Unitary poster frame assembly

Claim 1

A unitary frame assembly for mounting a poster or the like comprising: (A) a rectangular backing plate molded of synthetic, plastic, flexible material whose dimensions are slightly smaller than those of the poster; and (B) a one-piece frame molded of synthetic, plastic, flexible material bordering the plate and integral therewith, said frame having top, bottom and left and right side branches having a channel-shaped rectangular cross section, and channel-shaped pieces inserted in inverted relation in the channels of the side branches and the bottom branch and bonded thereto, the top branch being spaced from the upper edge of the plate to form an inlet gap, the inner walls of the frame branches, save for the top branch, having slots therein to define a U-shaped socket for receiving the corresponding margins of the poster supported on the backing plate, whereby to install a given poster, the top branch is temporarily bent back to admit the lower end of the poster into the inlet gap to permit insertion of the side margins thereof into the slots of the side branches, the poster then being pushed down until its bottom margin lies in the slot of the bottom branch, at which point the given poster is fully socketed; and to replace the given poster the top branch is again bent back to permit withdrawal of the given poster form the socket and to permit insertion of the new poster therein.