Presentation-frame and backing units pad

Claim 2

A picture frame and backing tablet device comprising in combination: stacked tablet detachable sheet structures including (a) a first plurality of first sheet-like substantially opaque elements each having first upper and lower planar surfaces with a first circumscribing periphery, and (b) a second plurality of second sheet-like substantially opaque elements each having second upper and lower substantially planar faces with a second circumscribing outer periphery, at least one of said second sheet-like elements being disposed between consecutive ones of said first sheet-like elements; a tablet edge-connecting strip means detachably interconnecting substantially aligned portions of stacked said sheet structures at one side edge of said first and second circumscribing peripheries such that there is formed a tablet pad having stacked detachable units edge-connected to one-another of the units serially arranged from a top to a bottom of the tablet pad, each detachable tablet unit including the inter-connected first and second peripheries; each first sheet element of said plurality having at least one through-passage being defined by passage-circumscribing walls of the first periphery of the first sheet-like element, the first through-passage being of sufficient cross-sectional area that the passage-circumscribing walls form a first-element picture frame for each unit, said second sheet-like element's upper face being of sufficient area for said second sheet-like element to serve as a backing element for a picture to be mounted on said upper face for viewing through said through-passage for each detachable unit; each said first upper face including an inner circumscribing edge of its through-passage, a severence slot through a partial thickness of the thickness of the first sheet-like element defining an edge-margin strip, each of the first sheet-like element's through-passage defined by a plurality of linear inner edges of said edge-margin strip with adjacent consecutive linear edges defining an acute angle, and extending from an apex of the acute angle there being a total severence through substantially the entire thickness of the first sheet-like element transversely across the respective edge-margin strip such that each edge-margin strip may be pivotably turned downwardly and optionally under the first sheet-like lower face and such that the edge-margin strip is easily totally separable by tearing if desired.

Claim 3

A picture frame and backing device of claim 1, including in each said first sheet-like element a plurality of said through-passages.

Claim 4

A picture frame and backing device comprising in combination: a first plurality of first sheet-like elements each having first upper and lower substantially planar faces; a second plurality of second sheet-like elements each having second upper and lower substantially planar faces with a second circumscribing outer periphery, at least one of said second sheet-like elements being disposed between consecutive ones of said first sheet-like elements; an edge-connecting strip means interconnecting substantially aligned portions of said first and second peripheries thereby forming a pad of said first and second pluralities; each first sheet-like element of said first plurality having at least one through-passage extending between said first upper and lower faces, the through-passage being defined by passage-circumscribing walls of the first sheet-like element, the through-passage being of sufficient cross-sectional area that the circumscribing walls form a first-element picture frame, said second sheet-like element to serve as a backing element for a picture to be mounted on said second upper face for viewing through said through-passage; and a third plurality of sheet-like elements having third upper and lower faces with a third circumscribing outer periphery, at least one of said third sheet-like elements being disposed between a first lower face of a sheet-like element and a second upper face of a second sheet-like element having at least one second through-passage extending between said third upper and lower faces defined by passage-circumscribing walls of the second sheet-like element thereof, said second through-passage being at least partially aligned with said first through-passage; and cross-sectional area of said through-passage of each third plurality sheet-like element exceeds the cross-sectional area of a substantially aligned first sheet-like element's through-passage; and at least a portion of an outer circumscribing edge of each third plurality sheet-like element is joined to said interconnecting means; and each third upper face includes adjacent to and spaced from an inner circumscribing edge of its through-passage a severence slot through a partial thickness of the thickness of the third plurality sheet-like element defining an edge-margin strip, each of the third plurality sheet-like element's through-passage having a cross-section perpherally defined by a plurality of linear inner edges defining an acute angle, and extending from an apex of the acute angle there being a total severence through substantially the entire thickness of the third plurality sheet-like element transversely across the respective edge-margin strip such that each edge-margin strip may be pivotably turned downwardly and optionally under the third plurality sheet-like element's lower face and such that the edge-margin strip is easily totally separable by tearing if desired.

Claim 5

A picture frame and backing device comprising in combination: a first plurality of first sheet-like elements each having first upper and lower substantially planar faces; a second plurality of second sheet-like elements each having second upper and lower substantially planar faces with a second circumscribing outer periphery, at least one of said second sheet-like elements being disposed between consecutive ones of said first sheet-like elements; an edge-connecting strip means interconnecting substantially aligned portions of said first and second peripheries thereby forming a pad of said first and second pluralities; each first sheet-like element of said first plurality having at least one through-passage extending between said first upper and lower faces, the through-passage being defined by passage-circumscribing walls of the first sheet-like element, the through-passage being of sufficient cross-sectional area that the circumscribing walls form a first-element picture frame, said second sheet-like element to serve as a backing element for a picture to be mounted on said second upper face for viewing through said through-passage; and a third plurality of sheet-like elements having third upper and lower faces with a third circumscribing outer periphery, at least one of said third sheet-like elements being disposed between a first lower face of a sheet-like element and a second upper face of a second sheet-like element having at least one second through-passage extending between said third upper and lower faces defined by passage-circumscribing walls of the second sheet-like element thereof, said second through-passage being at least partially aligned with said first through-passage; and cross-sectional area of said through-passage of each third plurality sheet-like element exceeds the cross-sectional area of a substantially aligned first sheet-like element's through-passage; and at least a portion of an outer circumscribing edge of each third plurality sheet-like element is joined to said interconnecting means; and each third upper face includes adjacent to and spaced from an inner circumscribing edge of its through-passage a severence slot through a partial thickness of the thickness of the third plurality sheet-like element defining an edge-margin strip, each of the third plurality sheet-like element's through-passage having a cross-section perpherally defined by a plurality of linear inner edges defining an acute angle, and extending from an apex of the acute angle there being a total severence through substantially the entire thickness of the third plurality sheet-like element transversely across the respective edge-margin strip such that each edge-margin strip may be pivotably turned downwardly and optionally under the third plurality sheet-like element's lower face and such that the edge-margin strip is easily totally separable by tearing if desired.