a use position in which the distal portion of the easel does not nest within the recessed portion of the rear surface of the frame so that the distal portion of the easel can support the frame on a support surface;
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- wherein the easel comprises a locking element for locking the easel to the frame in the storage position.
A frame assembly for displaying a flat article, the frame assembly comprising:
- a stack comprising a transparent window panel;
- a frame comprising:
- a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface, the rear surface comprising a recessed portion;
- a floor structure for supporting the stack;
- and
- an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall comprising an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that forms at least a portion of the front surface of the frame and defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity;
- an easel pivotably coupled to the frame between:
- (1) a storage position in which a distal portion of the easel nests within the recessed portion of the rear surface of the frame;
- and (2) a use position in which the distal portion of the easel does not nest within the recessed portion of the rear surface of the frame so that the distal portion of the easel can support the frame on a support surface;
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- wherein the recessed portion of the rear surface of the frame comprises a floor, wherein a portion of the outer annular wall extends from the floor of the recessed portion to a rear edge of the outer annular wall, and wherein the portion of the outer annular wall at least partially surrounds a peripheral edge of the distal portion of the easel when the easel is in the storage position.
A frame assembly for displaying a flat article, the frame assembly comprising:
- a stack comprising a transparent window panel;
- a frame comprising:
- a floor structure for supporting the stack;
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- an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall comprising an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that forms at least a portion of the front surface of the frame and defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity;
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- an easel pivotably coupled to the frame between:
- (1) a storage position in which a distal portion of the easel is locked to the frame;
- and (2) a use position in which the distal portion of the easel supports the frame on a support surface.
A frame assembly for displaying a flat article, the frame assembly comprising:
- a stack comprising a transparent window panel;
- a frame comprising:
- a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface, at least one groove formed into the rear surface;
- a floor structure for supporting the stack;
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- an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall comprising an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity;
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- at least one easel pivotably coupled to the frame between:
- (1) a storage position in which the easel at least partially nests within the groove and no portion of the easel protrudes beyond the rear surface of the frame;
- and (2) a use position in which a first portion of the easel nests within the groove and a second portion of the easel protrudes beyond the rear surface of the frame to support the frame on a support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.