Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Picture frame – Curved picture
Patent
1996-02-26
1997-04-15
Silbermann, Joanne
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Picture frame
Curved picture
G09F 112
Patent
active
056198167
ABSTRACT:
A free-standing frame for a photo, a printed painting or any other sheet having decorative or informative data to be displayed. The frame is formed by a pair of superposed flexible plastic panels, at least the face panel being transparent, the sheet to be displayed being sandwiched therebetween. Threaded through holes in the panels is a cord which in the flat state of the frame has overlying the face panel a pair of parallel vertical cord sections on either side of the sandwiched sheet, and a pair of parallel horizontal cord sections behind the rear panel joining the ends of the vertical cord sections to define an endless cord rectangle which serves to loosely hold the panels together. When the rear cord sections are hooked together at their centers and converge to create a holding node, the resultant flexing of the panels which are then under tension acts to compress the sheet therebetween to maintain its frame position and to more effectively display the sheet. The frame is then in a curved state in which it can sit upright on a horizontal surface or be suspended by its node from a wall. When the hook is released, the frame then recovers its flat state in which it may be conveniently packed and shipped.
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Ebert Michael
Silbermann Joanne
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