Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Picture frame – With illumination means
Reexamination Certificate
2002-06-21
2003-12-30
Green, Brian K. (Department: 3611)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Picture frame
With illumination means
C040S743000, C040S747000, C040S564000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06668477
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a 3-D picture framing and more particularly pertains to a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects for providing three dimensional visual effects to pictures.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of 3-D picture framing is known in the prior art. More specifically, 3-D picture framing heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,357; U.S. Pat. No. 5,636,914; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 378,785; U.S. Pat. No. 5,629,796; U.S. Pat. No. 5,132,839; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,600,402.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects. The inventive device includes a base stand including a base portion and upright end portions having ends which are disposed parallel to the base portion; and further includes a box member having side walls, a back wall, a front wall having an opening therethrough with the box member being pivotally attached to the base stand; and further includes mirrors being mounted upon the side, bottom and top walls in the box member; and also includes a light-emitting assembly being attached to the box member for illuminating inside the box member; and further includes a window securely disposed in the opening in the front wall; and also includes a picture stand which includes a base member having slots therein and which is securely mounted upon the bottom wall of the box member; and further includes a picture which is removably supported in the slots in the base member and having its front side facing the window and being visible through the window.
In these respects, the picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing three dimensional visual effects to pictures.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of 3-D picture framing now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing three dimensional visual effects to pictures.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which has many of the advantages of the 3-D picture framing mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art 3-D picture framing, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base stand including a base portion and upright end portions having ends which are disposed parallel to the base portion; and further includes a box member having side walls, a back wall, a front wall having an opening therethrough with the box member being pivotally mounted to the base stand; and further includes mirrors being mounted upon the side, bottom and top walls in the box member; and also includes a light-emitting assembly being attached to the box member for illuminating inside the box member; and further includes a window securely disposed in the opening in the front wall; and also includes a picture stand which includes a base member having slots therein and which is securely mounted upon the bottom wall of the box member; and further includes a picture which is removably supported in the slots in the base member and having its front side facing the window and being visible through the window.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which has many of the advantages of the 3-D picture framing mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art 3-D picture framing, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects for providing three dimensional visual effects to pictures.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new picture frame providing three dimensional visual effects which includes a base stand including a base portion and upright end portions having ends w
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