Patent ID: 7934331

Claim:
A system for supporting photographs having opposite edges thereof spaced apart by a width of the photograph, comprising: at least one horizontal member, at least two vertical members and at least two connection studs; each of said connecting studs having a base portion, a central post portion and a top portion of the connecting stud, with the central post portion connected at opposite axial ends thereof to the base portion and the top portion of the connection stud; said horizontal member including a wall mounting side and a vertical member mounting side, with the vertical member mounting side having an upper and a lower lip defining a horizontal sliding aperture extending along a longitudinal length of the horizontal member, opening away from said wall mounting side, and configured to slidingly receive the base portions of the at least two connection studs; each of said vertical members including a horizontal member mounting side having first and second vertical sliding lips cooperatively defining a vertical sliding aperture extending along a respective longitudinal axis of each vertical member and opening toward the horizontal member when the vertical member is positioned on top of the horizontal member with the horizontal member mounting side of the vertical member facing the vertical member mounting side of the horizontal member, the vertical sliding aperture also being configured to slidingly receive the top potion of one of the connection studs for joining the vertical member to the horizontal member; each of said vertical members further defining a continuous support notch extending longitudinally along the vertical member and opening in a direction generally perpendicular to the vertical sliding aperture, the support notch being configured for receiving and retaining therein one of the edges of the photograph; each of said vertical members being slidingly respectively secured to said horizontal member by one of said connection studs with said vertical members overlying the horizontal member, and spaced from one another by approximately the width of the photograph with their respective vertical support notches facing toward one another for respective receipt therein of the opposite edges of the photograph.