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US 5,579,596 AGranted
Adjustable frame
OwnerLajos Kovacs, Sandor Janoskuti +1inventors
InventorsLajos Kovacs, Sandor Janoskuti, Nathanael Nichols
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Abstract
A picture frame for adjustably surrounding a picture. The inventive device includes a plurality of corner members each having a projecting leg extending therefrom. Each corners member is configured to adjustably receive therethrough the projecting leg of an adjacent corner member such that four corner members can be coupled together to form a frame adjustable to a desired size.
Claims9
A modular frame comprising:
- a plurality of corner members each having a projecting leg extending therefrom, the corner members each being shaped so as to define a receiving aperture oriented substantially orthogonally relative to the projecting leg,
- wherein each of the corner members comprises a base plate, with the projecting leg being coupled to and extending from the base plate;
- an L-shaped spacer coupled to the projecting leg so as to capture the projecting leg between the base plate and the L-shaped spacer;
- a transverse spacer coupled to the base plate and oriented so as to extend in a substantially spaced and parallel orientation relative to a portion of the L-shaped spacer;
- and a cover plate extending over the transverse spacer and the L-shaped spacer so as to capture the projecting leg, the L-shaped spacer, and the transverse spacer between the base plate and the cover plate.
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A modular frame comprising:
- a plurality of corner members each having a projecting leg extending therefrom, the corner members each being shaped so as to define a receiving aperture oriented substantially orthogonally relative to the projecting leg, wherein the projecting leg of a first one of the corner members can thus be slidably positioned within the receiving aperture of a second one of the corner members, with the projecting leg of the second corner member being slidably positioned within the receiving aperture of a third one of the corner members, the projecting leg of the third corner member being slidably positioned within the receiving aperture of a fourth one of the corner members, with the projecting leg of the fourth corner member being slidably positioned within the receiving aperture of the first corner member to define a substantially rectangular configuration of the modular frame, each of the corner members being slidably adjustable relative to one another to size the modular frame,
- wherein each of the corner members comprises a base plate, with the projecting leg being coupled to and extending from the base plate;
- an L-shaped spacer coupled to the projecting leg so as to capture the projecting leg between the base plate and the L-shaped spacer;
- a transverse spacer coupled to the base plate and oriented so as to extend in a substantially spaced and parallel orientation relative to a portion of the L-shaped spacer;
- and a cover plate extending over the transverse spacer and the L-shaped spacer so as to capture the projecting leg, the L-shaped spacer, and the transverse spacer between the base plate and the cover plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.