Safety frame and method for displaying art
AssigneeBattersea Company
InventorJacqueline Fortune Bigoney
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Abstract
A safety frame designed to go in high security environments (psychiatric wards, prisons, etc.) where framed art is desired for aesthetic reasons, but where there is potential for patients/inmates to hurt themselves or others if they are able to get pull a frame off the wall. The frame includes (a) molding strips joined to form a frame, the molding strips having a back surface and a front surface, with channels provided in front surface of the molding strips, the channels being wide enough to receive screws, and (b) cover strips adapted for being secured to the molding to cover and conceal the channels. Also disclosed is a method for securing a frame to a wall.
Claims9
A safety frame, comprising
- molding strip sections cut at an angle and joined at cut ends to form a frame, the molding strip sections having a back surface and a front surface, wherein at least one channel is provided along the front surface of the molding strips extending from cut end to cut end, and wherein the channels are at least 3/16″ wide, and
- cover strips adapted for being secured to the molding to cover and conceal the channels.
A method for securing a frame to a wall, the method comprising:
- providing a safety frame comprising (a) molding strips joined to form a frame, the molding strips having a back surface and a front surface, wherein channels are provided in front surface of the molding strips, and wherein the channels are wide enough to receive screws, and (b) cover strips adapted for being secured to the molding to cover and conceal the channels;
- placing the safety frame in the location on the wall where it will hang;
- installing anchors/molly bolts at locations where the frame will be screwed to the wall or detecting a stud at the locations where the frame will be screwed to the wall;
- screwing screws through the channels of the front face of the molding and into the anchors/moly bolts or stud, attaching the cover strips to cover the channels to the molding to cover and conceal the channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.