Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Picture frame – Decorative feature
Patent
1999-07-01
2000-12-26
Davis, Cassandra H.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Picture frame
Decorative feature
40783, 403401, A47G 106
Patent
active
061639990
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a frame element for a picture frame.
BACKGROUND
Picture frames and, in particular, frames for photos are offered in different dimensions and different make-ups. In addition to picture frames having but few ornamental decorations, a number of configurations have become known, in which the frame elements are designed to be profiled or decorated in a more or less sophisticated manner. Frames with particularly exuberant decorations in most cases, however, after some time will make the observer feel that the frame is no longer appropriate. On the other hand, it is not always easy, despite the great variety of different frames, to find the frame intended for a particular decorative effect among the huge assortment available, wherefor the desire to change or decorate frames later on in order to adapt them to certain occasions or a certain environment becomes understandable.
FR-2 632 509 shows and describes a picture frame essentially consisting of four longitudinal sections as well as four corner connections capable of being inserted into the end faces of the sections. On the longitudinal section side are provided longitudinal ribs to which decorative slip-on elements are attachable via said sections or via said corner connections.
From GB-2 286 526A a frame system has become known, in which sectional ledges externally including joints for receiving decoration elements are provided. As decoration elements, corner elements or pediments are, for instance, used, which may be fastened to the external side of the frame, e.g., by the aid of a glue.
From CH-686 553 A5, an angle element for assembling sections to frames has become known. Therein, the sectional ledges are inserted into the angle elements formed in one piece, wherein the internal surface of the angle element is designed to correspond with the external profile of the sectional ledges so as to ensure a precise fit of the sectional ledges in the angle elements. The angle element may include openings for fastening additional decorative elements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention aims at providing a frame element for picture frames, by which it is readily feasible to basically change frames in respect of their esthetic overall impression retroactively in a simple manner without involving cumbersome adaptation work. To solve this object, the invention consists in a frame element for picture frames, comprising a lower supporting element, in which an upper supporting element is inserted in a manner that the frame element may be adapted to any desired frame heights with the supporting elements embracing the frame corners, and wherein, on the upper side of the upper supporting element, a reception means is provided in the form of a snap fastener, which cooperates with a respective coupling member of a decoration element such that the decoration element, after closing of the snap fastening closure, is rotatable in its position. Due to the fact that two interconnectable supporting elements embracing the frame corners are provided, with the upper supporting element being inserted in the lower supporting element, universal elements may be proposed, which can be adapted to any desired frame heights and frame shapes in a simple manner. The supporting elements embrace the frame corners and can be detachably connected with one another in a simple manner. By the fact that one supporting element comprises a reception means in the form of a snap fastener cooperating with a respective coupling member of a decoration element and capable of being detachably connected with the same, it has now become feasible to attach decoration elements of any shape and configuration to such supporting elements, thus allowing the overall appearance of the frame to be fundamentally changed. The decoration elements in that case may be designed in a particularly simple manner, lending themselves also to a subsequent individual design by the user. Decoration elements may readily be covered with cloth or painted such that, in the main, plenty of sc
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