JPH08256887A - Display tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a simple composition display tool such as a photograph stand with a small number of parts capable of easily attaching and detaching a thin piece such as a photograph in a short time. CONSTITUTION: This display tool is equipped with a self-erectable plate-like frame body 1, on the front of which an opening 2a is formed and a protruding part 3 is formed on the rear side of a front frame part 2 with both right and left bending flange parts, and a transparent surface plate 4 and a back plate 5 each made of an elastic plastic. A bendable thin piece 6 such as a photograph is inserted between the surface and the back plates 4, 5, the surface and the back plates 4, 5 and the thin piece 6 are elastically deformed in an arc shape along with the back face of the front frame to engage with and being held by both right and left protruding parts 3, and they can be attached and detached to/from both right and left protruding parts 3 by turning over the surface and the back plate 4, 5 and the thin piece 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exhibition tool for exhibiting a curable thin piece such as a paper or a dyed cloth on which a photograph or an image area is printed and used for a photo stand, a frame, a bulletin board, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a photo frame, a protrusion is provided on the outer peripheral back surface side of a front frame portion having an opening formed in the central portion of a frame body made of wood or plastic, and a glass plate or A front plate made of a transparent plastic plate is fitted, and these outer peripheral parts are supported by the back part of the front frame part, and a thin piece such as a photograph is supported on the back surface of the front plate. The back plate is supported via a backing paper made of thick corrugated cardboard, and the back plate is fastened to the frame with a plurality of screws, or a plurality of stoppers pivotally attached to the back surface of the protruding portion of the frame are rotated. Thus, the back plate is generally used to press and hold the thin piece against the front plate made of a glass plate or a plastic plate through the backing paper.

Further, in a conventional photo frame, a support bar is pivotally supported on a back plate, and the lower edge of the frame and the lower end of the support bar are supported on a horizontal installation surface such as a table and mounted on the frame and this. The front plate, the thin plate, and the back plate are raised.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional display tools such as a photo stand, when a thin piece such as a photo is attached or detached, a plurality of screws are removed or a stopper is rotated so that the back surface of the display tool can be removed. Remove the face plate from the frame body, take out the backing paper, make the front plate support the thin piece, fit the backing paper and the back plate into the frame body, and attach these to the frame body by tightening the screws or turning the stoppers. Therefore, there is a problem that the operation of attaching and detaching the back plate to and from the frame is troublesome, and the number of parts is large and the configuration is complicated.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhibit tool such as a photo stand, in which a curable thin piece such as a photograph can be easily attached and detached in a short time, and the number of parts is small and the structure is simple.

[0006]

A display tool according to a first aspect of the present invention is a frame made of a plate-shaped material which has an opening and is provided with left and right protrusions on the back surfaces of the left and right end portions of the front frame portion, respectively. Body and
An elastic back plate is provided, and this back plate is arranged on the back side of the front frame portion of the frame body while being elastically deformed in an arc shape in a horizontal cross section together with a curable thin piece such as a photograph stacked on the front side. The left and right ends of the back plate are detachably engaged and held between the left and right protruding portions of the frame body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to the first aspect, a surface plate made of an elastic transparent plastic is superposed on the surface of the thin piece, and the left and right ends of the surface plate and the back plate are left of the frame body. , The right protrusion is detachably engaged and held.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to the first or second aspect, a backing paper is interposed between a curable thin piece such as a photograph and a back plate.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to any one of the first to third aspects, a front face in which the plate-shaped material of the frame body is a titanium plate or a titanium alloy plate and a horizontal cross section is curved in an arc shape. Bend the left and right flanges to the back side of the frame,
The right protruding portion is formed to allow the frame body to be self-supporting.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to any one of the first to third aspects, the plate-shaped member of the frame body is made of hard plastic, and the horizontal cross section of the front frame portion is curved in an arc shape. Left and right protrusions are formed integrally with the front frame portion on the back surfaces of the left and right end portions to allow the frame body to be self-supporting.

