Picture frame and manufacture thereof
AssigneeAvant Modes, Inc.
InventorsJames A. MacPherson, Joseph Schwartz
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Abstract
A device for displaying an article which comprises a front frame part, a back frame part and a decorative covering over the face of the front frame part and held thereon by reason of clamping engagement of interfitting rims on the two parts with the decorative covering. The parts have aligned openings for viewing the article, such openings being covered by a transparent sheet for protecting the article. Supporting means for the frame assembly is secured to the back part and includes an easel which may have a loop for suspending the frame assembly or includes a stand. The easel or the stand are shaped so as to provide a cavity between it and the back part for receiving the article and the protective sheet.
Claims19
A decorative frame assembly for displaying an article, said assembly comprising a front part with a front face having an opening extending therethrough, a back part substantially co-extensive with said front part and having an opening extending therethrough, said last-mentioned opening corresponding in shape to the shape of the opening in the front part but having a size different from the size of the opening in the front part and said back part being mounted adjacent said front part with the opening in the back part aligned with the opening in the front part, said back part having a peripheral shape corresponding to the peripheral shape of said front part but having a size different from the peripheral size of the front part, a sheet of decorative material covering said front face and extending between said front part and said back part both at the peripheries thereof and at the peripheries of the opening therethrough, at least one said part having a rim thereon around the opening therethrough and extending toward the other part and frictionally engaging said sheet material between said rim and the other part and at least one said part having a rim at the periphery thereof and extending toward the other part and frictionally engaging said sheet material between said last-mentioned rim and said last-mentioned other part, whereby said sheet material is clamped between said front part and said back part both at the peripheries of the openings and at the peripheries of the parts and said parts are maintained adjacent to each other, and supporting means secured to one said part for supporting said frame on a support.
A method of manufacturing a decorative frame for displaying an article, said method comprising:
- forming a sheet of decorative, flexible material with a central opening, a front face and a back face, the front face being large relative to the thickness of the sheet;
- forming a first part from a sheet of rigid material, said part having a front face which is large relative to the thickness of the latter material, but smaller than the front face of the sheet of decorative material, having a central opening in the front face which is larger than the opening in the sheet of decorative material, and having a first rim and a second rim substantially perpendicular to said face and extending in a direction opposite to the direction in which said face faces, said first rim extending around the periphery of said face and the second rim extending around the periphery of said opening;
- forming a second part from rigid material, said second part having a front face which is large relative to the thickness of the latter material, having a central opening in its front face which is substantially equal to the size of the opening in said first part and which has a shape corresponding to the latter opening, the periphery of said second part and the periphery of the opening in said second part having shapes corresponding respectively to the shapes of the first and second rims of the first part and respectively differing in size from the first and second rims of the first part by an amount substantially equal to twice the thickness of the sheet of the decorative material;
- applying the sheet of decorative material over the front face of the first part with its front face facing away from the front face of the first part and with first portions thereof extending into the opening of the first part and second portions thereof adjacent the first rim of the first part;
- pressing said front part and said second part together with the back face of the first part facing the front face of the second part and with said first portions of the sheet of decorative material between the second rim of said first part and the periphery of the opening of said second part and said second portions of the sheet of decorative material between the first rim of said first part and the periphery of said second part thereby to engage the edges of the sheet of decorative material by the rims and the peripheries of the second part and of the opening therein;
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- securing supporting means for supporting said frame from a support to one of said parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.