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US 8,819,973 · App. 13/573,390 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Front loading frame on rail display system

Inventor: Howard Grayston Mochel (Pasadena, CA)
A47G1/06
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Patent No.
US 8,819,973
App. No.
13/573,390
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A front loading frame on rail display system includes a support rail assembly secured to a wall and a display frame assembly secured to the support rail. The rail assembly includes a wall rail secured to the wall with a top rail secured thereto and receiving an apron crown molding. The frame assembly includes a frame unit formed by top and side frame members and closed by a back panel. The frame members have notched glass clips which are aligned in a plane. Display materials are front loaded into the frame unit, and a glass pane is slid into the clips. Fasteners extending from the side frame members are received in rotary lock members positioned in the top rail. The lock members are rotated to lock positions to engage heads of the fasteners to removably secure the frame assembly to the rail assembly.

Claims (93)

1. A display frame structure comprising:

(a) a display frame assembly;

(b) a frame support rail adapted for securing to a wall, said rail having a support surface;

(c) a fastener extending from one of said display frame assembly and said support rail and terminating in a fastener head;

(d) a rotary lock member positioned within the other of said support rail and said display frame and rotatable between a release position disengaged from said fastener head and a lock position engaging said fastener head;

(d) said display frame assembly engaging said support surface of said support rail with said lock member in said release position thereof; and

(e) said lock member being rotated to said lock position to engage said fastener head to releasably secure said display frame assembly to said support rail.

2. A structure as set forth in claim 1 and including:

(a) a lock member bore formed into said support rail and communicating with a fastener receiving aperture opening through said support surface;

(b) said lock member being positioned within said lock member bore and rotatable between said release position and said lock position;

(c) said fastener extending from said display frame and being received into said fastener receiving aperture with said lock member in said release position; and

(d) said lock member being rotated to said lock position to thereby releasably secure said display frame assembly to said support rail.

3. A structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein:

(a) said support rail has an outer surface; and

(b) said lock member is positioned in said support rail and is accessible through said outer surface.

4. A structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein:

(a) said display frame assembly includes a pair of spaced apart depending side members, each side member terminating in a side member end;

(b) a respective fastener extends from each side member end; and

(c) a respective lock member is associated with each fastener and is positioned within said support rail to align with the associated fastener.

5. A structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein:

(a) said display frame assembly is formed by a plurality of frame members including a pair of spaced apart side frame members having spaced apart side member ends;

(b) each of said side member ends includes a respective fastener extending therefrom;

(c) each frame member includes a retainer clip extending inwardly therefrom, said retainer clip having an inwardly opening notch formed therein, the notches of the retainer clips of said frame members being aligned in a common plane; and

(d) a planar viewing panel is positioned within said frame assembly and within the aligned notches.

6. A structure as set forth in claim 5 wherein:

(a) each of said frame members has said retainer clip positioned on a front side thereof.

7. A structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display frame assembly includes:

(a) a planar viewing panel positioned therein from a front side thereof.

8. A structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display frame assembly is a first display frame assembly having a first fastener extending therefrom, and including:

(a) a second display frame assembly having a second fastener extending therefrom;

(b) a first lock member and a second lock member positioned within said support rail and movable between a release position and a lock position;

(c) said second display frame assembly engaging said support surface of said support rail with said second lock member in the release position thereof; and

(d) said lock members being moved to the lock position thereof to releasably secure said second display frame assembly to said support rail.

9. A display frame structure comprising:

(a) a display frame assembly including a pair of spaced apart depending side members, each side member terminating in a side member end, said side member ends being aligned;

(b) a respective fastener extending from each side member end, said fastener terminating in a fastener head;

(c) an elongated frame support rail adapted for securing to a wall, said rail having an upwardly facing support surface and an outer surface;

(d) a lock member bore associated with each side member formed into said outer surface and communicating with a respective fastener receiving aperture opening through said support surface;

(e) a rotary lock member positioned within each lock member bore and rotatable between a release position disengaged from the head of a respective fastener and a lock position engaged with said head of a respective fastener;

(f) said display frame assembly engaging said support rail with the side member ends engaging said support surface and with the fasteners received in the respective fastener receiving apertures with each of the lock members in the release position thereof; and

(g) each lock member being rotated to the lock position thereof to thereby engage a corresponding fastener head to releasably secure said display frame assembly to said support rail.

10. A structure as set forth in claim 9 wherein:

(a) said display frame assembly includes a top member having said side members depending from ends thereof;

(b) each frame member includes a retainer clip extending inwardly therefrom, said retainer clip having an inwardly opening notch formed therein, the notches of the retainer clips of said frame members being aligned in a common plane; and

(c) a planar viewing panel is positioned within said frame assembly and within the aligned notches.

