Display frame assembly and method of use

A frame assembly for enabling a user to display a picture and three-dimensional motif together wherein the picture is a central element of interest in the assembly and the motif is in an offset position relative to the picture and has a memorable association with the picture, comprising:

• a housing having a back wall and a front portion, a magnifying lens at the front portion in spaced opposed relation to the back wall, and a side wall joining the back wall and the lens, the back and side walls and the lens defining a compartment in the housing, the lens providing a field of view into the compartment;
• spaced picture supporting elements on the back wall collectively defining a picture border around a picture mounting area disposed centrally of said field of view;
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• a motif-mounting element suspended in the housing in laterally outwardly offset relation to the border and in spaced relation to the back wall, the side wall, and the lens.

A frame assembly for enabling a user to display a picture as a central element of interest in the assembly and a motif wherein the motif has a memorable association with the picture, comprising:

• a housing having a back and a front, a magnifying lens at the front in spaced opposed relation to the back, and a side wall joining the back and the lens and defining a compartment in the housing, the lens providing a field of view into the compartment;
• means for supporting a picture on the back centrally of said field of view, the picture having a border;
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• means for suspending a three-dimensional motif at a point in the housing that is within said field of view but is in laterally spaced relation to the border and the side wall and in spaced relation to the back and the lens.

A display frame assembly, comprising:

• a housing having a back and a front, a magnifying lens at the front in spaced opposed relation to the back, and a side wall joining the back and the lens and defining a compartment in the housing, the lens providing a field of view into the compartment;
• a picture supported on the back centrally of said field of view and having a border;
• a three-dimensional motif;
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• a motif mounting member attached to the motif in back thereof and suspending the motif in the housing in said field of view, offset from the border, and in spaced relation to the back, the side wall, and the lens, the motif having a memorable association with the picture.

A personalized display frame assembly for displaying a picture in association with a motif and a scene of a memorable situation and adapted to be modified by a user, comprising:

• a housing having a compartment therein with a front and a back and a side wall joining the front and the back and circumscribing a centerline of the housing that extends from the front to the back;
• a magnifying lens on the front of the housing having a field of view into the compartment and an axis substantially collinear with said centerline;
• a two-dimensional background scene releasably positioned in the compartment adjacent to said back;
• a two-dimensional picture of a person releasably positioned in the compartment adjacent to the scene, in back of the lens, and centered on said centerline;
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• a three-dimensional motif releasably mounted in the compartment in spaced relation to the side wall, the scene and the lens, offset from the centerline in forwardly adjacent relation to the picture,
• the background scene, the picture and the motif being in said field of view, the motif and the background scene recalling an experience, event or place related to the person in the picture,
• the housing having a closeable opening providing user-access to the compartment and of a dimension large enough for each of the background scene, picture, and the motif to pass through into and out of the housing.

A frame assembly, comprising:

• a housing having a compartment therein with a front and a back and a side wall joining the front and the back;
• a magnifying lens on the front of the housing having a field of view into the compartment;
• a picture positioned in overlying relation to the back and generally centered in the field of view;
• a background scene element positioned in overlying relation to said back between the picture and the side wall and in the field of view;
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• a three-dimensional motif positioned in spaced relation to the back, the side wall, and the lens, on one side of the picture, in offset relation to the background scene element, and in the field of view.

A self-modifiable frame assembly for displaying a two-dimensional picture of a person in association with two-dimensional background elements and three-dimensional motifs recalling a memorable experience for the person, comprising:

• a housing having a compartment therein with a front and a back and a side wall joining the front and the back and circumscribing a centerline of the housing that extends from the front to the back;
• a magnifying lens on the front of the housing having a field of view into the compartment and an axis substantially collinear with said centerline;
• a two-dimensional picture of a person releasably positioned in overlying relation to the back and generally centered in the field of view;
• two-dimensional background scene elements releasably positioned in overlying relation to said back, in offset relation to the picture, and in the field of view;
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• three-dimensional motifs releasably positioned in spaced relation to the back, the side wall, and the lens, on opposite sides of the picture, in offset relation to the background scene elements and in the field of view of view, the background scene elements and the motifs recalling an experience related to the person in the picture, the housing having a closeable opening providing user-access to the compartment and of a dimension large enough for each of the background scene elements, picture, and the motifs to pass through into and out of the housing.

A method for creating a personalized composite display of a two-dimensional background, a two-dimensional picture, and a three-dimensional object in a frame assembly having a front and a back with a compartment therebetween, a magnifying lens at the front providing a field of view into the compartment, and a side wall interconnecting the back and the lens and circumscribing the compartment, wherein the picture has a center and is of a person and wherein the background and the object have a memorable association to a particular place, event or experience associated for the person in the picture, comprising the steps of;

• mounting the two-dimensional picture of a person on the back centrally of the field of view;
• selecting the two-dimensional background having indicia thereon that has a memorable association to a particular place, event, or experience for the person in the picture;
• mounting said two-dimensional background on the back around the picture and in the field of view;
• selecting the three-dimensional object that has the same memorable association to the person in the picture as the background;
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• supporting said three-dimensional object in the compartment in the field of view but offset from the center of the picture, in spaced relation to the back, the lens, the side wall, and spaced forwardly of the picture, whereby the picture, the background, and the object appear as a three-dimensional composite through the lens.