Patent ID: 6655064
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A mat system for a picture frame having a central opening and rearwardly and a inwardly opening rabbet peripherally surrounding the opening, said mat system comprising: a frontal mat member slidably receivable within the rabbet and having first opening defining a first field and adapted to retain at a rear surface thereof a planar rendering thereon for viewing through the central opening in the first field, said frontal mat member having a second opening spaced from said first opening defining a second field; a rear backing member slidably receivable within the rabbet having a frontally opening rearwardly extending cavity for containing a rendering in solid format registering with said second opening in said mat member and having a frontal peripheral surface engagable with said rear surface of said mat member, said backing member additionally including a slot registering with said second opening in said mat member, a receptacle having wall surfaces defining said cavity slidably received in said slot, said receptacle terminating with an outwardly turned peripheral flange engaging a front surface of said backing member, whereby a visual presentation may be effected a said fields by said renderings disposed for viewing in said first opening and said cavity.