Improvements in or relating to Self-supporting Picture Frames and other Supports..
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Apr., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Self-supporting Picture Frames and
other Supports..
1, THOMAS EDMOND ALEXANDER of 7 River Front, Enfield, in the County of
Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to picture frames suitable for photographs and other
frames, easels, and supports adapted to stand upon the table or otherwise and
provided with a leg or the like at the back so that the frame or body can lie at a
convenient angle. It is a common experience with frames of this class that they
are sometimes wanted for pictures of which the longer axis is the vertical one, and
sometimes for those where the longer axis is the horizontal one, and frequently the
frames have to be structurally altered to accommodate this position. By my
invention I get over this difficulty by pivoting or otherwise so disposing the leg or
support that it may be turned to place the frame either vertical or horizontal.
Many different methods of carrying this invention into effect may be adopted,
one of them being as follows:-
The frame may be constructed of straw-board or the like in the necessary
number of thicknesses and the leg may be hinged, pivotted or otherwise sècured
upon a disc passing through a hole in the back or outer thickness of the frame or
body and having an enlarged flange fitting in a larger opening in the next layer or
thickness of the frame or body the various thicknesses being joined together in any
desired manner. As thus arranged it will be seen that the leg besides being
adjustable to the required position near to or far from the frame can always be
turned round so as to lie in the vertical axis of the frame, whether that be the
longer or the shorter axis any alteration of the frame being thus rendered
unnecessary.
Instead of pivotting the leg it may be in each position a fixture and adapted
to be secured by any suitable form of catch, sccket or the like in either of the
two or more required positions, means being provided or not as required for
allowing the free end of the leg to move nearer to or farther from the frame
or body. Where the leg consists of simply a bent piece of metal or the like
it may be adapted to fit into two or four or any suitable number of spring or
other clips or sockets at the back of the frame arranged respectively according
to either of the positions it may be required to occupy.
Dated this 11th day of January 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Self-supporting Picture Frames and
other Supports.
1, THOMAS EDMOND ALEXANDER of 7 River Front, Enfield, in the County
of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 picture frames suitable for photographs and other
frames, easels and supports (all hereinafter included in the term supports) adapted
to stand upon the table or otherwise and provided with legs struts or the like
at the back so that the frame or body can lie at a convenient angle. It is a
common experience with frames of this class that they are sometimes wanted for
pictures of which the longer axis is the vertical one, and sometimes for those
where the longer axis is the horizontal one, and frequently the frames have to
be structurally altered to accommodate this position. By my invention I get
over this difficulty by pivoting or otherwise so disposing the leg or support that
may be turned to place the frame either vertical or horizontal.
it
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views showing the back of one construction of
the frame in two different positions, Figure 1 in the position wherein the longer
axis is vertical, and Figure 2 in the position wherein the longer axis is
horizontal.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same partly broken away and
Figure 4 is a perspective showing the back of a modified construction of the
frame.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
Many different methods of carrying this invention into effect may be adopted,
one of them being as hereinafter described and illustrated in Figures 12 and 3 of
the drawings.
In this example the back A of the frame B may be constructed of straw-board
or the like in the necessary number of thicknesses (in Fig. 3 only one thickness is
shown) and the leg C may be hinged, pivotted or otherwise secured upon a disc D
passing through a hole A¹ in the back A and having a flange or head D' fitting
against the inner surface of the back A, the disc D being retained in the hole A¹
by means of a cover piece or equivalent A secured to the inner surface of the
back A. When the back is composed of two or more thicknesses a convenient
arrangement would be for the disc D to be located in a hole in the outermost one
and the flanges or head D' in a hole in the second one a cover piece or third
thickness wholly or partially covering the head D¹ serving to retain the disc in
position; in this construction the inner side of the back A may be flat instead of
deflected as in the example shown in Fig. 3. As thus arranged it will be seen that
the leg C besides being adjustable to the required position nearer to or farther
from the frame B or back A can also be turned round so as to lie in the vertical
axis of the frame, whether that be the longer axis as indicated in Figure 1, or the
shorter axis as indicated in Figure 2, any alteration of the frame of a permanent
or structural nature being thus rendered unnecessary; or if the adjustable leg or
strut C be applied to a circular or many sided frame or support it may be turned
so as to admit of the frame resting on any part of its edge.
Instead of pivotting the leg C to the frame B as before described it may be, in
each position, a fixture, and adapted to be secured by any suitable form of catch,
socket, or the like in either of the two or more required positions, means being
provided or not as required for allowing the free end of the leg C to move nearer

page_text: to or farther from the frame or body B. For example, as shown in Figure 4, the
leg C may be hinged to a square piece or plate C¹ which may be secured to the
frame-back A, in either of its possible positions by means of two or more clips or
other devices E. Where the leg consists of simply a bent piece of metal or the
like it may be adapted to fit into two or four or any suitable number of spring or
other clips or sockets at the back of the frame arranged respectively according to
either of the positions it may be required to occupy.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a picture frame or the like of a leg or support adjustable
for the purpose described.
2. A picture frame or the like adapted to rest upon its own support with its
longer axis in either a vertical or horizontal plane.
3. A picture frame or the like having the supporting leg adjustable substantially
as and for the purpose described.
4. The combination with a picture frame or the like of a leg or strut adjustable
relatively to the frame to enable the latter to stand on one or other of its edges or
a different part of its edge substantially as described.
5. The combination with a picture frame or the like of a hinged leg or strut
such as CD D' adjustably secured thereto substantially as described and illustrated
in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete "picture
support" substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
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