DE202021104775U1 - Shippable picture frame - Google Patents

Abstract

Shippable picture frame, characterized in that two essentially equally sized frame side parts (11, 11a) and a frame middle part (12) arranged between these are provided that the frame parts (11, 11a, 12) are connected to one another with hinge means (18) are that the frame side parts (11, 11a) can be folded over the frame middle part (12).

Description

The invention relates to a picture frame that can be shipped.

From the DE 97 04 650 U1 mail items are known in which a mailable letter card can be made from a large-sized sheet of writing paper by folding and gluing it together. Furthermore, large, landscape-format photo cards are known in which a panoramic view is to be displayed by assembling several photos.

The classic art trade has also changed significantly in the course of digitization and online trade. Pictures are usually sold with their frames. Large-format works are increasingly being ordered online. The problem of shipping costs arises with these works. Especially with large-format works, for example in a panorama format, the shipping costs can well exceed the creation value of the image.

The object of the present invention is therefore to create a wide-format panorama picture frame covered with a picture, which can be brought into a format that can be sent by post.

The object is achieved in that two essentially equally sized frame side parts and a frame middle part arranged between them are provided, that the frame parts are connected to one another in profile concave grooves via foldable hinge means arranged on them and the frame side parts can be folded over the frame middle part in this way are.

These measures create a mail item that can be opened to form a wide-format quasi-panorama image. In the folded state, the mail item preferably has a DIN-standardized format.

In an advantageous embodiment of the picture frame according to the invention, which can be shipped, it is provided that the frame side parts can be connected to the frame middle part with closure means.

According to a further embodiment, the frame side parts can be joined together with their closing edges approximately in the middle above the frame middle part and can be designed such that they can be adhesively connected to one another with closure means.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the picture frame that can be shipped according to the invention, the frame side parts folded in over the middle part of the frame can be designed such that they can be adhesively connected or plugged or clamped to one another and to the rear of the middle part with locking means.

The frame side parts, which are divided by hinge means, can each be divided about half the size of the frame middle part and, when folded, have a DIN-A format.

According to a further embodiment of the picture frame that can be shipped, it is provided that the inside of the side parts connected to one another is designed as a continuous print carrier for a picture motif.

In a further embodiment it is advantageously provided that the rear side of the central part is designed as a print carrier for a reduced image of the image motif printed on the inside. As a result, the picture does not have to be unfolded unnecessarily in order to be able to carry out a motif check for the dispatch to the end user.

The side parts, which are folded against one another, can be connected to one another with a centrally arranged closure means.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, it is provided that the frame parts can be detachably connected to one another by means of a lock. The lock is arranged in such a way that it is flush with the frame surface so that no pressure points on the motif carrier - for example a canvas - are pressed through.

Classic hinges can be used as the hinge means. But alternatives made from a permanently elastic plastic, leather or textile fabric in the manner of a hinged connection connecting the frame parts are also envisaged as connecting means. The frame parts are aligned towards one another in such a way that the abutting edges and abutting surfaces of the frame parts in cross section in the area of the hinge abut one another in a form-fitting manner when they are unfolded, in order then to be releasably connected to one another with locking means.

In a further preferred embodiment of the picture frame according to the invention that can be shipped, it is provided that the locking means has pins which can be brought into operative connection with the bore arranged on the frame parts. Basically, this is a railing of the frame parts Fix the frame using a clamp bracket (pins that can be positively inserted into the bores) and prevent it from unfolding unintentionally. The locking can also take place via a type of swivel lock, whereby the bolt or the rail can be connected directly to the frame parts using a medium-suitable screw connection.

• 1 die isometrische Darstellung eines breitformatigen Bildes, das auf einen teilweise aufgeklappten Rahmen gespannt ist, von vorn;
• 2 eines breitformatigen Bildes mit, zusammengeklappten Rahmen, von vorn;
• 3 die isometrische Darstellung eines breitformatigen Bildes mit teilweise aufgeklappt Rahmen, von hinten;
• 4. eine schematische Darstellung im Querschnitt einer Scharnieranordnung mit Arretiervorrichtung am Rahmen.

Further advantageous measures are described in the subclaims. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and is described in more detail below; it shows:

• 1 the isometric representation of a wide-format picture, which is stretched on a partially opened frame, from the front;
• 2 of a wide format picture with, folded frame, from the front;
• 3 the isometric representation of a wide format picture with partially opened frame, from behind;
• 4th . a schematic representation in cross section of a hinge arrangement with a locking device on the frame.

The panorama frame 10 in this embodiment consists essentially of two foldable side parts 11th and 11a and a middle part 12th in transverse profile concave grooves 15th are connected to one another via hinge means 15a. In another embodiment, the panorama frame 10 also be designed in two parts.

