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US 5,174,054 AGranted
Picture frame
OwnerMargaret M. Politiinventor
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Abstract
A picture frame has a front display member including a flat viewing window and an outwardly bulged channel forming a border for the window. A backing panel is positioned behind the display member to hold behind the viewing window a picture and various loose items, e.g., a medal, rolled-up document, flower, etc., within the border channel. Resilient detent mechanisms are molded into the front display member releasably to hold the backing member in position.
Claims8
A picture frame comprising:
- a front display member comprising a flat transparent viewing window having a peripheral edge, and a rearwardly-facing transparent channel extending about the window in contiguous relation to said window peripheral edge,
- said transparent channel projecting forwardly from the plane of said window to form a memorabilia display space located at least partially in front of the window plane, said transparent channel comprising an inner flange joined to the peripheral edge of the window and an outer flange spaced from said peripheral edge, said inner flange spanning the window plane to form a rear edge spaced behind the window plane, said outer flange defining the outer edge of the picture frame,
- a rear backing member comprising a flat panel adapted to fit within a space circumscribed by the outer peripheral flange of the transparent channel, said flat panel having a front face abutting the rear edge of said inner flange to form a picture-containment space between the window and the panel,
- said outer flange of the transparent channel having rearwardly-facing shoulder means adapted to engage said flat panel, said outer peripheral flange extending rearwardly beyond said shoulder means to form a skirt wall spanning the plane of the flat panel, and
- means for detachably holding the backing panel against said channel inner flange and said rearwardly-facing shoulder means.
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