[0011]

In the display tool according to the invention of claim 1, a bendable thin piece such as a photograph is superposed on an elastic back plate, and, for example, the thin plate and the back plate are projected at the center in the left-right direction to the back surface side. With the shape elastically deformed in an arc shape, it is attached to and detached from the left and right protruding portions of the frame body, and the back plate and the thin piece are inverted and elastically deformed in an arc shape with the center in the left-right direction protruding to the front side. The rear plate and the thin piece are arranged on the rear surface side of the front frame portion of the frame body by an operation such as the above, and the left and right end portions of the rear plate or these and the left and right end portions of the thin piece are attached to the front frame of the frame body. By engaging and holding the left and right protrusions provided on the back surface side of the portion, the back plate and the thin piece can be easily attached to and detached from the frame body in a short time. It is preferable that the front frame portion of the frame body has a back surface or a front surface and a back surface having an arcuate horizontal cross section, and a back plate elastically deformed and a thin piece such as a photograph are supported along the back surface.

The display device according to the invention of claim 1 is
Since it is composed of a frame body having left and right protrusions on the back side of the front frame part and an elastically deformable back plate, the number of parts is small and the structure is simple. Can be exhibited.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to the first aspect, since the transparent plastic face plate having elasticity is laid on the surface of the thin piece such as a photograph, the face plate and the back plate are used to form the thin plate. By sandwiching the thin piece, the left and right ends of the front plate and the back plate can be detachably engaged and held between the left and right protruding portions of the frame body. Therefore, not only can dust and dust be prevented from adhering to the surface of the thin piece by the surface plate, but even a thin piece such as cloth having poor elasticity can be securely held without being displaced downward.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to the first or second aspect, since the backing paper is interposed between the thin piece such as a photograph and the back plate, even if the thin piece is thin, the back sheet is The thickness of the backing sheet is added to the thickness of the face plate or front and back plates and the thin pieces, and the left and right ends of the back plate or front and back plate and backing sheet are surely placed on the left and right protruding portions of the frame body. It can be engaged and held, and even when the lateral dimension of the thin piece is smaller than the lateral dimension of the front and back plates, the thin piece can be prevented from shifting downward.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, since the plate-shaped material of the frame is a titanium plate or a titanium alloy plate, the rigidity of the frame is large, and the frame is also large. It can be used for a long period of time without giving rise to rust, etc., and it can give a high-class feeling.In particular, the surface of the front frame part is partially anodized for color development, as in the examples described later. Providing a display portion is preferable because the appearance is improved.

According to the invention of claim 5, in the display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, since the plate-shaped material of the frame is made of plastic, the frame can be obtained at low cost, and the display device as a whole is also provided. Can be cheap.

In the inventions of claims 4 and 5, the front frame portion is curved in an arc shape and the left and right sides are curved on the back surface side without pivotally supporting the support bar on the back plate unlike the conventional photo frame. The integrally formed frame body having the protruding portion can be stably made to stand on the installation surface such as a table or a shelf, and the structure is simple, which is particularly suitable for a photo frame.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In each of FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame body made of a titanium plate or a titanium alloy plate, and the frame body 1 has a rectangular shape which is long in the left-right direction and has a rectangular shape having an opening 2a formed in the central portion. The left and right flanges of the front frame part 2 having a shape are bent to the back surface side at right angles to the strings connecting the left and right ends of the front frame part 2 to form the left and right protrusions 3, and the front frame The part 2 is configured to be self-supporting on a horizontal installation surface such as a table by being plastically deformed and curved in the horizontal direction in an arc shape of a horizontal cross section with the center in the left-right direction protruding forward.

On the surface of the front frame portion 2, decorations such as patterns and characters, and a display portion 2b are formed as described later. That is, a mask pattern having decorations, patterns for display, figures, characters, etc. formed on the front frame portion 2 is applied, a part of the surface is treated with glass beads to give a satin finish, and then anodized. The desired pattern, figure, character, etc., and desired color decoration, display unit 2b
Is formed. The left and right protrusions 3 of the frame 1
As shown in FIG. 3, there is a small hole 3 for attaching a cord.
a may be provided.

In FIGS. 1 and 4, 4 is a front plate, 5 is a back plate, and the front plate 4 and the back plate 5 are flat plates made of an elastic plastic plate, preferably a polycarbonate plate, and only the front plate 4 is Alternatively, the front plate 4 and the back plate 5 are transparent. Further, the front surface plate 4 and the rear surface plate 5 have a vertical dimension between a vertical dimension of the front frame portion 2 of the frame body 1 and a vertical dimension of the opening 2a provided in the front frame portion 2, and a horizontal dimension. As shown in FIG. 4A, the front frame 2 has a rectangular shape having a length equal to the length between the left and right protrusions 3. The frame 1, the front plate 4 and the back plate 5 constitute an exhibit tool. In addition, the bendable thin piece 6 having an imaged portion such as a photograph has vertical and horizontal dimensions equal to those of the front plate 4 and the back plate 5, and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the opening 2a provided in the front opening 2 are the same. It has a rectangular shape up to a range slightly larger than the directional dimension.