The foldable side panels 11th and 11a can over the inside 19th of the middle part 12th be folded. The folded side panels 11th and 11a collide with their closing edges 21 and 21a about in the middle of each other and are quasi a cover for one on the inside 19th of the middle part 12th Printed or painted wide format picture.

The backside 20th of the middle part 12th can be used as a print carrier 17th for a scaled down des on the inside 19th of the middle part 12th printed / painted on, wide-format image.

The picture takes up the entire surface of the inside 19th a and is not shown in detail.

The image, which is not shown in detail, can preferably be recorded with a 360 ° panorama camera and can show the most varied of motifs.

There are separate closing means for closing 16 and 16a intended. With the closure means 16 and 16a the folded side panels 11th and 11a with each other and on their back 20th with the middle part 12th get connected. The closure means 16 and 16a are preferably designed to be self-adhesive. They cover and connect the closing edges 21 and 21a the side panels folded against each other 11th and 11a at least partially.

The closure means preferably connect 16 and 16a the closing edges 21 and 21a at their outer corners 22nd and 22a and you can use the top and bottom edges of the picture 23 and 23a on the back 20th of the middle part 12th be kinked.

It is also possible to have the side parts folded against one another 11th and 11a to be connected to one another in a manner not shown with only one central locking means.

When the panorama frame 10 folded up and the side panels 11th and 11a with the closure means 16 and 16a on the middle part 12th are fixed, there is, for example, a DIN-A-format, ready-to-ship framed picture.

One is stretched on the panorama frame 10 arranged and firmly connected to this print carrier 17th and with it that on the print carrier 17th arranged image / motif 14th in which the side panels 11th or. 11a on the middle part 11th be folded into the same plane. As shown for the sake of clarity in the 4th with only one side part, the side part 11th opposite the middle part 12th is shown schematically.

In this embodiment, the side panels 11th , 11a opposite the middle part 12th over on the panorama frame 10 arranged hinge means 18th kept rotating. The hinge means can be hinges or permanently elastic but dimensionally stable connecting means made of metal or suitable plastics that act like bands.

So that the hinge means on the underside of the print carrier 17th Do not apply when unfolded, they are chamfers 24 , 24a are provided which enable the hinge means 18th flush with the surface 13th of the panorama frame 10 to lock.

The frame parts 11th , 11a and 12th are in this embodiment by a lock 25th releasably connected to each other. The panorama frame 10 with on the frame parts 11th , 11a , 12th arranged holes 27, 27a, as shown in 4th is also shown. The locking means 25th has pins 26, 26a which can be brought into operative connection with the bores 27, 27a in a form-fitting manner. the locking means 25th acts like a bolt.

List of reference symbols

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Panorama frame

11, 11a

collapsible frame side panel

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Frame middle part

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Frame top

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image

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Embossed profile groove

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Closure means

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Print carrier

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Hinge means

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inside

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back

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Closing edge

22, 22a

Frame corner

23, 23a

Frame border

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Chamfers

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Locking means

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Patent literature cited

• DE 9704650 U1 [0002]

Claims (10)

Shippable picture frame, characterized in that two essentially equally sized frame side parts (11, 11a) and a frame middle part (12) arranged between these are provided that the frame parts (11, 11a, 12) are connected to one another with hinge means (18) are that the frame side parts (11, 11a) can be folded over the frame middle part (12). Shippable picture frame according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the frame side parts (11, 11a) can be connected to the frame middle part (12) with locking means (16, 16a). Shippable picture frame according to Claim 2 , characterized in that the frame side parts (11, 11a) can be joined together with their closing edges (21, 21a) approximately centrally above the frame middle part (12) and can be adhesively connected to one another with closure means (16, 16a). Shippable picture frame according to the Claims 1 and 3 , characterized in that the frame side parts (11, 11a) folded over the frame middle part (12) with locking means (16, 16a) can be adhesively connected or plugged or clamped to one another and to the rear side (20) of the middle part (12). Shippable picture frame according to the Claims 1 until 4th , characterized in that the frame side parts (11, 11a) divided by the hinge means (18) are each divided about half as large as the frame center middle part (12) and when folded have a DIN-A format. Shippable picture frame according to the Claims 1 until 5 , characterized in that the inside (19) of the interconnected frame parts (11, 11a, 12) is designed as a continuous print carrier for a picture motif. Shippable picture frame according to the Claims 1 until 6th , characterized in that the rear side (20) of the central part (12) is designed as a print carrier for a reduced image (14) of the image motif printed on the inside (19). Shippable picture frame according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the side parts (11, 11a) folded against one another can be connected to one another with a central closure means (16). Shippable picture frame according to one of the Claims 1 until 8th , characterized in that the frame parts (11, 11a and 12) are releasably connected to one another by a locking device 25. Shippable picture frame according to Claim 9 , characterized in that the locking means has pins (26, 26a) which can be brought into operative connection with the bore 27, 27a arranged on the frame parts (11, 11a, 12).

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