Picture mat and mount method and article

Abstract

Abstract MATERIALS AND A METHOD FOR MOUNTING A PICTURE IN ACCURATE RELATION ON A SHEET OF MOUNT MATERIAL AND PROVIDING A MAT WITH A PICTURE VIEWING OPENING OF THE CORRECT SIZE TO FRAME THE PICTURE AND PROVIDE THE PROPER OVERLAP OF THE MAT ONTO THE EDGES OF THE PICTURE ADJACENT THE PICTURE VIEWING OPENING, THEREBY BAKING A NEAT MOUNTED AND MATTED PICTURE. THE MOUNT IS PROVIDED WITH COORDINATE GUIDE MEANS MARKING EQUAL DISTANCE INTERVALS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM INTERSECTING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL AXES THROUGH A SELECTED CENTRAL POINT ON SAID MOUNT, IDENTIFYING MEANS FOR SELECTED OF SAID COORDINATE GUIDE MEANS, AND A SHEET OF MAT MATERIAL HAVING COORDINATE GUIDE MEANS AND IDENTIFYING MEANS SIMILAR TO THE COORDINATE GUIDE MEANS AND IDENTIFYING MEANS ON SAID MOUNT FOR USE AS GUIDES IN CUTTING THE PICTURE VIEWING OPENING THROUGH THE MAT MATERIAL, THE COORDINATE GUIDE MEANS AND IDENTIFYING MEANS ON SAID MAT MATERIAL CORRESPONDING TO THE COORDINATE GUIDE MEANS AND IDENTIFYING MEANS ON SAID MOUNT BEING CLOSER TO SAID HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL AXES BY THE AMOUNT OF THE DESIRED OVERLAP OF THE MAT ONTO THE EDGES OF THE PICTURE AT THE EDGES OF THE PICTURE VIEWING OPENING.

Inventors

• 👤 Marston S Chase

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