Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Picture frame – Knockdown or set-up type
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-25
2008-03-25
Miller, William L. (Department: 3677)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Picture frame
Knockdown or set-up type
C040S711000, C040S725000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11177272
ABSTRACT:
The Invention is a message board having a base, a frame and a hinge connecting the frame and base. The frame has an open position and a closed position and defines a frame opening. A planar member releasably retains an artwork within the frame such that the artwork is displayed through the frame opening when the frame is in the closed position. An erasable writing surface is defined by the planar member and is displayed when the frame is in the open position.
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Angell George P.
Foreman Todd E.
Krazer Cutis W.
Ray Prasenjit
Swartley Jason L.
Miller William L.
Yarbrough Robert J.
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