JPH09215570A - Picture Frames - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arbitrarily select plural kinds of photographs different in size to be displayed by providing a holding means to which the edges of photographs of plural kinds can be fitted from the front on the respective portions corresponding to the edges of plural kinds of photographs. SOLUTION: First slits 7 where both right and left end parts A1 of a photograph of a service size are formed in such a manner as to be extended in the vertical direction on both right and left end parts of a base plate part 3. Second slits 9 elongated in the vertical direction where both right and left end parts B1 of a photo B of a hi-vision size are fitted are formed on the root portions of the right and left stepped parts 3 and the inclined part 4. Further third slits 11 where both right and left end parts C1 of a photograph of a panoramic size are freely fitted and removed are formed on both right and left end parts of the right and left inclined parts 4. Thus, plural kinds of photographs different in size can be arbitrarily selected and displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photo stand for decorating photographs (including postcard-like objects) printed on photographic paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a photo frame of this type is formed in a frame shape, and a step portion is formed on the back surface of a rectangular frame body so as to extend over the entire circumference, and a transparent plate such as glass is formed on the step portion. It is well known that the transparent plate is fitted in from the back side, the photograph is superposed on the rear surface of the transparent plate, and then the pressing plate is superposed and fixed on the rear surface of the photograph.

[0003]

By the way, there are various kinds of photographs such as so-called service format, L format, eight-section format, six-section format, wide format, panorama format having a length about twice that of service format, and high-definition format. There are some in size. Of these, the service size is the most widely used, and in addition to this, the panoramic size has also become widespread these days.

In the conventional photo stand, however, the four circumferences of the photo are fitted so as to fit into the stepped portions of the frame, and only one size of photo can be displayed on one photo stand. There was a problem that it was necessary to prepare photo stands of various sizes according to.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photo stand in which a plurality of types of photos of different sizes can be arbitrarily selected and displayed.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a "photo stand in which plural kinds of pictures having different sizes can be arbitrarily selected and superposed on the front surface. At each location corresponding to the edge of the type of photograph, a holding means is provided so that the edges of the plurality of types of photographs can be fitted from the front side ".

In this case, various holding means are conceivable, and for example, as described in claim 2, a left and right end edges of the photograph, or upper and lower end edges, or slits into which four corners are fitted can be used. Further, the photo stand is preferably manufactured by an injection molding method using a synthetic resin as a raw material in terms of cost and ease of molding.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. In this embodiment, in the photo stand 1, a service-size photo A, which is a normal size, and a high-definition size photo B, which is longer than the service size and has a length-to-width ratio of 16: 9, are provided. Three types of photographs, a panorama size photograph C having a length about twice as large as the size size, can be arbitrarily selected and mounted. The photographs A, B, and C are mounted in a concentric state in which the center thereof coincides with the center of the photo frame 1.

The photo stand 1 is manufactured by injection molding using a synthetic resin as a material, and is formed into a rectangle which is slightly larger than the panorama size photo C as a whole. The front side of the photo frame 1 is slightly recessed, and a bottom plate 2 on which a service-size photo A overlaps substantially the entire surface and a left and right pair of left and right edges on which a high-definition photo B is overlapped. Step 3,
An inclined portion 4 that is inclined toward the step portion 3 in a plan view is provided. Furthermore, the upper and lower edges of the photo frame 1 are formed on the decorative surface 5 that is inclined toward the bottom plate 2. A surrounding frame portion 6 is formed on the outer periphery of the photo stand 1.

First slits 7 are formed at the left and right ends of the bottom plate 3 so that the left and right ends A1 of the service-sized photograph A can be inserted in the vertical direction. Therefore, the service-size photograph A is attached to and detached from the photograph stand 1 by inserting and removing the left and right end portions A1 into and from the first slit 7 in a flexurally deformed state. A first stopper 8 is provided on the back surface of the left and right step portion 3 to contact both left and right ends of the service-size photograph A.

