WO1997014131A1 - Holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, particularly for outdoor environments - Google Patents

Holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, particularly for outdoor environments Download PDF

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WO1997014131A1
WO1997014131A1 PCT/EP1996/004348 EP9604348W WO9714131A1 WO 1997014131 A1 WO1997014131 A1 WO 1997014131A1 EP 9604348 W EP9604348 W EP 9604348W WO 9714131 A1 WO9714131 A1 WO 9714131A1
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Stefano Beretta
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M & D Manufacture & Design S.R.L.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F15/00—Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like
    • G09F15/0006—Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like planar structures comprising one or more panels
    • G09F15/0018—Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like planar structures comprising one or more panels panel clamping or fastening means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/06—Picture frames
    • A47G1/0605—Picture frames made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal
    • A47G1/0611—Picture frames made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal the profiles having clamping action; Elongated clips

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  • the present invention relates to a holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, par ⁇ ticularly for outdoor environments, of the type com ⁇ prising a rigid back plate, a transparent protective sheet and at least one frame portion attached to the periphery of the back plate and compri ⁇ ing a fixed profile joined to the back plate and a moveable profile that can be snapped down onto the fixed profile to keep the protective sheet in pressure contact with the fixed profile.
  • the holder used must satisfy requirements such as that the co ⁇ t of manufacturing and installing it must be reasonable, it must preserve the integrity of the poster over time, it must b° easy to change the po ⁇ ter, it mu ⁇ t require little maintenance, and so on
  • a hoarding usually of metal, to which the sheet ⁇ of paper that make up the adverti ⁇ ement are pa ⁇ ted
  • the ⁇ e holders are intended for cheap, low-quality poster advertising intended for short-term display, where the integrity of the paper poster is not particularly important
  • a sy ⁇ tem comprising a rigid supporting back plate to which a transparent protective sheet of, for example, Plexiglas" 1 , l ⁇ fixed at a ⁇ uitable di ⁇ tance, ⁇ o as to form a space between the back plate and the transparent sheet in which the advertising posters are inserted.
  • These holders have the drawback, however, of not protecting the advertising poster from atmospheric agents. For example, in wet environments condensation will form on the inside of the transparent protective sheet and obscure the advertising message.
  • the protective sheet cannot be removed from the back plate, it is difficult to clean the insides of the ⁇ e holder ⁇ .
  • US patent 4145828 and IT patent 1215677 disclose poster holders comprising a back plate to which is attached a frame formed from fixed profiles and moveable profiles that snap down onto the fixed profiles in order to hold both a poster and a transparent protective sheet in position again ⁇ t the back plate.
  • These holders are of reasonable cost, are easy to manufacture and, by first snapping open the moveable profiles and then removing the transparent protective sheet from the front, allow the poster to be replaced quickly and easily and the insides of the holder to be cleaned with ease.
  • these holders have the disadvantage of not sufficiently protecting the poster from atmospheric agents. For example, when exposed to driving rain, water will enter the holder and wet the poster, resulting in it ⁇ rapid deterioration.
  • said seal is under permanent stress from said pressure contact, thereby forming a leaktight closure between the fixed profile and the transparent protective sheet.
  • ⁇ aid seal is provided with means for its removable attachment to complementary means of attachment provided in the fixed profile.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a holder according to the pre ⁇ ent invention,-
  • Figure 3 is a view in cross section of a detail of Figure 1;
  • the numeral 1 is a general reference for a holder for displaying a poster 2.
  • the holder 1 comprises a back plate 3, preferably made of aluminium, a transparent protective sheet 4, preferably made of plastic, and frame portions 5 attached to the periphery of the back plate 3.
  • the back plate 3 l ⁇ rectangular, and attached to each of its sides is a frame portion 5 equal in length to the length of the ⁇ ide.
  • the frame portions 5 are cut at 45° and joined together at right angle ⁇ by corner fixing piece ⁇ 6 of a type known per se to form a rectangular frame 7.
  • the frame portion ⁇ 5 compri ⁇ e a fixed profile 8 and a moveable profile 9
  • the ⁇ e are made of an easily extrudible metallic material, preferably aluminium
  • the fixed profile 8 is L- ⁇ haped and ha ⁇ one flange 10 longer than the other flange 11.
