Awards showcase

• US 4,831,754 A
• Filed: 01/07/1988
• Issued: 05/23/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Claude E. Tallent
• Original Assignee: Claude E. Tallent
• Inventors: Tallent, Claude E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peshock, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lynch, Michael
• Application Number:
  US07/141,478
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 40/152, 40/152.1, 40/160, 40/16, 40/17, 40/611, 40/201, 312/114
• US Class Current: 40/800
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/002 Devices for protection against sunlight or theft
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/02 for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/0605 made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/12 Frames or housings for storing medals, badges, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2001/0688 where the picture is inserted through a slit in one of the frame members

Abstract

A showcase having a rectangular frame closed at the back and a slidably insertable and removable transparent front frame. One side and the top and bottom pieces of the frame have grooves for slidably receiving the front pane along its corresponding edges. The other side piece has a longitudinal side-to-side opening through which the front pane is slidably inserted and removed, and a front-to-back recess which intersects the opening. A retainer pin is removably positioned in this recess to hold the front pane in place.

Claims

1. A showcase comprising:

a rectangular back panel for holding articles to be displayed;

a rectangular frame attached to and positioned in front of said back panel, said frame comprising first and second opposite side pieces extending along opposite side edges of said back panel, a top piece extending between said side pieces along the top edge of said back panel, and a bottom piece extending between said side pieces along the bottom edge of said back panel;

said first side piece having a straight longitudinal recess which is open along its inner edge facing toward said second side piece;

said second side piece having a longitudinal opening therein extending across its width from its inner edge facing toward said first side piece to its outer edge away from said first side piece, said opening being aligned with said recess in said first side piece, said second side piece having a recess extending in a back-to-front direction and intersecting said opening between said outer and inner edges of said second side piece and between said top and bottom pieces;

said top piece having a straight longitudinal recess along the bottom which registers at its opposite ends with said recess in said first side piece and said opening in said second side piece;

said bottom piece having a straight longitudinal recess along the top which registers at its opposite ends with said recess in said first side piece and said opening in said second side piece;

and a flat transparent front pane slidably insertable into a said opening in said second side piece at its outer face, said pane being snugly but slidably received in said recesses in said first side piece and said top and bottom pieces and in said opening in said second side piece, said front pane presenting a side edge located in said opening next to said recess in said second side piece toward its inner edge;

and a retainer pin removably received in said recess in said second side piece and extending across said opening next to said side edge of said front pane and holding said front pane in place in the frame.

2. A showcase according to claim 1 wherein:

said recess in said second side piece is a blind hole which is open at the back and closed at the front of the frame.

3. A showcase according to claim 2 wherein:

said pin is screw-threadedly received in said recess in said second side piece.