Frame for framing pictures
OwnerC. C. Steffen Hanseninventor
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Abstract
A frame for framing pictures has frame sections each having an external side wall connecting a channel for corner brackets on the back of the frame section with a visible front surface, which extends from the side wall towards a picture element in the frame. A screen wall extends from a holding lip down past a supporting lip to a bottom surface. A clear gap between the front surface of the frame section and the screen wall is of a smaller width than the distance from the holding lip to the bottom surface.
Claims21
A frame in combination with a picture element, comprising a plurality of frame sections, wherein each frame section has a bottom surface, a channel for receiving corner brackets, an upstanding screen wall on said bottom surface, an external side wall connecting the bottom surface with a visible front surface, and a clear gap between the front surface of the frame section and the screen wall, said visible front surface extending from the external side wall towards the screen wall, said screen wall having a projecting holding lip and a subjacent supporting lip for a picture element, said screen wall extending a distance down past the supporting lip to the bottom surface, and said clear gap between the front surface of the frame section and the screen wall being of a smaller width than said distance from the holding lip to the bottom surface, wherein said channel is formed by a pair of L-shaped members and a portion of the bottom surface.
A frame for framing pictures and being composed of a plurality of frame sections, wherein each frame section has a channel for receiving corner brackets, a bottom surface with an upstanding screen wall, an external side wall with a visible front surface, and a clear gap between the front surface of the frame section and the screen wall, said screen wall having a projecting holding lip and a subjacent supporting lip for a picture element, said screen wall extending a distance down past the supporting lip to the bottom surface, and said clear gap between the front surface of the frame section and the screen wall being of a smaller width than said distance from the holding lip to the bottom surface, wherein said channel is formed by a pair of L-shaped members and a portion of the bottom surface.
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