Patent ID: 6374523
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A holder for mounting to a surface and for interchangeably displaying a sheet of material, said holder comprising;a) a back plate for vertical mounting to the surface and for holding the sheet of material; and b) a front plate replaceably mounted to said back plate for sandwiching the sheet of material therebetween, wherein said back plate has: A) a rearwardmost surface for facing the surface; B) a forwardmost surface that faces said front plate; C) a pair of vertical edges that are straight; D) a lowermost horizontal edge that is straight; and E) an uppermost horizontal edge that is straight, wherein said back plate further has a border element that is substantially U-shaped and is disposed on said forwardmost face thereof, wherein said border element of said back plate has a pair of vertical portions that are straight, have entire lengths, and extend forwardly and continuously along said pair of vertical edges of said back plate, respectively, from said uppermost horizontal edge of said back plate to said lowermost horizontal edge of said back plate, wherein said border element of said back plate further has a horizontal portion that is straight and extends forwardly and continuously along said lowermost horizontal edge of said back plate, from one vertical portion thereof to the other vertical portion thereof, wherein each vertical portion of said border element has a channel therein that is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped and holds said front plate and is for holding the sheet of material, and which extends said entire length thereof, is flush with said forwardmost surface of said back plate, and faces, and is aligned with, the other channel, wherein said back plate further has a slot that is substantially U-shaped for preventing distortion of said back plate during molding thereof, wherein said slot in said back plate has a horizontal portion that is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, is disposed parallel to said lowermost horizontal edge of said back plate, extends completely through said back plate and partway into said horizontal portion of said border element, and terminates in a pair of ends, wherein said slot in said back plate further has a pair of vertical portions that are rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, are disposed parallel to said pair of vertical edges of said back plate, respectively, extend upwardly from said pair of ends of said horizontal portion thereof, respectively, completely through said back plate and partway into said pair of vertical portions of said border element, respectively, and communicate with said channel in each vertical portion of said border element, respectively.