Patent ID: 6868630

Claim:
A picture holding system comprising: a) a transparent plate, wherein at least one plate magnet is fixed to a perimetric position of the transparent plate; and b) a base comprising a support surface that accepts the transparent plate and supports a picture between the transparent plate and the support surface, wherein the support surface has a recess located near a perimeter of the support surface, the recess having an edge, wherein at least one surface magnet is fixed to a perimetric position of the support surface; and wherein a portion of the transparent plate overhangs the recess in the support surface, and the transparent plate is removably attached to the support surface by magnetic force between the plate magnet and the corresponding surface magnet, and wherein the transparent plate may be pulled apart by pressing the portion of the transparent plate that overhangs the recess and pivoting the transparent plate over the edge of the recess.