Patent ID: 9402488
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A47G,B31F

Claim Text:
1. A mounting retaining a picture, which picture comprises a display substrate of hard copy material upon which an image is recorded, the mounting having: a support substrate having a display panel which has a display surface on its front face, the display panel having a perimeter defined by a frame having a plurality of spars; each spar being made of leaves created from the support substrate and extending from the perimeter of the display panel, each of the leaves being folded at least twice, in a rearward direction to create a spar having a polygonal cross-section; each spar having an attachment region located on a surface of one of the leaves and to which the picture is attached to the respective spar; the spars being mutually interlocking behind the front surface of the display panel thereby to create the frame and to tension the picture, wherein the leaves include mutually engageable elements which, upon folding in the rearward direction, create mutual interlocking of the spars, and wherein the mutually engageable elements provide a cam action to draw at least two of the spars into location against a rearward facing surface of the display panel.