Further, the backing paper 7, which is interposed between the thin piece 6 and the back plate 5 if necessary, is made of flexible cardboard or corrugated cardboard, and the vertical and horizontal dimensions are the same as those of the back plate 5. It is between the vertical and horizontal dimensions and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the thin piece 4, and is preferably a rectangular shape having the same vertical and horizontal dimensions as the front and back plates 4, 5.

Next, the use of the photo frame according to the above-mentioned embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the backing sheet 7 is interposed between the front surface plate 4 and the back surface plate 5, and they are overlapped with each other.
These are curved so that the center in the left-right direction protrudes toward the front surface side over the entire vertical direction and are elastically deformed in a horizontal cross section, and in this state, they are supported along the back surface of the front frame portion 2 of the frame body 1 and The left and right ends of the front and back plates 4, 5 are engaged and held by the left and right protrusions 3 of the frame body 1.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4B, the center portion of the front plate 4 is pushed from the front surface to the back surface side with a finger, and the front and back plates 4, 5 and the backing paper 7 are centered in the left-right direction on the back surface side. 4C, the front and back plates 4, 5 and the backing paper 7 are gripped, and these are further enlarged in the central part in the left-right direction as shown in FIG. 4C. By elastically deforming so as to project to the back side, the front side, the back side plates 4, 5 are attached to the back side of the frame body 1.
And the backing paper 7 are removed (see FIG. 4d).

Next, a thin piece 6 such as a photograph is interposed between the front plate 4 and the backing paper 7, and these are gripped together with the backing plate 5 superposed on the back surface of the backing paper 7, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the four members, the front plate, the back plate 4, 5, the thin piece 6, and the backing paper 7, are elastically deformed so that the center in the left-right direction largely projects to the back surface side, and the four members are left on the frame body Put it between the right protrusions 3,
The left and right ends of the front and back plates 4 and 5 are engaged and supported by the left and right protrusions 3 of the frame body 1.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4F, the back plate 5 is pushed from the back surface side to the front surface side to reverse the back plate 5, the backing paper 7, the thin piece 6, and the front plate 4, and The front side of the front frame 2 of the frame 1 is elastically deformed and supported along with it, and the left and right ends of the front and back plates 4 and 5 are engaged and held by the left and right protrusions 3, respectively. Then, the front surface, the back plates 4, 5, the thin piece 6, and the backing paper 7 are made to stand vertically on a horizontal surface such as a table or a shelf.

Further, in order to replace the thin piece 6 such as a photograph, even if the thin piece 6 is interposed between the front plate 4 and the backing paper 7, the thin film 6 is shown in FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (d). By substantially the same operation as described above, after removing the front and back plates 4, 5, the thin piece 6 and the backing paper 7 on the rear surface side of the frame body 1, the thin piece 6 is replaced with another one, and as shown in FIG. e) and the same operation as in FIG. Although the backing paper 7 was used in the above-mentioned operation,
When the thin piece 6 such as a photograph is thick and has relatively large elasticity, the backing paper 7 may be omitted.

In this embodiment, as described above, the bendable thin piece 6 such as a photograph is sandwiched between the front and back plates 4 and 5 made of polycarbonate and, if necessary, overlapped with the backing paper 7. , These are elastically deformed in an arc shape with left and right center portions projecting to the back surface side, and are attached to and detached from the left and right projecting portions 3 of the frame body 1, and the front, back surface plates 4, 5 and thin piece 6 are attached. By elastically deforming and in an arc shape with the center in the left-right direction projecting to the front surface side, the front and back plates 4, 5 and the thin piece 6 are placed along the back surface of the front frame portion 2 of the frame body 1, 4,5
Since the left and right end portions of the above are engaged and held with the left and right protruding portions 3 of the frame body 1, the back plate is fixed to the frame body by rotating a plurality of screws and fasteners as in the conventional one. No operation is required, and the thin piece 6 can be easily attached and detached in a short time.

