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US 2022/0015557 A1Published application
Framing systems and methods of assembling same
AssigneeFrame My TV
InventorsRichard Jordan, Randal Davis, Kevin Hancock
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to framing systems, methods of framing various items, and framing kits, including the use of magnetic fastening systems for securing mitered corners.
Claims19
A framing system comprising:
- two elongate horizontal members, each comprising a body and two opposing ends, wherein each opposing end comprises a first half of a miter joint;
- two elongate vertical members, each comprising a body and two opposing ends, wherein each opposing end comprises a second half of a miter joint;
- and
- a plurality of fastening mechanisms, wherein each fastening mechanism comprises:
- a plurality of first magnetic components disposed on the opposing ends of the two horizontal members;
- and
- a plurality of second magnetic components, each having a polarity opposite of the first magnetic components, disposed on the opposing ends of the two vertical members,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of first magnetic components mates with at least one of the second magnetic components to form a joint between at least one of the horizontal members and at least one of the vertical members.
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A method of assembling a frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing two elongate horizontal members, each comprising a body and two opposing ends, wherein each opposing end comprises a first half of a miter joint;
- providing two elongate vertical members, each comprising a body and two opposing ends, wherein each opposing end comprises a second half of a miter joint;
- aligning a first opposing end of a first elongate horizontal member with a first opposing end of a first elongate vertical member;
- coupling the first opposing end of the first elongate horizontal member with the first opposing end of the first elongate vertical member via a first fastening mechanism, wherein the first fastening mechanism comprises a first magnetic component disposed on the first opposing end of the first elongate horizontal member and a second magnetic component disposed on the first opposing end of the first elongate vertical member;
- aligning a second opposing end of the first elongate horizontal member with a first opposing end of a second elongate vertical member;
- coupling the second opposing end of the first elongate horizontal member with the first opposing end of the second elongate vertical member via a second fastening mechanism, wherein the second fastening mechanism comprises a first magnetic component disposed on the second opposing end of the first elongate horizontal member and a second magnetic component disposed on the first opposing end of the second elongate vertical member;
- aligning a first opposing end of a second elongate horizontal member with a second opposing end of the first elongate vertical member;
- aligning a second opposing end of the second elongate horizontal member with a second opposing end of the second elongate vertical member;
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- coupling the first and second opposing ends of the second elongate horizontal member with the second opposing ends of the first and second elongate vertical members via third and fourth fastening mechanisms, wherein the fastening mechanisms comprise first and second magnetic components disposed on the opposing ends of the second elongate horizontal member and the second opposing ends of the first and second elongate vertical member.
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A kit for a framing system, the kit comprising:
- a set of two elongate horizontal members, each comprising a body and two opposing ends, wherein each opposing end comprises a first half of a miter joint;
- a set of two elongate vertical members, each comprising a body and two opposing ends, wherein each opposing end comprises a second half of a miter joint;
- and
- a plurality of fastening mechanisms, wherein each fastening mechanism comprises a first magnetic component and a second magnetic component having a polarity opposite of the first magnetic component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.