Display holder

Claim 1

A holder for displaying a printed sheet on a support wall, comprising: (A) a back plate having a planar support surface and a channel formed around substantially the entire perimeter of said support surface to rigidify said back plate and to space said support surface from a support wall when said channel is placed against said support wall; (B) a cover plate comprising a front face and a flange which extends around substantially the entire perimeter of said front face, said flange fitting into said channel and cooperating with said channel to position said support surface and a rear surface of said front face parallel to and spaced from one another; and (C) means for snap fitting said back plate to said cover plate; wherein said snap-fitting means includes: (1) a first notch formed in said back wall and said outer wall, said notch being located at a first end of said back plate, said notch defining a first, resilient transverse beam in said outer wall; (2) a first boss formed on a resilient tongue formed in said flange of said cover plate, the relative resiliency of said first transverse beam and said tongue permitting said first boss to be snap-fit past said first transverse beam and inserted and retained behind said resilient transverse beam when said resilient tongue is inserted into said first notch; (3) a second notch formed in said back wall and said outer wall, said second notch being located at a second end of said back plate which is opposite from said first end, said second notch defining a second transverse beam in said outer wall; (4) a second boss on said flange of said cover plate, said second boss being insertable into said second notch and, when so inserted, being retained behind said second transverse beam; wherein said channel has a generally U-shaped cross-section designed to receive said flange; said channel including an inner wall which extends from said support surface in a first direction, a back wall which extends from said inner wall and generally parallel to said support surface, and an outer wall which extends from said back wall in a direction which is generally parallel to and opposite to said first direction.