Storage and framing unit for a variety of photographic sizes

A photographic print display unit for displaying a single photograph of any one of a variety of sizes, comprising:

• a rectangular framing unit having two side walls and a first end wall of a first height, a second end wall of a second and lesser height than said first height, and a bottom,
• a groove formed in said side walls and said first end wall of said framing unit above said second height of said second end wall,
• transparent window means for slidably opening and closing said framing unit, said transparent window means being of a size as to fit inside said groove and substantially flush with an outer surface of said second end wall when closed,
• a support structure inserted within said framing unit for supporting a photograph near said transparent window means,
• a photograph mounting and displaying device, supported by said support structure, and having at least three sections divided by folds, at least two of said sections having cut out areas of predetermined but different sizes and a third said section having manufactured means for holding any of a plurality of different sized photographs.

A photograph display and storage device, comprising:

• a framing unit defining an open top and forming a bottom wall and a plurality of adjoining side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a shorter wall of said plurality of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to a lesser height than adjoining ends of two of said plurality of side walls, said two of said plurality of side walls having opposed and spaced apart grooves formed at a height above said bottom wall greater than said lesser height of said shorter wall;
• a transparent window slidably inserted into said grooves for opening and closing said open top of said flaming unit, said transparent window having a recessed lower surface comprising an area defining an outermost edge of said window for placing said recessed surface spaced apart from said shorter wall while said window is traveling within said grooves;
• a support structure, removably inserted within said framing unit, formed by a plurality of inner walls of a lesser height than said shorter wall of said framing unit, for accommodating plurality of stored photographs within said inner walls, said support structure further comprising a continuous ledge extending along a top edge of said inner walls and continuing inwardly from said walls, for supporting display of a photograph immediately below said transparent window, said ledge forming an opening in said support structure accommodating entry of photographs to be placed within said inner walls;
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• a photo mat, supported by said ledge above said opening in said support structure, and having a plurality of separated closed openings of different sizes for accommodating said display of the photograph having any one of a plurality of different and differing sizes corresponding to different ones of said closed openings.

A kit, comprising:

• a framing unit defining an open top and forming a bottom wall and a plurality of adjoining side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a shorter wall of said plurality of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to a lesser height than adjoining ends of two of said plurality of side walls, said two of said plurality of side walls having opposed and spaced apart grooves formed at a height above said bottom wall greater than said lesser height of said shorter wall;
• transparent window means slidably insertable into said grooves for opening and closing said open top of said framing unit, said transparent window means having a recessed lower surface comprising an area defining an outermost edge of said transparent window means for placing said recessed surface spaced apart from said shorter wall while said transparent window means is traveling in said grooves;
• a support structure, insertable within said framing unit to a position beneath said grooves, formed by a plurality of inner walls of a lesser height than said shorter wall of said framing unit, for accommodating a plurality of stored photographs within said inner walls, said support structure further comprising a continuous ledge extending along a top edge of said inner walls and continuing inwardly from said walls, said ledge forming an opening in said support structure;
• a plurality of display borders removably insertable within said framing unit between said support structure and said transparent window means, each of said display borders providing a different size closed opening;
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• photograph mounting means, removably insertable within said framing unit, for retaining any one of a plurality of photographs of different and differing sizes in a fixed position beneath one of said display borders and above said opening in said support structure, said ledge of said support structure supporting a periphery of said photograph mounting means.