Joint member and rail with clips for picture framing

Claim 2

The combination of picture framing rails and a picture mounting clip therefor: said rail comprising, an elongated body of uniform cross section with a decorative front and outside contour, a rearwardly disposed face at the inside to engageably recEive a picture mounting, and an inside recess rearward of said face, said recess being defined by spaced and opposed front and back channels; a picture mounting of nominal thickness to engage upon said rearwardly disposed face; and said mounting clip comprising a continuous strip of spring material yieldingly separating a pair of mounting means and each of a tongue releasably engageable in one of said front and back channels respectively, one mounting means being offset by its tongue to releasably engage a thick picture mounting and reversly the other mounting means being offset by its tongue to releasably engage a thin picture mounting thereby engaging with a thick or thin picture mounting to secure it to the said rearwardly disposed face.

Claim 3

The combination of angularly abuted mitered rails and cooperative joint member and picture mounting clip for picture framing: said rail comprising, an elongated body of uniform cross section with a decorative front and outside contour, a rearwardly disposed face at the inside to engageably receive a picture mounting, and an inside recess rearward of said face, said recess being defined by space and opposed front and back channels; said joint member comprising, a flat and continuous reinforcement body with angularly related legs entered into the inside recess of the abuted rails respectively, opposite marginal edges of said legs being slideably engaged in the opposed front and back channels and lock means comprised of a pair of sharpened fingers set apart to forcibly enter the front and back channels of and to bite into the rail body thereby securing the legs in said recesses respectively; a picture mounting of nominal thickness to engage upon said rearwardly disposed face; and said mounting clip comprising a spring member yieldingly separating a pair of mounting means and each with a tongue releasably engageable in one of said front and back channels respectively, said foremost mounting means being engageable with the picture mounting to secure it to the said rearwardly disposed face.

Claim 4

The combination of angularly abuted mitered rails and cooperative joint member and picture mounting clip for picture framing: said rail comprising, an elongated body of uniform cross section with a decorative front and outside contour, a rearwardly disposed face at the inside to engageably receive a picture mounting, and an inside recess rearward of said face, said recess being defined by space and opposed front and back channels; said joint member comprising, a flat and continuous reinforcement body with angularly related legs entered into the inside recess of the abuted rails respectively, opposite marginal edges of said legs being slideably engaged in the opposed front and back channels and lock means comprised of a pair of sharpened fingers set apart to forcibly enter the front and back channels of and to bite into the rail body thereby securing the legs in said recesses respectively; a picture mounting of nominal thickness to engage upon said rearwardly disposed face; and said mounting clip comprising a spring member yieldingly separating a pair of mounting means and each with a tongue releasably engageable in one of said front and back channels respectively, said foremost mounting means being engageable with the picture mounting to secure it to the said rearwardly disposed face.

Claim 5

The mitered rail and joint member and clip as set forth in claim 2 wherein the mounting clip is made of a continuous strip of spring material with one mounting means thereof offset by its tongue to releasably engage a thick picture mounting, and reversly with the other mounting means thereof offset by its tongue to releasably engage a thin picture mounting.