Laminated frame assembly and process

Claim 2

A process for framing and mounting an indicia-bearing sheet comprising the steps of (a) removing a portion of a release sheet from a framing assembly, said framing assembly comprising a flexible sheet which is at least partially transparent to light, a framing means attached to said flexible sheet, an adhesive layer adhered to one face of said flexible sheet, and said release sheet having a first face, in contact with said adhesive layer, which is removable from the adhesive layer and an opposite face, wherein the framing means has a framed space substantially of the same dimensions as the release sheet portion removed from the assembly; (b) laminating to the assembly, in the space created by the removal of the release sheet portion in step (a), an indicia-bearing sheet which indicia is visible through said flexible sheet through the face opposite said adhesive layer; (c) removing the remaining release sheet from the assembly; and (d) adhering a substrate to the adhesive exposed by step (c).

Claim 3

The process of claim 1, wherein said framing means is an image of a frame printed on the flexible sheet.

Claim 4

The process of claim 1, wherein said framing means is a metal foil, a paper sheet or a sheet of a polymer.

Claim 5

The process of claim 1, wherein said framing means is attached to the flexible sheet on the face opposite the adhesive layer.

Claim 6

The process of claim 1, wherein said framing means is attached to the flexible sheet between the flexible sheet and the adhesive layer.

Claim 7

The process of claim 1, wherein the release sheet portion removed in step (a) has dimensions slightly greater than the framed space of said framing means.

Claim 8

The process of claim 1, wherein said opposite face of the release sheet is more adherent than the first face to the adhesive layer and the substrate adhered to the assembly in step (d) is said release sheet removed in step (c), the face of said substrate adhered being the opposite face of the release sheet.

Claim 9

The process of claim 7, wherein the framing means has a second space whereby indicia on said opposite face of the release sheet are visible through the flexible sheet and the second space after step (d).

Claim 10

The process of claim 1, wherein said release sheet is scored in a pattern corresponding to the release sheet portion removed in step (a).

Claim 11

The process of claim 1, wherein said release sheet is a release paper having a release coating on said first face.

Claim 12

The process of claim 1, wherein between steps (a) and (b), said release sheet portion removed in step (a) is used as a template to obtain said indicia-bearing sheet.

Claim 13

A process for mounting a photograph comprising the steps of (a) removing a portion of a release paper from a framing assembly, said framing assembly comprising a metal foil frame having a framed space attached to a transparent polymeric flexible sheet, an adhesive layer on the face of said flexible sheet opposite said frame, and said release paper having a first face, in contact with said adhesive layer, which is removable from the adhesive layer and an opposite face which is more adherent to the adhesive than the first face, wherein the release paper portion removed has dimensions slightly greater than the framed space of said frame; (b) using the release paper portion removed in step (a) as a template to obtain a photograph having dimensions corresponding to the removed release paper portion; (c) laminating to the assembly, in the space created by the removal of the release paper portion in step (a), the photograph obtained in step (b) with the image of the photograph in contact with the adhesive layer; (d) removing the remaining release paper from the assembly; and (e) laminating the release paper removed in step (d) to the assembly with the opposite face thereof in contact with the adhesive layer.

Claim 14

A process for mounting a photograph comprising the steps of (a) removing a portion of a release paper from a framing assembly, said framing assembly comprising a metal foil frame having a framed space attached to a transparent polymeric flexible sheet, an adhesive layer on the face of said flexible sheet opposite said frame, and said release paper having a first face, in contact with said adhesive layer, which is removable from the adhesive layer and an opposite face which is more adherent to the adhesive than the first face, wherein the release paper portion removed has dimensions slightly greater than the framed space of said frame; (b) using the release paper portion removed in step (a) as a template to obtain a photograph having dimensions corresponding to the removed release paper portion; (c) laminating to the assembly, in the space created by the removal of the release paper portion in step (a), the photograph obtained in step (b) with the image of the photograph in contact with the adhesive layer; (d) removing the remaining release paper from the assembly; and (e) laminating the release paper removed in step (d) to the assembly with the opposite face thereof in contact with the adhesive layer.