In the frame body 1, the left and right protruding portions 3 are respectively bent on the back surface side of the front frame portion 2, and the front frame portion 2 is curved in an arc-shaped horizontal cross section with the center in the left-right direction protruding to the front side. Therefore, unlike the conventional one, it is not necessary to pivotally support the support bar on the back plate, and as mentioned above, there is no need for screws or fasteners for fixing the back plate to the frame body. However, the frame 1 can be stably made to stand on a horizontal installation surface such as a table or a shelf while having a simple structure.

Further, since the frame body 1 is a punched and bent product of a titanium plate or a titanium alloy plate, the rigidity of the frame body 1 is large, and there is no deterioration such as rusting of the frame body 1 and it is used for a long period of time. It can be done, it can give a sense of luxury,
In particular, since the surface of the front frame portion 2 is partially anodized for color development and the decoration and display portion 2b are provided, the appearance is good.

In the present invention, the frame is made of a titanium plate or a titanium alloy in the above embodiment, but the frame may be made of a hard plastic plate, preferably an acrylic plastic plate. The frame can be obtained, and it can be made inexpensive as a whole display tool such as a photo stand.

The frame body is made by bending the left and right flanges of the front frame portion made of the plastic plate to the back surface side,
The right protruding portion may be formed, but the left and right protruding portions may be made of plastic by injection molding integrally with the front frame portion.

In the present invention, by interposing a backing paper 7 of the same shape and size between the thin piece 6 such as a photograph and the back plate 5, when the thin piece 6 is thin, The thickness of the backing paper 7 is added to the thickness of the face plates 4 and 5 and the thin piece 6,
The left and right ends of the back plates 4 and 5 and the backing paper 7 are on the left of the frame body 1,
The right protruding portion 3 can be securely engaged and held, and the thin piece 6 can be prevented from being displaced downward even when the left and right dimensions of the thin piece 6 are shorter than the front and rear dimensions of the back plates 4 and 5.

Further, in another embodiment shown in FIG. 5 in the present invention, the frame 1 is made of wood, and wood pieces are fixed to the left and right end rear surfaces of the front frame portion 2 by means such as bonding to the left, The right projecting portion 3 is provided, and the back surface of the front frame portion 2 has an arcuate shape, the back surface is a linear shape between them, and has a horizontal cross-sectional shape in which the thickness is reduced at the center portion in the left-right direction. The back plate 5 is overlapped, and these are elastically deformed along the back surface of the front frame part 2 in an arc shape in horizontal cross section, and the left and right end parts of the back plate 5 or this and the thin piece 6 can be attached to and detached from the left and right protruding parts 3. May be engaged and held. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 2a is an opening provided in the front frame portion 2.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the frame 1 and the back plate 5
Since the display tool such as a photo stand is configured with, the number of parts can be reduced by not using the surface plate or the backing paper, but it is preferable to use the front plate and the backing paper as in the above-described embodiment. You may In addition, in the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The surface plate and the backing paper may be omitted as in the case shown in FIG. Then, the wood pieces constituting the protruding portion 3 may be partially fixed to the upper and lower portions of the left and right end portions of the front frame portion 2.

Further, in the present invention, the outer shape of the frame body can be changed to a rectangular shape long in the vertical direction, the opening formed in the front frame portion of the frame body can also be formed into a circular shape, a heart shape, and the like. By providing a small hole in the right protruding part and connecting a string etc. to these, it is also possible to hang the frame body as a frame and use it on the wall etc. And the left and right protruding parts are the strings of the front frame part Instead of a right angle, bend it at an acute angle to the center side,
The left and right ends of the front and back plates may be hard to come off from the frame.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case of a photograph was described as a bendable thin piece, but the present invention is applied to a paper on which an image area is printed or handwritten, a dyed or embroidered cloth, etc. as a thin piece. Can also be applied.

The present invention is not limited to the photo frame and the frame, but the leg members are fixed to the frame body, and the bulletin board,
It can be widely applied as an exhibition tool such as a display board or a frame for advertisement.

