Frame elements for releasably mounting a poster

Claim 2

A frame element for use in assembling a frame for mounting of a poster (18), or the like, comprising: an elongated main frame member (1) and at least one elongated clamp member (e.g. 2a), said clamp member being of substantially the same length as said main frame member; said main frame member and said at least one clamp member respectively having mutually engageable hinge elements (8a, 12a) forming a hinge device by means of which said clamp member is rotatably connected to said main frame member with the rotational axis being parallel with the longitudinal axis of said members; said hinge element of one of said main frame member and clamp member being shaped as a longitudinally extending notch (8a) having a longitudinally extending opening communicating with the interior of said notch along the length of said notch, said notch and longitudinal opening extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said one member and said opening being of a width which is smaller than the diameter of the interior of said notch; said hinge element of the other of said main frame member and clamp member being formed by an edge of said other member, the outermost part of said edge of said other member being in the form of a longitudinal part (12a) extending longitudinally of said other member, said longitudinal part (12a) having a width in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction thereof which is greater than that of said notch and being received into said notch in its lengthwise direction and further being rotatable within said notch, a part of said edge connected to said other member protruding through said longitudinal opening of said notch, said clamp member being thereby rotatable relative to the main frame member around an axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof and being fixedly connected to the main frame member in a direction transverse to said axis of rotation; a locking device (7a,9'a) comprising a longitudinal flange shaped projection (7a) integrally formed on one of said main frame member and clamp member, and a longitudinally extending recess (9'a) having a locking edge (9a) integrally formed on the other of said main frame and clamp members, said projection (7a) being engageable with said recess to form a releasable locking device for relative locking of said clamp member to said main frame member, at least one of said projection and said recess having an elastically flexible and yieldable portion whereby the locking device will have a definite snapping latch position which is passed by when said flange shaped projection (7a) engages and recess (9'a) and said locking edge (9a) is resiliently forced over said flange shaped projection (7a) during pivoting of said clamp member (2a) via the hinge device toward the poster or the like; said at least one clamp member having an integral longitudinal clamping edge (10a) for contacting the poster or the like and pressing against same when said projection and recess of said locking device are mutually engaged; and said main frame member having an integral longitudinal receiving notch or edge (4) for receiving at least one of a supporting member or the like and a poster or the like therein to fixedly mount said poster or the like to said frame element.

Claim 3

The frame element of claim 1 wherein said main frame member, on the side thereof which is opposite to said longitudinal receiving notch or edge (4), is provided with a part of a border attachment device, said frame element further comprising an outer border member (3) having another part of a border attachment device which engages the border attachment part of said main frame member to hold said outer border member (3) in contact with said side opposite said receiving notch or edge (4), whereby said frame element is stiffened and kept together.

Claim 4

The frame element of claim 2, wherein said outer border member (3) is a stiffening border member, and wherein said attachment device comprises protruding snap latch elements (13) on said stiffening border member (3), said snap latch elements having a transverse locking shoulder; and a border notch (5) on the side of said main frame member (1) opposite to said receiving notch (4), said border notch (5) having corresponding locking shoulders which grippingly engage said shoulders of said snap latch elements when said stiffening border member is brought into contact with said main frame member while inserting said snap latch elements into said border notch.

Claim 5

The frame element of claim 1, wherein said longitudinal receiving notch (4) has opposite side walls for fixing said supporting member, said opposite side walls having at least one pair of opposed longitudinal studs (14) or the like providing for a limitation of the width of said notch, whereby supporting members of at least two different thicknesses may alternatively be fixed in said notch by insertion past and up to, respectively, said studs.

Claim 6

The frame element of claim 1, wherein said clamping edge (10a) of said clamp member (2a) comprises a soft and elastical material, whereby an improved contact to and attachment of the poster is obtained.

Claim 7

The frame element of claim 1, for use in assembling a frame for double side mounting of posters, or the like, wherein said main frame member (1) is shaped with a substantially H-shaped profile having two pairs of legs, and has two of said flange shaped projections (7a, 7b) integrally formed thereon, said frame element further comprising two clamp members (2a, 2b) arranged at the respective opposite sides of said main frame member (1), said longitudinal receiving notch (4) being formed by the space between the uppermost parts of a first pair of said legs of said H-shaped profile, said uppermost parts of said first pair of legs of said H-shaped profile being arranged so as to form also said flange shaped projections (7a, 7b) and the lowermost parts of the second pair of said legs of said H-shaped profile being arranged to form said longitudinally extending notch (8a, 8b) of said hinge element.

Claim 8

The frame element of claim 1, comprising two clamp members (2a, 2b) mounted on opposite sides of said main frame member (1), and comprising respective hinge devices for hingedly coupling said clamp members to said main frame member, said main frame member defining a pair of said longitudinal flange shaped projections (7a, 7b), and said clamp members having respective recesses (9'a, 9'b) for engaging respective flange shaped projections of said main frame member when the clamp member is pivoted toward said main frame member about said respective hinge device.

Claim 9

The frame element of claim 1, wherein said clamp member, near its clamping edge (10a), is provided with a gripping edge (13a) which also forms a hanging means for use in mounting the frame on a wall, said gripping edge being so dimensioned that said clamp member may be gripped by the finger tips and a detachment force directed away from the poster or the like may be applied thereto.

Claim 10

The frame element of claim 1 wherein said flange shaped projection (7a) of said locking device comprises a longitudinal flange integrally formed on said main frame member and extending from said main frame member; and said longitudinally extending recess (9'a) of said locking device comprises a longitudinal recess integrally formed in said clamp member.

