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US 9,750,357 B2Granted
Frameless flat artwork mounting apparatus
OwnerWilliam Hoppinventor
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Abstract
I disclose a frameless display apparatus for flat or essentially flat artwork. The apparatus comprises a transparent envelope with flaps to fold around the edges of the flat artwork. Four perpendicular pairs of rods meet at a hub to create a T-shaped cross brace. Clips on the terminal ends of each pair of rods couple to the edges of the enclosed artwork to stabilize the artwork from twisting in place. The artwork and cross brace rest directly in a wall mount, or spaced forward of the wall with one or more interlocking forward extension elements.
Claims6
An apparatus for mounting and displaying flat artwork without a frame, comprising:
- a. a rectangular envelope with four edges, a right side, a wrong side, and a first set of four fold lines, wherein the first set of four fold lines define:
- i. a first rectangular area within the first set of four fold lines, and
- ii. four flaps outside of the first set of four fold lines, wherein
- the flat artwork fills and covers the wrong side of the first rectangular area and the four flaps fold to the wrong side along the first set of four fold lines to enclose the flat artwork there between;
- b. a brace, comprising a hub and four pairs of spaced-apart parallel rods, each pair of spaced-apart parallel rods radiating from the hub and perpendicular to and coplanar with each other, each such pair of parallel rods having a hub end and clip end;
- c. a clip affixed to the clip end of each of the four pairs of spaced-apart parallel rods, each clip further comprising:
- i. a front,
- ii. a back,
- iii. a space between the front and the back
- iv. a top bar joining the front of the clip to the back of the clip,
- v. a bottom bar also joining the front of the clip to the back of the clip, and
- vi. a plug depending from the back of the clip,
- wherein the space between the front and the back of each such clip retains a midpoint of a corresponding flap of the rectangular envelope;
- and
- d. a wall mount with a pair of spaced-apart slots dimensioned to retain any one of the four pairs of spaced-apart parallel rods, and a groove located between each slot.
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