Magnetic frame arrangements

摘要

Frame arrangements with magnetic assembly features have a frame with a body and a rabbet containing embedded magnets, a lens through which items to be displayed in visible fashion can be viewed, and a backing plate. The lens has a plurality of embedded magnets, and the backing plate is receptive to magnetic attraction with respect to the magnets embedded into the lens, into the frame or both. When desired, the frame arrangement has multipurpose characteristics in that the backing plate can be easily reoriented and provide dry-erase capabilities such that the frame arrangement not only provides a framing function but also is able to provide a message board or similar function.

主权项

1. A magnetic frame arrangement comprising:
a frame component having a perimeter body with a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface, an open central area, and a rabbet along at least a portion of the frame component between the perimeter body and the open area, the rabbet having an instep face generally parallel to the second surface and between the first and second surfaces; at least one magnet located at the second surface of the perimeter body; a plurality of magnets embedded at selected rabbet locations into the instep face of the rabbet; a substantially transparent lens having a plurality of magnets embedded thereinto at a plurality of lens locations at least some of which substantially align with at least some of said selected rabbet locations of the rabbet; and a backing plate receptive to magnetic attraction with respect to the magnets embedded into the lens, the instep face or both.