Patent Application
20180352977
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The disclosure and prior art relates to stand devices and more particularly pertains to a new stand device for coupling a stand to a picture frame.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a picture frame. A stand is provided and the stand is selectively coupled to said picture frame. Moreover, the stand is configured to props the picture frame up on a support surface thereby facilitating the picture frame to be displayed. An adhesive layer is coupled to said stand. The adhesive layer adhesively engages the picture frame to retain the stand on the picture frame.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The stand 18 has a first surface 22, a second surface 24 and a peripheral edge 26 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 26 has a first lateral side 28, a second lateral side 30, a top side 32, a first sloped side 34 and a second sloped side 36. Each of the first 34 and second 36 sloped sides intersects each other to form a point 38. Each of the first 28 and second 30 lateral sides angles outwardly between the top side 32 and an associated one of the first 34 and second 36 sloped sides.
The stand 18 has a joint 40 extending between the first 28 and second 30 lateral sides to define a first half 42 and a second half 44 of the stand 18. The stand 18 is selectively bent along the joint 40 such that the first half 42 forms an angle with the second half 44. The joint 40 is positioned closer to the top side 32 than the point 38. The joint 40 may be formed via a pair of depressions each extending inwardly on an associated one of the first 22 and second 24 surfaces of the stand 18.
An adhesive layer 46 is provided and the adhesive layer 46 is coupled to the stand 18. The adhesive layer 46 adhesively engages the picture frame 12 to retain the stand 18 on the picture frame 12. The adhesive layer 46 is coupled to the first surface 22 corresponding to the first half 42 and the adhesive layer 46 adheres to the back side 14 of the picture frame 12. Moreover, the stand 18 is positioned at an angle on the back side 14. In this way a selected one of the first 34 and second 36 slopes sides is positioned to abut the support surface 20.
In use, the stand 18 is positioned on the back side 14 of the picture frame 12 such that the adhesive layer 46 engages the back side 14. In this way the stand 18 is retained on the picture frame 12. The stand 18 is positioned on the picture frame 12 to facilitate the picture frame 12 to be selectively oriented in a landscape position and a portrait position. Moreover, a selected one of the first 34 and second 36 sloped sides is aligned with the bottom edge 16 of the picture frame 12. The second half 44 of the stand 18 is urged to angle away from the back side 14 of the picture frame 12 and the selected first 34 and second 36 sloped sides abuts the support surface 20. In this way the picture frame 12 is propped on the support surface 20 for displaying the picture frame 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
