Improvements in Frames for Holding Photos and such like.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Holding Photos and such like.
I, MARGARET HENDERSON of The Castle, Port Stewart, County Derry, Ireland,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to frames for holding photos and such like and it consists
in using two pieces of cardboard or other suitable material forming leaves and
which are connected together at one side by means of one or more hinges or
equivalent and at the other side are capable of being locked together by means of
a suitable clasp or clasps. The two parts, when thus hinged together, can be
opened and closed like a book. An oval or other shaped opening is cut in the
front leaf and the back leaf is provided with a leather or paper receptacle into
which the photo is placed and held in position so as to show through the opening
in the front leaf.
The opening at the front is preferably covered with glass or other transparent
material.
The frame is or may be provided with a hinged or other support at the back.
With this device photos can be readily taken out of the frame or changed,
without damaging either.
Dated this 4th day of October 1895.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
7C Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Holding Photos and such like.
I, MARGARET HENDERSON, formerly of The Castle, Port Stewart, County
Derry, Ireland, and now of 58 New Road, Grays, in the County of Essex,
England, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention relates to frames for holding photos and such like.
The invention is illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings, whereon :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the photo frame closed.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the frame closed.
Fig. 3 is a view of the frame open.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a clasp.
The invention consists in using two pieces a, b, of cardboard or other suitable
material forming leaves and which are connected together at one side by means of
a strip d of cloth or leather forming a hinge or by one or two small metal hinges,
and, at the other side, are capable of being locked by means of a suitable clasp or
clasps c. The two parts, when thus hinged together, can be opened and closed like
a book. An oval or other shaped opening e is cut in the front leaf a and the back
leaf b is provided with a leather cloth or paper receptacle f into which the photo
is placed as indicated in dotted lines at g and held in position so as to show through
the opening e in the front leaf.

page_text: The opening at the front is preferably covered with glass or other transparent
material.
The frame is or may be provided with a hinged or other support i at the back.
The clasp c is made out of a piece of metal bent over at c¹. The clasp is secured
to the frame by an eyelet h. Other forms of clasp can be used.
With this device photos can be readily taken out of the frame or changed
without damaging either the frame or the photos.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
A photo frame made substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the
drawings annexed.
Dated this 17th day of June 1896
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.