Patent ID: 8196325

Claim:
A thin, graphic support assembly comprising; an elongated base rail having an elongated first edge and an elongated second edge; an elongated cover rail having an elongated planar portion arranged along one edge thereof, and an elongated “J” shaped portion arranged along a second edge thereof, the elongated cover rail pivotable between an open orientation and a closed graphic or panel restraining position; an elongated receiving channel arranged in the elongated second edge of the base rail, with a biasing member arranged therein, the elongated “J” shaped portion of the cover rail hingedly arranged also with the elongated receiving channel, to permit the cover rail to be pivoted about its “J” shaped portion which is tangential to the “J” shaped portion of the cover rail and the outer edge of the receiving channel in the base rail, so as to enable the graphic support assembly to retain a display panel between the cover rail and the base rail; and wherein the “J” shaped portion of the cover rail includes an elongated rail toe and an elongated pivot arm, the elongated cover rail toe and the elongated pivot arm being arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to one another on the “J” shaped portion of the cover rail, wherein the elongated rail toe is in biased, frictional contact with the biasing member in the elongated receiving channel, and wherein the frictional contact of the elongated cover rail toe and the biasing member is against a plurality of spaced-apart ridges on the biasing member.