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US 4,187,630 AGranted
Picture frame
OwnerJoe D. Giulie, James E. Guilieinventors
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Abstract
A frame for pictures and the like is provided having a U-shaped edge member including a pair of arms extending downwardly from a bight and having an inwardly extending member on one of the arms. The picture is held in place by means of a sheet of a bendable, stiff material which is folded over near a marginal edge with the fold line resting against the bight and the terminal edge locked against the inwardly extending member.
Claims3
A picture having a frame wherein a "U" shaped frame member forms the edge on a sheet of bendable, stiff material, said picture comprising in combination:
- a. a "U" shaped edge member,
- b. said "U" having a pair of arms extending upwardly from a bight,
- c. an inwardly extending member on one of said arms spaced from said bight and extending toward, but terminating short of, the opposite arm,
- d. a sheet of bendable, stiff material,
- e. said sheet of material being folded parallel to a terminal edge to provide a fold line,
- f. said fold line resting against said bight,
- g. said terminal edge springing out from the main body of the sheet and resting against the corner formed between the inner side of said inwardly extending member and the arm of the "U" from which said member extends,
- h. whereby said sheet is locked in said "U" shaped edge member.
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