US 12,251,034 B2
Frame assembly
Robert Terry Coyle, Jr., Palmer, PA (US); Matthew Scott Kressin, Allentown, PA (US); Geoffrey William Bastian, Easton, PA (US); and Michael Lee Pyle, Sugar Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, PA (US)
Filed by MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,492.
Application 17/168,754 is a division of application No. 16/284,243, filed on Feb. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,939,774, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 18/120,492 is a continuation of application No. 17/168,754, filed on Feb. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,617,458.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255368 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/0611 (2013.01) [A47G 2001/0666 (2013.01); A47G 2001/0677 (2013.01); A47G 2001/0694 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame assembly for displaying a flat article, the frame assembly comprising:
a stack comprising a transparent window panel;
a frame comprising:
a floor structure for supporting the stack, the floor structure comprising a floor having an inner edge and an outer edge and an inner annular wall extending upwardly from the inner edge of the floor to a top edge of the inner annular wall, the stack being configured to be positioned atop of and in contact with the top edge of the inner annular wall; and
an outer annular wall extending from the outer edge of the floor, the outer annular wall comprising an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening, wherein the stack is configured to be positioned within the display cavity via the display opening; and
wherein the outer annular wall comprises a thickness measured between the inner and outer surfaces of the outer annular wall, and wherein the thickness of the outer annular wall is non-uniform.