Picture-holding device

A picture holding device consisting of a one-piece molded plastic part and a transparent front pane, said plastic molded part comprising:

• a substantially closed bottom wall and a frame enclosing said bottom wall all around, said frame having four sides arranged in a rectangular configuration, wherein the sides of the frame project at right angles from the bottom wall and have a top edge disposed on a plane parallel to the bottom wall;
• at least two holding attachments provided on said edge, said holding attachments engaging a receiving trough defined by the frame and substantially closed on the bottom side by said bottom wall;
• slots provided in the bottom wall adjacent segments of the frame sides supporting holding attachments so as to permit the associated segment of the frame to expanded sideways;
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• widened through extending openings provided in said slots at points aligned with each holding attachment, said openings having a size at least as large as the projection of the part of the adjacent holding attachment, so that during the manufacture of the molded body, each holding attachment is accessible to a molding die, said molding die being inserted through the extending opening in the bottom wall.

A picture-holding device comprising:

• a one-piece molded plastic frame, said frame having a first and second pair of opposed sides, said first pair of opposed sides being rigid and having a bottom wall extending inwardly therefrom, each of said sides of said second pair of opposed sides having a least one holding attachment extending inwardly therefrom in a plane generally parallel to said inwardly extending bottom wall and spaced a predetermined distance therefrom, at least one of said sides of said second pair of opposed sides resiliently movable in a direction outwardly of said frame;
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• a rigid transparent front pane of a predetermined size corresponding to said one-piece molded plastic frame and capable of being slidably inserted within said frame by being slid along said inwardly extending bottom wall and under one of said holding attachments, said predetermined size of said transparent front pane requiring the outward deflection of said holding attachment associated with said at least one resiliently movable side in said plane generally parallel to said inwardly extending bottom wall for insertion of said rigid front pane over said holding attachment and onto said bottom wall, whereby said holding attachment on said at least one resiliently moveable side upon returning to its position prior to said outward deflection, thereby captures said rigid front pane within said frame between said bottom wall and said holding attachments.