Patent ID: 6125566
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A picture frame for mounting a picture from an automobile dashboard ventilation grill assembly, ash tray compartment, and glove box compartment, the picture frame comprising:a transparent polymeric picture holder having a flat first portion parallel to a flat second portion, the portions being integrally connected along a bottom edge of said holder;the transparent polymeric picture holder further including a flat third portion parallel to the flat second portion and extending a predetermined distance from an integrally connected top edge of each of the flat second and third portions;a slot between the parallel first and second portions of said polymeric picture holder for receiving a picture to be displayed;a U-shaped support member, wherein the U-shaped support member includes an intermediate segment and a first and second segment, the first and second segments being integrally joined at approximately a 60.degree. to 135.degree. angle to each end of the intermediate segment, each first and second segment further having a distal end;means for pivotally attaching the intermediate segment of the U-shaped support member to a backside of the transparent polymeric picture holder, wherein an inside joint of the integrally connected flat second and third portions is formed to snuggly receive the intermediate segment of the U-shaped support member while maintaining the intermediate segment parallel to the bottom edge of the picture holder such that the center of gravity of the picture holder with the attached U-shaped support member maintains the slot for inserting the picture oriented above the bottom edge when said picture holder is hung from a predetermined location on a dashboard of an automobile; andmeans for detachably securing the U-shaped support member from the predetermined location on the dashboard of an automobile.