Picture frame

Claim 1

A picture-frame assembly for mounting within a decorative peripheral frame a work, such as a picture, photograph or the like, said assembly comprising a planar board having a front and a back face and generally sized to approximate the size of said work upon which said work is adapted to be placed, a plurality of relatively small individual clips adapted to be releasably placed about the edges of said work and of said board to extend from engagement against the face of said work to engagement against the rear face of said board, said clips being formed of resilient material and configured to hold said work and said board together by a spring force created therebetween by said clips, said board and said clips being sized relative to each other so that each individual clip occupies only a relatively small fraction of the periphery of said assembly and so that when said clips are placed immediately adjacent each other along the edges of said board and of said work they substantially occupy the entire periphery of said assembly without gaps between said clips, with said clips extending a distance over the face of said work to form a continuous decorative border therefor, said board including spaced horizontal and spaced vertical graduation means, said graduation means being spaced a distance substantially equal to the width of one or more of said clips, whereby said board may be separated at selected graduation means to thereby adapt the board to the size of the work with the number of clips utilized to form said frame being variable depending on the selected size of said board.