Claim 15

The process of claim 12, wherein said frame has a second space and further comprising the step of applying indicia to said remaining release paper, in alignment with said second space, before step (e) whereby said indicia is visible through the second space in the frame after step (e).

Claim 16

The process of claim 13, wherein the release paper is scored in a pattern corresponding to the release paper portion removed in step (a).

Claim 19

The method of claim 15, wherein said framing means is an image of a frame printed on the flexible sheet.

Claim 20

The method of claim 15, wherein said framing means is a metal foil, a paper sheet or a sheet of a polymer.

Claim 21

The method of claim 15, wherein said framing means is attached to the flexible sheet on the face opposite the adhesive layer.

Claim 22

The method of claim 15, wherein said framing means is attached to the flexible sheet between the flexible sheet and the adhesive layer.

Claim 23

The method of claim 15, wherein said inner portion of the release sheet has dimensions slightly greater than the framed space of said framing means.

Claim 24

The method of claim 15, wherein the face of said release sheet opposite the release face is more adherent than the release face to the adhesive layer.

Claim 25

The method of claim 21, wherein said opposite face has a section thereof designated for applied indicia and said framing means has a second space in alignment with said designated section such that upon removal of the outer portion and its subsequent lamination to the assembly, the applied indicia may be viewed through said second space of the framing means.

Claim 26

The method of claim 15, wherein said release sheet is scored between said inner and outer portions.

Claim 27

The method of claim 15, wherein said release sheet is a release paper having a release coating on one face thereof.

Claim 28

A framing and mounting assembly comprising a flexible sheet which is at least partially transparent to light, a framing means having a framed space, which framing means is attached to said flexible sheet, an adhesive layer adhered to one face of said flexible sheet, and a release sheet having a release face, in contact with said adhesive layer, which is removable from the adhesive layer, and having an opposite face, wherein said release sheet has an inner portion and an outer portion, said inner portion being detachable from the outer portion and defining a space having substantially the same dimensions as the frame space.

Claim 29

A framing and mounting assembly comprising a flexible sheet which is at least partially transparent to light, a framing means having a framed space, which framing means is attached to said flexible sheet, an adhesive layer adhered to one face of said flexible sheet, and a release sheet having a release face, in contact with said adhesive layer, which is removable from the adhesive layer, and having an opposite face, wherein said release sheet has an inner portion and an outer portion, said inner portion being detachable from the outer portion and defining a space having substantially the same dimensions as the frame space.

Claim 30

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said framing means is an image of a frame printed on the flexible sheet.

Claim 31

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said framing means is a metal foil, a paper sheet or a sheet of a polymer.

Claim 32

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said framing means is attached to the flexible sheet on the face opposite the adhesive layer.

Claim 33

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said framing means is attached to the flexible sheet between the flexible sheet and the adhesive layer.

Claim 34

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said inner portion of the release sheet has dimensions slightly greater than the framed space of said framing means.

Claim 35

The assembly of claim 25, wherein the face of said release sheet opposite the release face is more adherent than the release face to the adhesive layer.

Claim 36

The assembly of claim 31, wherein said opposite face has a section thereof designated for applied indicia and said framing means has a second space in alignment with said designated section such that upon removal of the outer portion and its subsequent lamination to the assembly, the applied indicia may be viewed through said second space of the framing means.

Claim 37

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said release sheet is scored between said inner and outer portions.

Claim 38

The assembly of claim 25, wherein said release sheet is a release paper having a release coating on one face thereof.

Claim 39

The assembly of claim 25 having template means for determining the size of an object to be framed and mounted in said assembly.

Claim 40

The assembly of claim 35 wherein said template means is the inner portion of said release sheet.

Claim 41

The assembly of claim 35 having means for aligning said sized object within the said assembly.

Claim 42

The assembly of claim 37 wherein said aligning means is the inner periphery of the outer portion of said release sheet.