US 4,156,498 AGranted

Carrier for framed art works

OwnerMartin S. Millerinventor

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Abstract

A knockdown carrier for a plurality of juxtaposed rectangular frames supporting canvas paintings and similar artwork, to bind and maintain them in spaced relation by means of pairs of rigid bars at longitudinally displaced points along said frames. Each pair of bars is provided with adjustably fixed spacer members which extend inwardly between the frames, with the respective members at the top and bottom being in alignment with each other to accommodate frames of different thicknesses. A flexible band encompasses the outer portions of the superposed rigid bars and the frames therebetween to bind and integrate the assembly for storage or transport, and in the latter case, a balanced handle device is detachably connected between the longitudinally displaced binding and spacing units. Stretcher rods between the bottom rigid bars and stabilizer buses connected between the top rigid bars may be used as accessory devices to insure the tightness of the individual and groups of frame assemblies.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A portable knockdown assembly for securing spacedly a plurality of art frames having straight parallel top and bottom edges, comprising

(a) a rigid bar extending transversely across the top edges of the frames, and having outer and inner surfaces and opposed lateral surfaces with the inner surface adjacent to said frames,
(b) spacer members adapted to be affixed to said inner surface of said bar at predetermined adjustable displacements from each other along the length of said bar and adapted to extend downwardly between top edges of the frames,
(c) a second rigid bar extending transversely across the bottom edges of the frames below and in alignment with said first-mentioned bar, and having outer and inner surfaces and opposed lateral surfaces with the inner surface adjacent to said frames,
(d) a second set of adjustable spacer members adapted to be affixed to the inner surface of said second bar along the length thereof and in alignment with the respective first-mentioned spacers and to extend upwardly between the bottom edges of the frames,
(e) said spacer members adapted to be readily releaseable to permit the convenient adjustment of the spacings therebetween to conform to the thickness of the frames,
(f) a flexible band adjacent to the outer surfaces of said bars and surrounding the frames, and
(g) means for tightening said band into clamping relation around said bars and the frames confined between said spacer members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.