WO1997042861B1

WO1997042861B1 - Display frame for photographs and the like and typically credit card-sized

Info

Publication number: WO1997042861B1
Application number: PCT/CA1997/000311
Authority: WO
Filing date: 1997-05-06
Publication date: 1998-03-05

Abstract

A credit card-size plastics display frame (F) defines a front rectangular opening and coplanar side grooves (28) peripherally around this opening for receiving a photograph (P) and a protective window (30) in front thereof, the window (30) being usable as a template to cut an appropriately sized photograph from a standard size picture for insertion in the display frame (F). The photograph (P) and the window (30) are installed in the frame (F) by front loading through the rectangular opening. The rear wall of the frame (10) defines panels (34) which can be selectively, and reversibly, folded back to form a foot member to allow the frame (F) to stand on a horizontal surface (S). A diamond-shaped cutout (20) is defined in the rear wall (10) to allow the display frame (F) to be hung on a wall with a nail and to facilitate the removal of the photograph (P) and window (30) from the frame (F). The display frame (F) is characterized by its universal credit card dimensions, the snap fit front loading mounting of the photograph (P) and window (30), the reversibly extendible support stands (34), by the diamond-shaped cutout (20), and the window (30) which also acts as a template to down-size a standard picture to the required dimensions for the display frame (F).

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS

Ireceived by the International Bureau on 19 January 1998 (19.01.98); new claims 21-26 added; remaining claims unchanged (3 pages)]

21. A display frame for displaying a sheet-like article, comprising frame means integrally molded in one piece and including front and rear wall means joined together in a slightly spaced apart relationship such that said frame means in substantially thin, said front wall means defining a front opening, attachment means extending inwardly from said front wall means and in a plane thereof for retaining the article on said display frame, said attachment means extending at a forwardmost limit of said frame means, said opening means allowing at least part of the article to be viewed when mounted to said display frame, said front and rear wall means having substantially identical outside dimensions of a length of 86 mm ± 5 mm and a width of 54 mm ± 5 mm.

22. A display frame as defined in Claim 21, wherein said frame means of substantially rectangular outline and is adapted to be inserted in credit card-type receiving pockets, said attachment means extending only a short distance from said front wall means, said opening means and said attachment means cooperating for allowing the article to be removably mounted to said display frame by front-loading thereof through said front opening means.

23. A display frame as defined in Claim 22, wherein said front wall means comprise front frame-shaped rim means, and wherein said attachment means comprise lip means projecting inwardly from said rim means, whereby the article during insertion through said opening means is adapted to be snapped into engagement behind said lip means.

24. A display frame as defined in Claim 23, wherein said lip means are convexly curved and extend between inner corners of said rim means such that a substantially rectangular sheet-like article having corners and at least partly flexible edges therebetween is adapted to be front-loaded into position in said display frame through said opening means with its corners being substantially unobstructingly insertable through said inner corners while its edges are snapped into engagement behind said curved lip means.

25. A display frame as defined in Claim 21, wherein said rear wall means defines an opening for allowing the article to be pushed out of said display frame forwardly through said opening means, and wherein said rear wall means is provided at least with one leg means adapted to be reversibly displaced between an inoperative position wherein said leg means is substantially parallel to said rear wall means and an operative position wherein said leg means extends at an angle with respect to said rear wall means for allowing said display frame to be supported at an angle on a horizontal surface.

26. A display frame as defined in Claim 21, further comprising template means for use in cutting down to appropriate size a sheet-like article means, said template means including a substantially transparent sheet means for allowing the article to be viewed when the article means has been cut down to size and which is adapted to double as a protective window engageable behind said attachment means and in front of the article.

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