Method and apparatus for mounting photographic transparencies

Claim 1

APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO MOUNT PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCIES FOR PURPOSES OF VISUAL OBSERVATION, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINTION, A BASE COMPRISING, IN TURN, A LAYER OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL, AND AN OTHER LAYER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STRIPS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SHALLOW RECESSES POSITIONED GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF; PROPOSED SHALLOW RECESSED PRESENTING APERTURES CORRESPONDING GENERALLY TO ONE-HALF THE QUANTITY OF SAID RECESSES, ENABLING PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCIES, CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO THE SAID APERTURES, TO BE DISPOSED IN VISUAL OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION THEREWITH; AND A COVER COMPRISING, IN TURN, A LAYER OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL SAID BASE AND SAID COVER BEING PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN A JUXTAPOSED FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, ENABLING THE COMPLETE PROTECTION OF SAID PLURALITY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCIES FROM FINGERPRINTS, DURING THE MOUNTING THEREOF AND SUBSEQUENT THERETO, ABRASIONS, THE ATMOSPHERE, AND THE LIKE.