US 12,035,823 B2
Frame apparatus
Luis Jaime Hernandez, El Paso, TX (US); Martin Zamorano Fragoso, Ciudad Juarez (MX); Michael Lee Pyle, Sugar Grove, IL (US); Robert Terry Coyle, Jr., Palmer, PA (US); and Matthew Scott Kressin, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, PA (US)
Filed by MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,647.
Application 18/112,647 is a continuation of application No. 17/178,558, filed on Feb. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,607,060.
Application 17/178,558 is a continuation of application No. 15/992,961, filed on May 30, 2018, granted, now 10,952,552, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 15/992,961 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/481,822, filed on Apr. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,143,315, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/513,752, filed on Jun. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/319,851, filed on Apr. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190015 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 1/06 (2006.01); A47G 1/08 (2006.01); A47G 1/16 (2006.01); A47G 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/08 (2013.01) [A47G 1/0605 (2013.01); A47G 1/16 (2013.01); A47G 1/1626 (2013.01); A47G 1/202 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame apparatus for displaying an article, the frame apparatus comprising:
a frame comprising a rabbet;
a backer panel positioned in the rabbet of the frame;
a plurality of slots formed into the backer panel, the plurality of slots comprising:
at least one slot that is elongated along a first axis; and
at least one slot that is elongated along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis; and
at least one hanging element configured to be slidably coupled to the backer panel within one of the at least one slots without contacting the frame, the at least one hanging element comprising a mounting portion for hanging the frame apparatus from a support surface.