Claim 11

The frame element of any one of claims 1 or 9, wherein said longitudinal notch (8a) of said hinge device is integrally formed in said main frame member (1) and said longitudinal part (12a) which comprises the other of the hinge elements is integrally formed along an edge of said clamp member (2a).

Claim 12

The frame element of claim 1, wherein said main frame member comprises a plastic extrusion, and said clamp member comprises a plastic extrusion.

Claim 13

The frame element of either of claims 1 or 12, wherein said clamping edge (10a) of said clamp member comprises a material which is softer than that of the remainder of said clamp member (2a).

Claim 14

A frame for mounting of a poster (18), or the like, comprising a plurality of frame elements connected together, each of said frame elements including: an elongated main frame member (1) and at least one elongated clamp member (e.g. 2a), said clamp member being of substantially the same length as said main frame member; said main frame member and said at least one clamp member respectively having mutually engageable hinge elements (8a, 12a) forming a hinge device by means of which said clamp member is rotatably connected to said main frame member with the rotational axis being parallel with the longitudinal axis of said members; said hinge element of one of said main frame member and clamp member being shaped as a longitudinally extending notch (8a) having a longitudinally extending opening communicating with the interior of said notch along the length of said notch, said notch and longitudinal opening extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said one member and said opening being of a width which is smaller than the diameter of the interior of said notch; said hinge element of the other of said main frame member and clamp member being formed by an edge of said other member, the outermost part of said edge of said other member being in the form of a longitudinal part (12a) extending longitudinally of said other member, said longitudinal part (12a) having a width in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction thereof which is greater than that of said notch and being received into said notch in its lengthwise direction and further being rotatable within said notch, a part of said edge connected to said other member protruding through said longitudinal opening of said notch, said clamp member being thereby rotatable relative to the main frame around an axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof and being fixedly connected to the main frame member in a direction transverse to said axis of rotation; a locking device (7a,9'a) comprising a longitudinal flange shaped projection (7a) integrally formed on one of said main frame member and clamp member, and a longitudinally extending recess (9'a) having a locking edge (9a) integrally formed on the other of said main frame and clamp members, said projection (7a) being engageable with said recess to form a releasable locking device for relative locking of said clamp member to said main frame member, at least one of said projection and said recess having an elastically flexible and yieldable portion whereby the locking device will have a definite snapping latch position which is passed by when said flange shaped projection (7a) engages and recess (9'a) and said locking edge (9a) is resiliently forced over said flange shaped projection (7a) during pivoting of said clamp member (2a) via the hinge device toward the poster or the like; said at least one clamp member having an integral longitudinal clamping edge (10a) for contacting the poster or the like and pressing against same when said projection and recess of said locking device are mutually engaged; a stiffening border member(3) connected to a longitudinal side of said main frame member (1) and being of substantially the same length as said main frame member (1); and means for connecting said frame elements together at their respective ends to form a frame.

Claim 15

A frame for mounting of a poster (18), or the like, comprising a plurality of frame elements connected together, each of said frame elements including: an elongated main frame member (1) and at least one elongated clamp member (e.g. 2a), said clamp member being of substantially the same length as said main frame member; said main frame member and said at least one clamp member respectively having mutually engageable hinge elements (8a, 12a) forming a hinge device by means of which said clamp member is rotatably connected to said main frame member with the rotational axis being parallel with the longitudinal axis of said members; said hinge element of one of said main frame member and clamp member being shaped as a longitudinally extending notch (8a) having a longitudinally extending opening communicating with the interior of said notch along the length of said notch, said notch and longitudinal opening extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said one member and said opening being of a width which is smaller than the diameter of the interior of said notch; said hinge element of the other of said main frame member and clamp member being formed by an edge of said other member, the outermost part of said edge of said other member being in the form of a longitudinal part (12a) extending longitudinally of said other member, said longitudinal part (12a) having a width in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction thereof which is greater than that of said notch and being received into said notch in its lengthwise direction and further being rotatable within said notch, a part of said edge connected to said other member protruding through said longitudinal opening of said notch, said clamp member being thereby rotatable relative to the main frame around an axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof and being fixedly connected to the main frame member in a direction transverse to said axis of rotation; a locking device (7a,9'a) comprising a longitudinal flange shaped projection (7a) integrally formed on one of said main frame member and clamp member, and a longitudinally extending recess (9'a) having a locking edge (9a) integrally formed on the other of said main frame and clamp members, said projection (7a) being engageable with said recess to form a releasable locking device for relative locking of said clamp member to said main frame member, at least one of said projection and said recess having an elastically flexible and yieldable portion whereby the locking device will have a definite snapping latch position which is passed by when said flange shaped projection (7a) engages and recess (9'a) and said locking edge (9a) is resiliently forced over said flange shaped projection (7a) during pivoting of said clamp member (2a) via the hinge device toward the poster or the like; said at least one clamp member having an integral longitudinal clamping edge (10a) for contacting the poster or the like and pressing against same when said projection and recess of said locking device are mutually engaged; a stiffening border member(3) connected to a longitudinal side of said main frame member (1) and being of substantially the same length as said main frame member (1); and means for connecting said frame elements together at their respective ends to form a frame.

Claim 16

The frame of claim 13, wherein said stiffening border element (3) is a hollow extrusion.

Claim 17

The frame of either of claims 13 or 14 comprising attachment means connecting said stiffening border member to said main frame member, said attachment means comprising: protruding snap latch elements (13) on said stiffening border members, said snap latch elements (13) having a transverse locking shoulder; and a border notch (5) on the side of said main frame member (1) opposite to said receiving notch (4), said border notch (5) having corresponding locking shoulders which grippingly engage said shoulders of said snap latch elements when said stiffening border member is brought into contact with said main frame member while inserting said snap latch elements into said border notch.