  • the fixed profile 8 has a projection 14 pro ecting in the direction of the flange 11
  • the profile 8 comprises a second projection 16 parallel to the projection 14, from which it is set back by a certain distance S towards the flange 11, and the projection 16 extends longitudinally along the full length of the profile.
  • the projection 16 is taller than the projection 14 by a portion P, and level with the T head of the projection 14 has a protrusion 17 directed towards the edge 12.
  • Attached to each fixed profile 8 i ⁇ a ⁇ eal 18, of rubber or other appropriate plastic material, extending longitudinally along the full length of the profile.
  • the ⁇ eal 18 ha ⁇ an H cross section.
  • the seal 18 comprises a bottom flange 19 of generally mushroom cross section that forms a means for the removable attachment of the seal 18 to complementary matching means of attachment on the fixed profile 8.
  • Said complementary means consist of a slot 20 formed between the above-mentioned projection ⁇ 14 and 16 of the fixed profile 8, in which the flange 19 of the seal 18 is housed.
  • the seal 18 possesses an upper portion 21 of an appropriate shape and dimension rising out of the slot 20. Said portion 21 of the ⁇ eal 18 re ⁇ ts on the T head of the projection 14 and on the protrusion 17 of the projection 16 and is contained laterally by the above- mentioned portion P of the projection 16.
  • the upper portion 21 of the seal 18 i ⁇ designed to form an essentially leaktight closure between the fixed profile
  • the moveable profile 9 is arched and has one end
  • the protective ⁇ heet 4 and the back plate 3 are arranged parallel and spaced, ⁇ o a ⁇ to define between them ⁇ elve ⁇ a ⁇ pace 26 m which the poster 2 can be placed.
  • the transparent protective sheet 4 is ⁇ upported by the seal 18 all the way around its peripheral edge
  • the holder 1 is also provided with fastening means, known per se and not shown in the figures, for fixing the holder 1 to a wall or frame or the like.
  • Fixing a frame portion 5 to a side of the back plate 3 is performed by pushing the fixed profile 8 again ⁇ t the edge of the side so that said edge passes into the C-shaped recess 15 and abuts against the projection 14. To prevent the ingress of water and/or moisture between the back plate 3 and the fixed profile
  • the recess 15 i ⁇ filled with an adhe ⁇ ive, e.g. a ⁇ ilicone-type adhesive, before thi ⁇ fixing operation.
  • an adhe ⁇ ive e.g. a ⁇ ilicone-type adhesive
  • the seal 18 may advantageously be inserted directly into the slot 20 of a fixed profile 8 before the latter i ⁇ cut into length ⁇ of the desired measure ⁇ ments, thereby facilitating the operation of assembling the holder 1.
  • the above-mentioned attachment of the seal 18 to the fixed profiles 8 prevents the seal 18 from moving out of position when the tran ⁇ parent protective sheet 4 i ⁇ removed from the frame 7 to allow the poster 2 to be changed.
  • the frame portion ⁇ 5 of the holder 1 may be replaced by frame portion ⁇ 501.
  • Each frame portion 501 compri ⁇ e ⁇ a fixed profile 502 and a moveable profile 503 that are made of easily extrudible pla ⁇ tic, e.g. polyvinyl chloride.
  • the fixed profile 502 is L-shaped and has one flange 504 longer than the other flange 505.
  • the fixed profile 502 i ⁇ provided with a projection 507 projecting in the direction of the flange 505.
  • the projection 507 is parallel to the flange 505 and extends longitudinally for the full length of the fixed profile 502.
  • a recess 508 designed to house the back plate 3 is formed sideways in the thickness of the edge 506 of the flange 504.
  • the fixed profile 502 contains a slot 509 parallel to the projection 507, extending longitudinally for the full length of the profile and 5 having a cross section to match that of the flange 19 of the seal 18.
  • each fixed profile 502 Attached to each fixed profile 502 is a seal 18 extending longitudinally for the full length of the profile with it ⁇ flange 19 in ⁇ erted into the mating 10 ⁇ lot 509.
  • the upper portion 21 of the ⁇ eal 18 that rises out of the slot 509 rests on the surface of the flange 504 and is contained laterally by the projection 507.
  • the seal 18 forms an es ⁇ entially watertight 15 clo ⁇ ure between the fixed profile 502 and the tran ⁇ parent protective ⁇ heet 4.