11. A structure as set forth in claim 10 wherein:

(a) each of said frame members has said retainer clip positioned on a front side thereof.

12. A structure as set forth in claim 9 wherein said display frame assembly includes:

(a) a planar viewing panel positioned therein from a front side thereof.

13. A structure as set forth in claim 9 wherein said display frame assembly is a first display frame assembly, and including:

(a) a second display frame assembly substantially similar to said first display frame assembly and having a second fasteners extending therefrom;

(b) second lock members positioned within said support rail, each being rotatable movable between a release position and a lock position thereof;

(c) said second display frame assembly engaging said support surface of said support rail with said second lock members in the release positions thereof; and

(d) said second lock members being moved to the lock positions thereof to releasably secure said second display frame assembly to said support rail.

14. A display frame structure comprising:

(a) an elongated frame support rail adapted for securing to a wall, said rail having a support surface;

(b) a display frame assembly formed by a plurality of frame members including a pair of spaced apart side frame members having spaced apart side member ends;

(c) each frame member having a retainer clip extending inwardly therefrom on a front side thereof, said retainer clip having an inwardly opening notch formed therein, the notches of the retainer clips of said frame members being aligned in a common plane;

(d) a planar viewing panel positioned within said frame assembly and within the aligned notches; and

(e) said frame assembly with said viewing panel therein being secured to said support rail on said support surface and by securing said side member ends to said support rail.

15. A structure as set forth in claim 14 wherein:

(a) each of said frame members has said retainer clip positioned on a front side thereof.

16. A structure as set forth in claim 14 and including:

(a) said planar viewing panel being positioned within said display frame assembly from a front side thereof.

17. A structure as set forth in claim 14 wherein:

(a) a respective fastener extends from each side member end;

(b) a respective lock member is associated with each fastener and is positioned within said support rail to align with the associated fastener, said lock member being movable between a release position and a lock position;

(c) said display frame assembly engages said support rail with said side member ends engaging said support surface and with the fasteners received in the lock members with the lock members in the release position thereof; and

(d) each lock member is moved to the lock position thereof the thereby releasably secure said display frame assembly to said support rail.

18. A structure as set forth in claim 17 wherein:

(a) each of said lock members is a rotary lock member which is rotatable between said release position and said lock position.

19. A structure as set forth in claim 14 wherein said display frame assembly is a first display frame assembly, and including:

(a) a second display frame assembly substantially similar to said first display frame assembly; and

(b) said second display frame assembly being secured to said support rail in spaced relation to said first display frame assembly.

20. A display frame structure comprising:

(a) a display frame assembly formed by a plurality of frame members including a pair of spaced apart side frame members having spaced apart side member ends;

(b) each of said side member ends having a fastener extending therefrom, each of the fasteners terminating in a fastener head;

(c) each frame member having a retainer clip extending inwardly therefrom, said retainer clip having an inwardly opening notch formed therein, the notches of the retainer clips of said frame members being aligned in a common plane;

(d) a planar viewing panel positioned within said frame assembly and within the aligned notches;

(e) an elongated frame support rail adapted for securing to a wall, said rail having a support surface and an outer surface;

(f) a respective lock member associated with each of said fasteners, each lock member being positioned within said support rail, accessible from said outer surface, and movable between a release position disengaged from the head of a respective fastener and a lock position engaged with said head of a respective fastener;

(g) said display frame assembly with said viewing panel therein engaging said support surface of said support rail with the lock members in said release position thereof; and

(h) each of said lock members being moved to said lock position thereof to engage the fastener head of the associated fastener to releasably secure said display frame assembly to said support rail.

21. A structure as set forth in claim 20 wherein:

(a) each lock member is a rotary lock member rotatable between said release position and said lock position.

22. A structure as set forth in claim 20 wherein:

(a) each of said frame members has said retainer clip positioned on a front side thereof; and

(b) said planar viewing panel is positioned in said display frame assembly from a front side thereof.

23. A structure as set forth in claim 20 wherein said display frame assembly is a first display frame assembly, and including:

(a) a second display frame assembly substantially similar to said first display frame assembly and having a second fasteners extending therefrom;

(b) second lock members positioned within said support rail, each being rotatable movable between a release position and a lock position thereof;

(c) said second display frame assembly engaging said support surface of said support rail with said second lock members in the release positions thereof; and

(d) said second lock members being to the lock positions thereof to releasably secure said second display frame assembly to said support rail in spaced relation to said first display frame assembly.

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