A second vertical slit 9 is formed at the base of the left and right step portion 3 and the inclined portion 4 so that the left and right end portions B1 of the high-definition size photograph B can be fitted. Therefore, the high-definition size photograph B is attached and detached by fitting the left and right end portions B1 into and out of the second slit 9 while being slightly flexed and deformed. The second stopper 1 on which the left and right ends B1 of the high-definition size photograph B come into contact with a portion of the back surface of the left and right inclined portion 4 near the second slit 9.
0 is provided.

A third slit 11 is formed at each of the left and right ends of the left and right inclined portion 4 so that the left and right ends C1 of the panoramic size photograph C can be inserted and removed. Therefore, the panorama size photograph C is bent and deformed in its left and right end portions B1.
By attaching and detaching to and from the second slit 9, the photo stand 1 can be attached and detached. The left and right side portions of the frame portion 4 also serve as stoppers for the panorama size photograph C.

The bottom plate 2 is provided with a hole 12 into which a finger can be inserted to remove a photograph. Instead of providing the holes 12, the bottom plate portion 2 may be hollowed out into a rectangular shape or the like. When the photo stand 1 is self-supporting on a desk or the like, separate or integrated legs may be provided on the back surface or the bottom plate of the enclosing frame may be widened in the front-rear width. Further, the photo stand 1 may be used by hanging it on a wall.

Although not shown, the photographs A, B,
By preparing a highly rigid transparent sheet overlapping C, and inserting the end of the transparent sheet into each slit 7, 10, 11 together with each photograph A, B, C, the transparent sheet is transformed into a photograph A, B, C. The work clamp may be fixed. Further, the photo stand 1 may be provided with a hook-shaped engaging piece that hooks the upper and lower edges of the photo.

With the above-described structure, the three types of photographs A, B, and C having different sizes can be arbitrarily displayed on the various types of photograph stands 1. There is no need to prepare 1 and it is extremely convenient.
The slits 7, 9 and 11 are formed so as to extend horizontally at the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the photo stand 1, and the upper and lower end edges A2, B2 and C2 of each photo A, B and C are formed. May be fitted into the slits 7, 9, 11.

Further, when decorating a service-size photograph A and a high-definition-size photograph B, although not shown, a holding plate of the same size as the panorama-size photograph C is attached to the third slit 11. Then, a transparent portion (or a hole may be used) in which the photograph A of the service size or the photograph C of the high-definition size is exposed is formed on the holding plate, and a pattern or the like may be applied to other portions. Then, when decorating a small size photo, the slit for the large size photo is hidden, so that the appearance can be improved.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment. Also in this embodiment, the photographs A, B and C of three sizes can be arbitrarily attached (only the photograph C of the high-definition size is shown in the drawing). In this embodiment, the photo frame 1 is composed of two members, a frame-shaped outer frame body 1a and an inner frame body 1b that is detachably or non-removably fitted to the frame body. Slits 7, 9 and 11 for mounting three types of photographs are formed.

According to this embodiment, the flexibility of design can be improved, for example, by changing the colors and patterns of the outer frame and the inner frame to make them in a colorful state. There is. Reference numeral 14 in FIG. 3 is a transparent protective sheet for pressing and fixing the photograph.

FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment in which two pairs of slits 7 and 9 are provided so that two kinds of photographs can be displayed. FIG. 5 shows the fourth embodiment. In this embodiment, a horizontally long groove 15 into which the upper and lower edges A2, B2 and C2 of the pictures A, B and 2 are fitted is formed on the front surface of the picture frame, and the width dimension (vertical height dimension) is the same. (Left and right length)
It allows you to attach multiple types of photos that are different.

6 to 8 show another example of the photographic holding means by taking the slit 11 'located at the outermost side as an example. Of these, in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the fixing strength of the photograph D is improved by increasing the depth dimension T in which the left and right end portions D1 of the photograph D fit into the slits 11 '. The sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 7 has a slit 11 '.
The auxiliary coating portions 16 that cover the four corners of the photograph D are formed at the above positions.

