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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P Rainone, Brighton, East Sussex, GB;
Derek J Bernard, Jersey, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
40155 ; 401521 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a frame (10) for releasably framing articles, such as pictures, photographs, posters and menus. The frame comprises a plurality of elongate members (12, 14, 16, 18) having mitred ends mated together, and a tensible loop (20) wherein the loop is located in a continuous recess (28) formed, on assembly of the frame, by the alignment of sub-recesses (27) located along the length of each member, and wherein the loop is in tension around the frame so as to pull the members together.