Picture framing method and kit
OwnerWilliam T. Hewitt, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A kit for forming a picture frame has a board member with a pattern of criss-crossed vertical and horizontal rows of holes into which are inserted pegs or nails in order to form a holding device for the component portions of the picture frame. Rubber bands are provided for retaining the component portions of the picture frame in place after the mitered corners have been glued. The board is also provided with a mat cutting portion comprising a slot in the upper portion of the board and a 45.degree. undercut portion beneath the slot to enable a cutting tool to be maneuvered so as to cut the mat at any angle between 45.degree. and 90.degree..
Claims8
A method of assembling a picture frame from a plurality of picture frame segments having mitered corners, comprising:
- a. providing a plurality of holes arranged in intersecting parallel rows and parallel columns in a flat board, and spacing said rows from each other and said columns from each other so that two frame segments may be placed between two sets of parallel rows of said holes and two other segments may be placed between two sets of parallel columns of said holes;
- b. placing said two segments between said two sets of parallel rows and placing said other two segments between said two sets of parallel columns with the mitered corners of said segments abutting in the desired framing relationship;
- c. inserting pegs in selected ones of said holes in said sets of parallel columns and said sets of parallel rows in abutting relationship to the edges of said frame segments and leaving the corners of said assembled frame segments free and unobstructed;
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- d. applying glue to said abutting corners of said frame segments.
A picture framing kit for joining together a plurality of picture frame segments having mitered corners, comprising:
- a. a base board having a plurality of holes therein arranged in intersecting parallel rows and parallel columns, spaced and arranged so that two of said frame segments may be placed between two sets of parallel rows of said holes and two other segments may be placed between two sets of parallel columns of said holes, with the mitered corners of said segments abutting in the desired framing relationship;
- b. means for temporarily securing said segments in said desired framing relationship with said frame corners being free and unobstructed, comprising a plurality of pegs insertable in said holes in abutting relationship to the edges of said frame segments disposed between said sets of parallel rows and columns of said holes;
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- c. a plurality of flexible band means for securing said frame segments in place by passing at least one of said band means around said two segments disposed between said two sets of columns of holes and at least one other of said band means around said two segments disposed between said two sets of rows of holes.
A mat cutting guide for picture framing comprising:
- a. a substantially flat board;
- b. a slot extending through said board;
- c. said slot including means for permitting the cutting of a mat at a range of angles, comprising:
- i. a widened upper slot portion for permitting the rotation of a cutting instrument;
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- ii. a wedge shaped opening directly below said upper portion, and communicating therewith, said wedge shaped opening comprising one side perpendicular to the surface of said board and one side disposed at an acute angle to said perpendicular side, said sides terminating at the edges of said widened upper slot portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.