Photograph holder apparatus
OwnerDeborah J. Fredetteinventor
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Abstract
A photograph holder comprises a cloth backing material and a plurality of buttons secured to the cloth backing material with thread. The plurality of buttons defines at least one area on the cloth backing material in which a photograph may be secured between the buttons and the backing material. The area may be any shape and/or any size to accommodate the varying shapes and sizes of photographs. The photograph holder may further comprise a frame having a rigid backing and a glass. The cloth backing material and buttons may be disposed between the glass and the rigid backing within the frame.
Claims20
An apparatus for holding a document, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a backing material;
- and
- (b) a plurality of fasteners secured to the backing material on a first surface of the backing material, wherein the plurality of fasteners is arranged such that the plurality of fasteners defines at least a first shape having an interior and an exterior, wherein each fastener of the plurality of fasteners defines a space between the fastener and the first surface of the backing material, wherein the space is accessible from any point about the entire perimeter of the fastener, and wherein a first document is disposable within the interior of the first shape and secured within at least one space of the plurality of spaces defined by the plurality of fasteners.
A document holder, the document holder comprising:
- (a) a backing material;
- and
- (b) a plurality of fasteners, wherein a center of each fastener of the plurality of fasteners is secured to a front surface of the backing material such that each fastener defines a space between the fastener and the front surface of the backing material about the center of the fastener, wherein the plurality of fasteners is arranged such that the plurality of fasteners defines at least a first area in which a first document may be secured between the plurality of fasteners and the backing material;
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- (c) a rigid frame, wherein the backing material is secured to and disposed within the rigid frame.
A method for making a document holder using a template, the document holder comprising a backing material and a plurality of fasteners secured to the backing material, the template comprising a template sheet having a plurality of markings, wherein each marking of the plurality of markings corresponds to a possible location of each fastener of the plurality of fasteners, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing the template sheet in a desired location on the backing material;
- (b) transferring the location of each marking of the plurality of markings that corresponds to a desired fastener location onto the backing material;
- (c) stitching each fastener of the plurality of fasteners to the backing material in the marked locations;
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- (d) placing a document within an area defined by the plurality of fasteners and between the plurality of fasteners and the backing material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.