  • the moveable profile 503 is arched and has one edge 510 connected by a hinge joint to the edge 511 of the flange 505 of the fixed profile 502, in ⁇ uch a way 20. that the concavity of the moveable profile 503 i ⁇ toward ⁇ the fixed profile 502.
  • Said hinge joint i ⁇ preferably a lip formed integrally with the fixed profile 502 and moveable profile 503.
  • a re ⁇ ilient part 513 which is formed in one piece with the profiles and acts in the appropriate direction to cause the moveable profile 503 to ⁇ nap down onto the fixed profile 502, in exactly the same way as happened with the leaf springs 23 in the frame portions 5.
  • Another advantage of the holder according to the pre ⁇ ent invention is that it provides adequate protection for the poster against external atmospheric agent ⁇ .
  • Another advantage of the holder according to the pre ⁇ ent invention is that it is structurally and func ⁇ tionally simple.
  • Another advantage of the holder according to the present invention is that it allows the poster to be changed quickly and easily.
  • Another advantage of the holder according to the present invention is that it costs only a moderate amount both to manufacture and install when compared with prior-art holders.
  • the back plate 3 may be made of Masonite, pla ⁇ tic or the like.

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Abstract

A holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, particularly for outdoor environments, comprises a rigid back plate (3), a transparent protective sheet (4) and a plurality of frame portions (5) attached to the periphery of the back plate (3) to form a frame, which comprise a fixed profile (8) joined to the back plate (3) and a moveable profile (9) that can be snapped down onto the fixed profile (8) to keep the protective sheet (4) in pressure contact with the fixed profile (8). A seal attached to the fixed profile (8) and interposed between the fixed profile (8) and the protective sheet (4) is advantageously under permanent streess from said pressure contact and forms a leaktight closure between the fixed profile (8) and the transparent protective sheet (4).

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"Holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, particularly for outdoor environments."
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, par¬ ticularly for outdoor environments, of the type com¬ prising a rigid back plate, a transparent protective sheet and at least one frame portion attached to the periphery of the back plate and compriεing a fixed profile joined to the back plate and a moveable profile that can be snapped down onto the fixed profile to keep the protective sheet in pressure contact with the fixed profile.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known that the displaying of advertising posters and bills in general is one of the major ways in which businesses advertise their products and/or services to the public. Suffice it to mention the particular importance of thiε form of communication to businesses offering more or less undifferentiated products, such as the service stationε of oil companieε or to groups involved in large-scale organized distribution in which a consumer's decision to buy a product is often taken inside the point of εale or in its immediate vicinity.
It is also known that, if it is to be effective, such a method of communication muεt respect the canons of aesthetic taste both as regards the quality and colours of the displayed advertising posters and as regards the ways in which these are displayed to the public As far as the latter aspect is concerned, it lε neceεεary that holderε for the diεplay of advertising posters and bills in general should suit the displayed advertisement m terms of forms, colours and materialε uεed, εo aε to enhance the content
Besides tne aesthetic requirements discussed above, the holder used must satisfy requirements such as that the coεt of manufacturing and installing it must be reasonable, it must preserve the integrity of the poster over time, it must b° easy to change the poεter, it muεt require little maintenance, and so on
One type of poεter holαer that is widely used at present is a hoarding, usually of metal, to which the sheetε of paper that make up the advertiεement are paεted However, theεe holders are intended for cheap, low-quality poster advertising intended for short-term display, where the integrity of the paper poster is not particularly important Another type of poster holder that is uεed is a syεtem comprising a rigid supporting back plate to which a transparent protective sheet of, for example, Plexiglas"1, lε fixed at a εuitable diεtance, εo as to form a space between the back plate and the transparent sheet in which the advertising posters are inserted. These holders have the drawback, however, of not protecting the advertising poster from atmospheric agents. For example, in wet environments condensation will form on the inside of the transparent protective sheet and obscure the advertising message. Moreover, because the protective sheet cannot be removed from the back plate, it is difficult to clean the insides of theεe holderε.
US patent 4145828 and IT patent 1215677 disclose poster holders comprising a back plate to which is attached a frame formed from fixed profiles and moveable profiles that snap down onto the fixed profiles in order to hold both a poster and a transparent protective sheet in position againεt the back plate. These holders are of reasonable cost, are easy to manufacture and, by first snapping open the moveable profiles and then removing the transparent protective sheet from the front, allow the poster to be replaced quickly and easily and the insides of the holder to be cleaned with ease. However, these holders have the disadvantage of not sufficiently protecting the poster from atmospheric agents. For example, when exposed to driving rain, water will enter the holder and wet the poster, resulting in itε rapid deterioration.
