Patent ID: 6065236
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A framing system comprising:a mounting strip having a front surface and a back surface;a lip resiliently attached to the front surface of the mounting strip, with a slot formed on the mounting strip between the lip and the front surface of the mounting strip;a transparent envelope having a front panel and a back panel, with the front panel having an upper edge dimensioned to fit within the slot and to displace the lip away from the front surface of the mounting strip, so that the lip exerts a spring force on the upper edge of the front panel of the transparent envelope, to hold the envelope and the mounting strip together and with the back panel of the envelope having an upper edge offset from the upper edge of the front panel; anda decorative trim strip attached to the mounting strip and covering substantially all of the front surface of the mounting strip.