Variable picture frame assembly
AssigneeSaugatuck Industries, Incorporated
InventorsHarold M. Belmuth, Alfred R. Leto, Lawrence London, Herman A. Zuckerman
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Abstract
A variable picture frame assembly in which adjacent frames are joined together by snap-on clips which fit over and engage the sidewalls of the frames. Two types of clips are described, one that is U-shaped for connecting adjacent frames in a planar array and another that is double U-shaped for connecting adjacent frames in an angular array. The clips and frames in unassembled form are enclosed for display and merchandising in a blister package in which the base card has cuts formed on it defining backings for the frames.
Claims6
A variable picture frame assembly comprising:
- (a) a plurality of picture frames, each of said picture frames having a front wall having an opening to expose a picture mounted within the frame and a plurality of side walls along the front wall along the periphery thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom, each side wall including an inside surface and an outside surface, a lip formed on the inside surface of each side wall adjacent a back edge thereof extending along said back edge;
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- (b) connecting means for joining adjacent picture frames together, said connecting means comprising snap-on type removal clips, each clip including a pair of spaced leg portions containing a transversely extending bead adapted to fit over the lips on the inside surface of side walls of the adjacent frames to join the frames together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.