Patent ID: 7360330

Claim:
A multi-purpose, front-loading display frame, comprising: a front frame member having a pair of opposite first and second lateral side sections, wherein said second side section of said front frame member has a rear surface and a generally vertically-disposed, U-shaped, rearwardlv opening channel with an interior track which channel is disposed adjacent to and opens onto the rear surface thereof; a rear frame member having a pair of opposite first and second lateral side sections; at least one hinge for pivotally joining said first lateral side section of said front member to said first side section of said rear frame member to permit pivotal movement between an open position, in which the second side sections of said front and rear frame members may be pivoted apart from one another, and a closed position, in which said second side sections are disposed closely adjacent to one another; a lock slidably mounted on said second side section of said front frame member for generally vertically reciprocable movement between a raised upper release position and a lower locked position, said lock comprising an elongated flat bar having at least one raised downward depending and opening finger, said lock being received with said track of said channel; and at least one latch plate engageable with said lock, said latch plate being fixedly mounted on said second side section of said rear frame member, for cooperative engagement with said lock, said lock being generally vertically reciprocable so that, when said front frame member and said rear frame members are in said closed position, said lock is manually movable relative to said latch plate for movement between a raised upper release position and being movably solely via gravity, to a lower locked position.