Table And Tabletop For Use With Interchangeable Art Elements
OwnerJohn Phillip Thibaultinventor
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Abstract
A table and tabletop configured for easy exchange of art elements is disclosed. The table has tabletop that includes a frame system with an outer frame movably connected with an inner frame. The outer frame supports a protective element, and the inner frame supports an art element. When the outer frame is moved away from the inner frame, the art element supported in the inner frame can readily be exchanged with another.
Claims19
A table, comprising:
- a. a leg supporting, directly or indirectly, a tabletop;
- b. the tabletop including a frame system, the frame system comprising an outer frame movably connected with an inner frame;
- c. the outer frame comprising a border with a top facing surface that is in a first reference plane when the tabletop is in an open position, a second reference plane when the tabletop is in a closed position, wherein the first reference plane and the second reference plane are parallel, and the border comprises an inward facing surface adapted to support a protective element, the inward facing surface being perpendicular to the first and the second reference planes;
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- d. the inner frame comprising a receptacle adapted to removably receive an art element, wherein the outer frame is liftable from the inner frame to open the tabletop for exchanging one art element for another.
A tabletop including a frame system, the frame system comprising an outer frame movably connected with an inner frame to move between an open position and a closed position;
- a. the outer frame comprising a border with a top facing surface that is in a first reference plane in the open position, a second reference plane in the closed position, wherein the first reference plane and the second reference plane are parallel, and an inward facing surface adapted to support a protective element, the inward facing surface being perpendicular to the first and the second reference planes;
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- b. the inner frame comprising a receptacle adapted to removably receive an art element, wherein the outer frame is manually and reversibly movable away from the inner frame for ease of exchanging art elements while remaining attached with the inner frame.
A horizontal art display apparatus, comprising:
- a. a frame system mounted horizontally, the frame system comprising an outer frame movably connected with an inner frame to move between an open position and a closed position;
- b. the outer frame comprising a border with a top facing surface that is in a first reference plane in the open position, a second reference plane in the closed position, wherein the first reference plane and the second reference plane are parallel, and the border having an inward facing surface supporting a protective translucent or transparent element, the inward facing surface being perpendicular to the first and the second reference planes;
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- c. the inner frame comprising a receptacle adapted to removably receive an art element, wherein the outer frame is reversibly movable away from the inner frame for exchanging art elements.
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