Display frame and protective container
OwnerJacob G. Dollinventor
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Abstract
A display frame having a transparent viewing area comprising a face plate and a back plate provided with a tongue and groove engagement when assembled, adhesive material in the groove whereby to form a sealed chamber within which a picture and/or indicia are displayed, and a desiccant material in communication with the sealed chamber, thereby providing indefinite protection against moisture and dust.
Claims12
A display frame comprising a planar face plate having a transparent viewing area extending over a major portion thereof and a side edge extending rearwardly substantially perpendicular to said face plate, a continuous flange secured to said face plate and extending rearwardly substantially perpendicular thereto, said flange being spaced inwardly of said side edge and parallel thereto whereby to form a groove around the entire periphery of the rear side of said face plate;
- a planar back plate having the same dimensions as said face plate and having a continuous tongue extending forwardly substantially perpendicular to said back plate, said tongue being spaced inwardly from the edge of said back plate a distance sufficient to provide a mating tongue and groove engagement around the entire Periphery of said display frame when said face plate and said back plate are placed in assembled relation;
- adhesive material positioned in said groove whereby to form a sealed chamber directly behind said viewing area when said face plate and back plate are in assembled relation;
- and a desiccant material in communication with said sealed chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.