One piece transparency mount with spring transparency restraint

Claim 1

A slide mount for slidably receiving a transparency therein, the slide mount comprising: an integrally formed frame having a front wall, a back wall, a top edge and a bottom edge and side edges between the top and the bottom edge, the bottom and side edges connecting the walls; a central aperture in the frame through which an image carried by a transparency can be viewed, the aperture extending through the front wall and the back wall of the frame, the aperture defining an inner top edge, an inner bottom edge and two inner side edges of the frame; a cavity in the frame for slidably receiving the transparency, the cavity being formed by a transparency inlet extending from the top edge to the inner top edge of the frame and by slots in the inner bottom edge and the inner side edges of the frame, the slots and the passage forming a cavity of a height, width and depth slightly greater than that of the transparency; and a spring capable of imparting a compressive spring force in the transparency receiving cavity connected to the frame away from the inlet, the spring engaging a transparency inserted into the slide receiving cavity to retain the transparency in the cavity by a compressive spring force.