A spline installation device for use with a spline/rail type frame to assemble the splines to the rails. The device including a base that defines a platform for receiving a frame subassembly; and a plurality of linkages that are disposed about the platform and coupled to the base. Each linkage is configured to move between a first position in which a fence bearing surface thereof is at an angle other than 90 degrees relative to the platform and a second position in which the fence bearing surface is set at an at least substantially 90 degree angle relative to the platform for locking and holding the frame subassembly in place. The linkages further being configured to receive a spline instillation tool for locking the splines in place relative to the rails.

A frame apparatus for displaying an article. The frame apparatus includes a support structure having a frame and a backer panel. A plurality of slots are formed into the backer panel that include a first slot that is elongated along a first axis that is parallel to top and bottom edges of the support structure and a second slot that is elongated along a second axis that is parallel to lateral edges of the support structure. The frame apparatus may include a hanging element for hanging the support structure from a support surface such as a wall. The hanging element may be configured to be slidably coupled to the support structure such that the hanging element can slide back and forth within one of the slots while remaining coupled to the support structure. This structure enables the frame apparatus to move side-to-side along the support surface while hanging therefrom.

Image displays are disclosed. An image display may include an image support and a plurality of foldable sections. Each foldable section may have a first segment rotatably coupled to and configured to lock with the image support and a second segment rotatably coupled to and configured to lock with the first segment. The image display may have an open and an assembled configuration. Display faces of the image support, first segment, and second segment may be coplanar in the collapsed configuration. The display faces image support and the second segment may be perpendicular to the display face of the first segment in the assembled configuration.

A frame assembly includes a frame base and a rear panel including a plurality of side walls that are configured to be received within a plurality of side walls of the frame base. Along an external surface of each side wall of the rear panel there is at least one locking tab that is configured for reception within one corresponding locking opening of the frame base when the rear panel is inserted into the frame base so as couple the rear panel to the frame base in a snap-fitting manner and permit a canvas substrate to be captured therebetween for holding the canvas substrate across a front face of the frame base.

A frame apparatus for displaying an article The frame apparatus includes a frame having a rabbet and a channel having a channel axis formed into a wall of the rabbet. A stack is positioned within the rabbet for display. The stack may include a glazing, an article for display, and a backer panel. A clip member is slidably coupled to the frame within the channel such that the clip member can slide within the channel along the channel axis while remaining coupled to the frame. The clip member has a hanging feature. Thus, the clip member serves the dual purpose of securing the stack within the rabbet and also providing the hanging feature for the frame. Furthermore, the clip member functions as a built-in self-leveling feature because it can slide within the channel thus ensuring that the frame is hung in a level manner.

A system for framing an artwork substrate includes a shoulder, a rib, and a spacer connected to the shoulder and the rib. An adhesive on the rib retains the artwork substrate in relation to the rib and within bounds of the shoulder. The rib may be shorter than the shoulder. Depending on the height of the rib in relation to the shoulder, the artwork substrate may be positioned on the rib inset below the shoulder, flush with the shoulder, or otherwise. The spacer offsets the rib from the shoulder, and the artwork substrate may be positioned with edges abutting the shoulder in a box arrangement or offset from the shoulder in a floating arrangement.

The present invention relates to a frame comprising at least two first frame struts (1.1, 1.2) and at least two second frame struts (2.1, 2.2), wherein⋅the two first frame struts (1.1, 1.2) and/or the two second frame struts (2.1, 2.2) are of invariable length, ⋅the first frame struts (1.1, 1.2) are connected at their ends in each case to a second frame strut (2.1, 2.2) and the second frame struts (2.1, 2.2) are connected at their ends in each case to a first frame strut (1.1, 1.2), and —the first frame struts (1.1, 1.2) and the second frame struts (2.1, 2.2) are arranged at a right angle with respect to one another in a frame plane in an assembled position.

The utility model discloses a novel open-type photo frame, comprising the photo frame of four frames with upper, lower, left and right frame; the upper frame comprises a fixed frame and a movable cover rotatably connected to the top front side of the fixed frame through the rotating shaft; the fixed frame is provided with circlips on the bottom of the front side for limiting the movable cover, and inside the movable cover is provided with a slot near the rotating shaft to match with the circlips; the left and right frame is provided with sliding grooves inside, and the lower frame is provided with a limiting groove inside; sliding grooves and the limiting groove are provided with a base plate and a transparent acrylic plate inside; the back of the frame is provided with grooves.

This patent of invention relates to structural arrangement introduced in a photo frame, applied in the area of furniture decoration for the purpose of storage of photos or images in a closed and weather-protected environment, which aims to personalize the printing of photos and images and their changing, through the innovative constructiveness structural profiles (1), joining brackets (2), screws (3), fabric (4), lighting bars (5), support (6), cover (7) e sheet (8), with advantages of being easy in the process of taking/choosing the art to be printed, reduction in the time needed to purchase the product, easy to understand, light, of simple assembly, with flexibility and ease of changing photos and images, being non-destructive in the change, using internal lighting and having communication with the user.

A changeable frame allows exhibits presented therein to be exchanged in a simplified manner. The frame includes a frame element surrounding a frame opening in which the exhibit is visible from an observer side. A recess in the frame element leads from a lateral outer surface to an opposite inner surface of the frame element and opens into the frame opening for insertion of the exhibit into and removal of the exhibit from the frame opening. A drawer slidably mounted in the recess has a receptacle for positioning the exhibit. The drawer is slidable between an insertion position, in which the exhibit is visible in the frame opening, and a removal position, in which the receptacle of the drawer is outside of the frame element for the removal of the exhibit from the receptacle.