At preεent, in order to overcome the problems caused by the affixing of advertising posters and the like in outdoor environments, metal notice boards are used that have a hinged door in which is mounted a protective sheet of Plexiglas" or of glass. Unfortunately, because of their high cost of manufacture and installation, and their greater dimensionε compared with other typeε of poεter holderε, these notice boards are not ideal as an answer to the problems of displaying advertising posters and the like in outdoor environments. The complexity of manufacture of these notice boards moreover makes it uneconomical to produce small numbers of notice boards having different dimensions from the standard meaεurementε offered in the catalogueε of the variouε manufacturerε . The technical problem behind the preεent invention iε that of devising a holder for displaying repro¬ ductions and posters in general, particularly for outdoor environments, whose structural and functional characteriεticε are such as to satisfy the above- mentioned requirements and to overcome the above¬ mentioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This problem iε solved by a holder of the type specified for displaying reproductions and poεterε in general, which is characterized in that it compriεeε a εeal interposed between the fixed profile and the protective sheet.
Advantageously, said seal is under permanent stress from said pressure contact, thereby forming a leaktight closure between the fixed profile and the transparent protective sheet.
Advantageously, εaid seal is provided with means for its removable attachment to complementary means of attachment provided in the fixed profile.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other features and advantages of the holder according to the present invention will appear in the following description of certain embodimentε thereof given by way of non-restrictive indication, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder according to the preεent invention,-
- Figure 2 iε a perspective view of a detail of Figure 1 ;
- Figure 3 is a view in cross section of a detail of Figure 1;
- Figure 4 shows the detail illuεtrated in Figure 3 in a different use position, and - Figure 5 is a view in crosε section of a detail of Figure 1 in accordance with an alternative embodi¬ ment . DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
With reference to Figures 1 to 4, the numeral 1 is a general reference for a holder for displaying a poster 2.
The holder 1 comprises a back plate 3, preferably made of aluminium, a transparent protective sheet 4, preferably made of plastic, and frame portions 5 attached to the periphery of the back plate 3. In the preεent example, the back plate 3 lε rectangular, and attached to each of its sides is a frame portion 5 equal in length to the length of the εide. At each end, the frame portions 5 are cut at 45° and joined together at right angleε by corner fixing pieceε 6 of a type known per se to form a rectangular frame 7.
The frame portionε 5 compriεe a fixed profile 8 and a moveable profile 9 Theεe are made of an easily extrudible metallic material, preferably aluminium The fixed profile 8 is L-εhaped and haε one flange 10 longer than the other flange 11.
At a certain limited distance D from the edge 12 of the flange 10, the fixed profile 8 has a projection 14 pro ecting in the direction of the flange 11 The projection 14 lε parallel to the flange 11, extendε longitudinally along the full length of the fixed profile 8 and has a T-shaped head which forms with the flange 10 a C-shaped receεε 15 faced to the edge 12 m order to house the back plate 3.
The profile 8 comprises a second projection 16 parallel to the projection 14, from which it is set back by a certain distance S towards the flange 11, and the projection 16 extends longitudinally along the full length of the profile. The projection 16 is taller than the projection 14 by a portion P, and level with the T head of the projection 14 has a protrusion 17 directed towards the edge 12. Attached to each fixed profile 8 iε a εeal 18, of rubber or other appropriate plastic material, extending longitudinally along the full length of the profile. The εeal 18 haε an H cross section. The seal 18 comprises a bottom flange 19 of generally mushroom cross section that forms a means for the removable attachment of the seal 18 to complementary matching means of attachment on the fixed profile 8. Said complementary means consist of a slot 20 formed between the above-mentioned projectionε 14 and 16 of the fixed profile 8, in which the flange 19 of the seal 18 is housed.
The seal 18 possesses an upper portion 21 of an appropriate shape and dimension rising out of the slot 20. Said portion 21 of the εeal 18 reεts on the T head of the projection 14 and on the protrusion 17 of the projection 16 and is contained laterally by the above- mentioned portion P of the projection 16. The upper portion 21 of the seal 18 iε designed to form an essentially leaktight closure between the fixed profile
8 and the transparent protective sheet 4, as will be shown more clearly later in thiε description.
