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Backing for a photo or picture frame

  • US 4,577,822 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1983
  • Issued: 03/25/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A back for a photo or picture frame in combination with a strut by means of which the frame can be supported in a display position, and wherein:

  • said back has at least one slot generally coplanar with the back and defining a substantial part of a boundary of a region which can flex relative to the remainder of said back,said strut has one end abutting said back, the abutting portion of said one end being inclined or bevelled, and an integrally formed lip or flange extending obliquely from said strut adjacent said one end and on the same thereof as said abutting portion,said lip or flange being engaged in said slot with that one edge of said slot being embraced between said one end and said lip or flange, said engagement being affected by the inward flexing of said region, and a projection on said lip or flange engaging a second edge of said slot which second edge is an edge of said flexing region,said strut being disengageable from said back by swinging the strut across said back to cause said flexing region to flex and disengage said projection from said second edge and thereby release said lip or flange from said slot.

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