[0038]

As described above, in the display device according to the invention of claim 1, a bendable thin piece such as a photograph is superposed on an elastic back plate, and for example, the thin piece and the back plate are A shape in which the center in the left-right direction is elastically deformed in an arc shape protruding to the back side, and is attached to and detached from the left and right protruding parts of the frame body, and the back plate and the thin piece are the circles in which the center in the left-right direction protrudes to the front side. The back plate and the thin piece are arranged on the back side of the front frame portion of the frame body by an operation such as reversing in an arc shape and elastically deforming, and the left and right end portions of the back plate, or these and the left and right end portions of the thin piece. On the back side of the front frame of the frame,
By engaging and holding the right protruding portion, the back plate and the thin piece can be easily attached / detached to / from the frame body in a short time. It is preferable that the front frame portion of the frame body has a back surface or a front surface and a back surface having an arcuate horizontal cross section, and a back plate elastically deformed and a thin piece such as a photograph are supported along the back surface.

The display tool according to the invention of claim 1 is
Since it is composed of a frame body having left and right protrusions on the back side of the front frame part and an elastically deformable back plate, the number of parts is small and the structure is simple. Can be exhibited.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to the first aspect, since a transparent transparent plastic face plate is laminated on the surface of a thin piece such as a photograph, the face plate and the back plate are used to form By sandwiching the thin piece, the left and right ends of the front plate and the back plate can be detachably engaged and held between the left and right protruding portions of the frame body. Therefore, not only can dust and dust be prevented from adhering to the surface of the thin piece by the surface plate, but even a thin piece such as cloth having poor elasticity can be securely held without being displaced downward.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to the first or second aspect, since the backing paper is interposed between the thin piece such as a photograph and the back plate, even if the thin piece is thin, The thickness of the backing sheet is added to the thickness of the face plate or front and back plates and the thin pieces, and the left and right ends of the back plate or front and back plate and backing sheet are surely placed on the left and right protruding portions of the frame body. It can be engaged and held, and even when the lateral dimension of the thin piece is smaller than the lateral dimension of the front and back plates, the thin piece can be prevented from shifting downward.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, since the plate-shaped material of the frame is a titanium plate or a titanium alloy plate, the rigidity of the frame is large, and the frame is also large. It can be used for a long period of time without giving rise to rust, etc., and it can give a high-class feeling.In particular, the surface of the front frame part is partially anodized for color development, as in the examples described later. Providing a display portion is preferable because the appearance is improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the display tool according to any one of the first to third aspects, since the plate-shaped material of the frame is made of plastic, the frame can be obtained at a low cost, and the display as a whole is also provided. Can be cheap.

According to the inventions of claims 4 and 5, the front frame portion is curved in an arc shape and the left and right sides thereof are curved on the back side without pivotally supporting the support bar on the back plate unlike the conventional photo frame. The integrally formed frame body having the protruding portion can be stably made to stand on the installation surface such as a table or a shelf, and the structure is simple, which is particularly suitable for a photo frame.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state of use showing a display tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the exhibit tool shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the display shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the exhibit tool shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a state of use showing a display tool according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Frame 2 Front frame 2a Opening 2b Decoration, display 3 Projection 4 Front plate 5 Back plate 6 Thin pieces such as photographs 7 Backing paper

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A frame body made of a plate-shaped material having an opening and provided with left and right protrusions on the rear surfaces of the left and right end portions of the front frame portion, and a back plate having elasticity. The face plate is placed on the back side of the front frame part of the frame body by elastically deforming it into a circular arc shape in horizontal cross section along with a curable thin piece such as a photograph stacked on the front side, and the left and right ends of the back plate are placed on the frame body left side , A display tool characterized in that it is detachably engaged and held between the right protruding portions. 2. A surface plate made of an elastic transparent plastic is superposed on the surface of the thin piece, and left and right end portions of the front plate and the back plate are detachably engaged and held between the left and right protruding portions of the frame body. The display tool according to claim 1, wherein the display tool is provided. 3. The display tool according to claim 1, wherein a backing paper is interposed between a back plate and a curable thin piece such as a photograph. 4. A titanium plate or a titanium alloy plate is used as the plate member of the frame body, and left and right protruding portions are formed by bending left and right flange portions on the back surface side of the front frame portion whose horizontal cross section is curved in an arc shape. 2. The frame body is formed so that the frame body can be made self-supporting.
The display tool according to any one of to 3. 5. The plate-shaped material of the frame body is made of hard plastic, and left and right protrusions are formed integrally with the front frame portion on the back surfaces of the left and right end portions of the front frame portion whose horizontal section is curved in an arc shape. The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the frame is made self-supporting.