The moveable profile 9 is arched and has one end
5 22 connected by a hinge joint, known per se, to the edge 13 of the flange 11 of the fixed profile 8, so that the concavity of the moveable profile 9 faceε the fixed profile 8.
Each frame portion 5 compriεeε known meanε that
10 will enable the moveable profile to be εnapped down onto the fixed profile 8. Said meanε preferably conεiεt of a plurality of leaf springε 23 extended between a εlot along the unhinged edge 24 of the moveable profile
9 and a εlot in the edge 13 of the fixed profile 8.
15 The protective εheet 4 and the back plate 3 are arranged parallel and spaced, εo aε to define between themεelveε a εpace 26 m which the poster 2 can be placed. The transparent protective sheet 4 is εupported by the seal 18 all the way around its peripheral edge
20. 25 and is contained laterally by the projections 16 of the fixed profiles 8.
The holder 1 is also provided with fastening means, known per se and not shown in the figures, for fixing the holder 1 to a wall or frame or the like.
25 During the asεembly of the holder 1, there lε attached to each εide of the back plate 3 a frame portion 5 of equal length. Aε εtated earlier, the endε of the frame portionε 5 are cut at 45° and are joined 4131 PC17EP96/04348
9 at right angles by the corner fixing pieces 6 to form the frame 7.
Fixing a frame portion 5 to a side of the back plate 3 is performed by pushing the fixed profile 8 againεt the edge of the side so that said edge passes into the C-shaped recess 15 and abuts against the projection 14. To prevent the ingress of water and/or moisture between the back plate 3 and the fixed profile
8, the recess 15 iε filled with an adheεive, e.g. a εilicone-type adhesive, before thiε fixing operation.
The asεembly of the εupport 1 iε then completed by adding the tranεparent protective sheet 4.
When the holder 1 is in uεe, the leaf εpringε 23 exert clamping forces on the moveable profiles 9 in the appropriate direction for snapping them down on the fixed profileε 8. Aε a consequence, the unhinged edges 24 of the moveable profileε 9 keep the protective sheet 4 under permanent εtreεs so that it remains in pressure contact with the εeal 18 (Fig. 3) , which createε the leaktight cloεure between the fixed profile 8 and the tranεparent protective sheet 4.
In order to place a poster 2 in the space 26, all that is required is to open the moveable profiles 9 (Fig. 4) by exerting sufficient force on them to overcome the clamping force applied by the springs 23, and then to extract the transparent protective sheet 4 from the front of the holder 1. Next, after the poster 2 has been positioned against the back plate 3 and the transparent sheet 4 once again inserted in the frame 7, the moveable profiles 9 are snapped down (Fig. 3) .
The seal 18 may advantageously be inserted directly into the slot 20 of a fixed profile 8 before the latter iε cut into lengthε of the desired measure¬ ments, thereby facilitating the operation of assembling the holder 1.
Advantageously, the above-mentioned attachment of the seal 18 to the fixed profiles 8 prevents the seal 18 from moving out of position when the tranεparent protective sheet 4 iε removed from the frame 7 to allow the poster 2 to be changed.
Aε an alternative to the above, and with reference to Figure 5, the frame portionε 5 of the holder 1 may be replaced by frame portionε 501.
Each frame portion 501 compriεeε a fixed profile 502 and a moveable profile 503 that are made of easily extrudible plaεtic, e.g. polyvinyl chloride.
The fixed profile 502 is L-shaped and has one flange 504 longer than the other flange 505.
At a certain limited diεtance Dx from the edge 506 of the flange 504, the fixed profile 502 iε provided with a projection 507 projecting in the direction of the flange 505. The projection 507 is parallel to the flange 505 and extends longitudinally for the full length of the fixed profile 502. A recess 508 designed to house the back plate 3 is formed sideways in the thickness of the edge 506 of the flange 504. Close to the projection 507 but displaced towards the edge 506, the fixed profile 502 contains a slot 509 parallel to the projection 507, extending longitudinally for the full length of the profile and 5 having a cross section to match that of the flange 19 of the seal 18.
Attached to each fixed profile 502 is a seal 18 extending longitudinally for the full length of the profile with itε flange 19 inεerted into the mating 10 εlot 509. The upper portion 21 of the εeal 18 that rises out of the slot 509 rests on the surface of the flange 504 and is contained laterally by the projection 507. In the same way as indicated for the frame portions 5, the seal 18 forms an esεentially watertight 15 cloεure between the fixed profile 502 and the tranεparent protective εheet 4.
