Patent ID: 9174483
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A47G,B41M,B44C,B44D,B44F,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An image display, comprising an image substrate having opposite first and second surfaces and a central and peripheral portions, an image printed on the first surface, a support structure including a central sheet, a plurality of side strips, a plurality of back strips and a back sheet, the central sheet having a front and a rear and a plurality of edges at its periphery and the side strips extending alongside respective edges of the central sheet at a right angle to the central sheet, the side strips having respective opposite ends extending end-to-end to form a plurality of corners, the back strips extending alongside respective side strips at a right angle to the side strips, the back strips having respective opposite ends extending end-to-end overlying the periphery of the central sheet, the central sheet, the side strips and the back strips being made of fiberboard and forming an internal cavity of the support structure and the back sheet being made of paperboard, the second surface of the image substrate overlying the front of the central sheet so that the central sheet forms a rigid backing for the central portion of the image substrate and the peripheral portions of the image substrate overlying the side strips and back strips so that the image substrate appears to be mounted on a stretcher bar frame, the back sheet overlying the cavity and the peripheral portions of the image substrate on the back strips, and securement means for rigidly coupling the back sheet to the back strips for forming a closed support structure.