Further, a seventh embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is a photo stand 1.
In the vicinity of the upper and lower ends of the slit 11 ′, a transparent or opaque narrow pressing plate 17 having a certain degree of rigidity, such as a synthetic resin sheet, is inserted and mounted against the elasticity, and the pressing plate 17 is used to photograph. The right and left ends of D are pressed and fixed. In this case, the photo frame 1 is formed with a groove 18 into which the upper and lower ends of the pressing plate 17 are fitted.

Further, in the eighth embodiment shown in FIG. 9, notches 19 communicating with the slits 11 'and extending in the left-right direction are formed at the upper and lower ends of the portion 1c of the photo stand 1 where the left and right ends of the photograph D overlap. By forming it, the portion 1c where the left and right ends of the photograph D overlap is formed so as to be flexibly deformed in the depth direction, and the elasticity at that time is used to press and fix the photograph D. In this case, in order to prevent the deformation of the photograph D, it is preferable to interpose a transparent pressing sheet.

FIG. 10 (A) shows a ninth embodiment which is a modification of the eighth embodiment. In this embodiment, the tip edge portion (the free end of the free end of the portion 1c where the photograph D overlaps) is shown. Location)
A groove 20 extending along the slit 11 'is formed in the groove, and the location of the groove 20 is made thin so that flexural deformation is facilitated. Further, the first shown in FIG.
In the 0th embodiment, the stopper 21 is provided close to the slit 11 '.
The stopper 21 is provided with a groove 23 into which the side edge of the photograph D is fitted.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it is needless to say that the present invention can be embodied in various forms other than the above. For example, four slits that fit the four corners of the photograph may be formed corresponding to each size photograph, or a photograph stand may be configured by fitting three or more members together. Furthermore, each photo does not need to be held so that it will not fall from the photo stand by fitting itself in a slit, and the holding means only positions the photo, and even if the fall is prevented by a transparent holding sheet. good.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to easily prepare many kinds of photo stands for each size of pictures as in the conventional case, and one kind of plural kinds of pictures having different sizes can be obtained. Since it can be selected and displayed as a photo stand, it is convenient and contributes to resource saving.

Further, since the photograph is fitted from the front side of the photo stand, there is an advantage that the photograph can be attached and detached extremely easily as compared with the conventional case where the photograph is fitted from the back side and fixed by the pressing plate. Further, since it can be easily manufactured by injection molding of synthetic resin, the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment.

2A is a sectional plan view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, FIG. 2B is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2A, and FIG. 2C is a partially longitudinal side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a partial front view of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a sixth embodiment, (A) is a partial perspective view,
(B) is a partial front view of a state in which a photograph is fitted.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a seventh embodiment, (A) is a partial perspective view,
(B) is a partial front view of a state in which a photograph is fitted.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an eighth embodiment, (A) is a partial front view,
(B) is a BB sectional view of (A), and (C) is a plane sectional view showing a usage state.

FIG. 10 (A) is a partial plan sectional view of a ninth embodiment, (B).
FIG. 14 is a partial plan sectional view of the tenth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B, C, D Photo 1 Photo stand 1a Outer frame 1b Inner frame 2 Bottom plate 3 Steps 4 Inclined part 5 Decorative surface 7, 9, 11, 11 'Slit 8, 10 Stopper

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A photo stand in which a plurality of types of photographs of different sizes can be arbitrarily selected and superimposed on the front surface, and each of the locations corresponding to the edge portion of the plurality of types of photographs,
A photo stand characterized in that a holding means is provided so that the edges of the plurality of types of photos can be fitted from the front. 2. The "holding means" according to claim 1,
It is a slit that fits the top and bottom edges or the left and right edges or the four corners of the photograph, so that the slit for each size photograph is located outside the slit for small size photos By forming the photo stand, the photo stand of each size is set to be positioned concentrically.