The moveable profile 503 is arched and has one edge 510 connected by a hinge joint to the edge 511 of the flange 505 of the fixed profile 502, in εuch a way 20. that the concavity of the moveable profile 503 iε towardε the fixed profile 502. Said hinge joint iε preferably a lip formed integrally with the fixed profile 502 and moveable profile 503.
The unhinged edge 512 of the moveable profile 503
25 and the edge 511 of the fixed profile 502 are connected by a reεilient part 513, which is formed in one piece with the profiles and acts in the appropriate direction to cause the moveable profile 503 to εnap down onto the fixed profile 502, in exactly the same way as happened with the leaf springs 23 in the frame portions 5.
The asεembly and uεe of the holder 1 compriεing the frame portions 501 are much as for the previous embodiment and will not be described again so aε not to over-lengthen the preεent description.
Aε will be appreciated from the above account, the holder for diεplaying reproductionε and poεterε in general according to the preεent invention εatiεfieε the requirements discuεεed in the introductory part of thiε deεcription, while at the εame time overcoming all the problemε preεented by prior-art holderε.
Another advantage of the holder according to the preεent invention is that it provides adequate protection for the poster against external atmospheric agentε .
Another advantage of the holder according to the preεent invention is that it is structurally and func¬ tionally simple. Another advantage of the holder according to the present invention is that it allows the poster to be changed quickly and easily.
Another advantage of the holder according to the present invention is that it costs only a moderate amount both to manufacture and install when compared with prior-art holders.
Obviously, in order to satisfy particular local conditions, a person skilled in the art will be able to make many modifications to and variants of the holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general according to the present invention, all of which will nonetheless come within the scope of protection of the invention as defined in the following claims.
For example, the back plate 3 may be made of Masonite, plaεtic or the like.

Claims

1. Holder for displaying reproductions and poεterε in general, particularly for outdoor environments, of the type comprising a rigid back plate, a transparent protective sheet and at least one frame portion attached to the periphery of the back plate and comprising a fixed profile joined to the back plate and a moveable profile that can be snapped down onto the fixed profile to keep the protective εheet in preεεure contact with the fixed profile, the holder being characterized in that it compriεeε a seal interposed between the fixed profile and the protective sheet.
2. Holder according to Claim 1, characterized in that the seal is under permanent stress from said presεure contact .
3. Holder according to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the seal is provided with means for itε removable attachment to complementary attachment means provided in the fixed profile.
4. Holder according to Claim 3, characterized in that εaid attachment meanε of the seal comprise a flange of generally mushroom and said complementary attachment meanε compriεe a slot formed longitudinally in the fixed profile with a croεε εection to match the croεε εection of said flange.
5. Holder according to Claim 4, characterized in that said slot extends the full length of the fixed profile.
6. Holder according to Claim 4, characterized in that the cross section of the seal is shaped like an H.
7. Holder according to Claim 1, characterized in that the moveable profile is connected to the fixed profile by a hinge joint.
8. Holder according to Claim 1, characterized in that the fixed profile comprises a projection against which the edge of the back plate abuts.
9. Holder according to Claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a leaf spring connecting the moveable profile to the fixed profile to bring about the εnap closure of the moveable profile with pressure contact on the fixed profile.
10. Holder according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that said profiles are made of aluminium.
11. Holder according to any one of Claimε 1 to 6 , characterized in that εaid fixed and moveable profileε are made of plaεtic.
12. Holder according to Claim 11, characterized in that it comprises a resilient part extending from the fixed profile to the moveable profile to bring about the snap closure of the moveable profile with pressure contact on the fixed profile.
13. Holder according to Claim 12, characterized in that said resilient part iε formed in one piece with εaid fixed and moveable profileε .
14. Frame portion intended to be attached to a back plate and to a tranεparent protective sheet of a holder for displaying reproductions and posters in general, of the type that comprises a fixed profile intended to be fixed to the back plate and a moveable profile that can be snapped down onto the fixed profile, the frame portion being characterized in that it comprises a seal provided with means for itε removable attachment to complementary attachment meanε provided in the fixed profile, εaid seal being interposed between the fixed profile and the moveable profile.
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