Frame for the display of pictures
AssigneeLicinvest AG
InventorHeinz Keller
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Abstract
A picture frame has a plastic rear wall wherein a bearing member is mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis orthogonal to the rear wall between a first and a second end position spaced by 90.degree.. A prop is hinged to the bearing member so as to be unfoldable from a recess of the rear wall into a first spread-apart position when the bearing member assumes the first end position and into a second spread-apart position when the bearing member is in its other end position. In either spread-apart position, the prop defines a different angle with the rear wall, said angles being determined by stops on the rear wall cooperating with stops on the prop.
Claims8
A frame for display of at least one picture, including:
- a frame body comprising a rear wall made of plastic material, said frame body having a first pair of relatively long parallel edges and a second pair of relatively short parallel edges,
- prop means for supporting the frame as a stand, said prop means comprising a bearing member mounted on said frame body rear wall and pivotable relative thereto through a 90.degree. range between a first and a second end position about an axis which is perpendicular to said rear wall, said prop means further comprising a leg swingably mounted on said bearing member to support in a spread-apart position said frame body in either of an upright and sidewise position on one of said short and long edges, respectively, said axis being spaced by a different distance from said one short edge than from said one long edge, and said frame body having a stop lock for each of said end positions, each of said stop locks engaging said leg in order to fix said leg in an associated spread-apart position from said frame body such that said frame body when placed on a support plane defines therewith substantially equal angles in said upright and sidewise positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.