Method for retaining a substrate within a frame
AssigneeTracer Imaging LLC
InventorsSteven M. SPIRO, Ryan KELLY, Paul DOWD
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Abstract
A method for assembling a canvas print includes the steps of: preparing a canvas substrate that includes a printed side; placing the canvas substrate with the printed side facing down; disposing a base frame over the canvas substrate; folding edges of the canvas substrate over sides of the base frame; inserting a rear panel into the base frame; and pressing the rear panel downward until a snap-fit connection is realized between the rear panel and the base frame with the folded edges of the canvas substrate being captured between the rear panel and the base frame and being taught across a forward face of the base frame.
Claims22
A method for assembling a framed canvas article comprising the steps of:
- preparing a canvas substrate that includes a first side;
- placing the canvas substrate with the first side down;
- disposing a frame base over an opposing second side of the canvas substrate;
- folding edges of the canvas substrate over sides of the frame base;
- inserting a rear panel into the frame base;
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- pressing the rear panel downward until a snap-fit connection is realized between the rear panel and the frame base with the folded edges of the canvas substrate being captured between the rear panel and the frame base and being taught across a forward face of the frame base.
An adapter for use with a frame assembly device, the adapter comprising:
- a base having an open space defined by a floor and a plurality of side walls that extend upwardly from the floor, the base having a plurality of pins that are coupled to and extend upwardly from the floor, wherein the plurality of pins includes a first pin that is located at an outer corner of the base and a second pin that is located diagonally opposite the first pin at an inner corner of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.