US 12,075,930 B2
Method of assembling a frame
Steven Patrick McGowan, Perkasie, PA (US); and Robert Terry Coyle, Jr., Palmer, PA (US)
Assigned to MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, PA (US)
Filed by MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,069.
Application 17/886,069 is a continuation of application No. 16/262,063, filed on Jan. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,478,091.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,595, filed on May 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/626,816, filed on Feb. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395114 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 1/16 (2006.01); A47G 1/10 (2006.01); A47G 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/1633 (2013.01) [A47G 1/10 (2013.01); A47G 1/162 (2013.01); A47G 1/1666 (2013.01); A47G 1/20 (2013.01); A47G 1/101 (2019.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a frame comprising:
positioning a first mitered end of a first frame member adjacent to a second mitered end of a second frame member, the first frame member comprising a first channel having a first mounting surface and the second frame member comprising a second channel having a second mounting surface;
providing a reinforcement bracket comprising a plate having a front surface and a rear surface, a first mounting element extending from the rear surface of the plate, and a second mounting element extending from the rear surface of the plate;
applying an adhesive along at least one of: (1) the first mounting surface of the first frame member and the second mounting surface of the second frame member; or (2) the first and second mounting elements of the reinforcement bracket;
positioning the first mounting element of the reinforcement bracket into the first channel and pressing the first mounting element against the first mounting surface and positioning the second mounting element of the reinforcement bracket into the second channel and pressing the second mounting element against the second mounting surface to adhesively attach the reinforcement bracket to the first and second frame members and thereby couple the first and second frame members together, the reinforcement bracket comprising an aperture that overlies at least one of the first and second channels, wherein the aperture is configured to receive a fastener for hanging the frame from a support surface.
 
15. Method of assembling a frame comprising:
providing a first frame member comprising a first end and a second end, a second frame member comprising a first end and a second end, a third frame member comprising a first end and a second end, and a fourth frame member comprising a first end and a second end, each of the first, second, third, and fourth frame members comprising a mounting surface;
arranging the first, second, third, and fourth frame members in a rectangular configuration to form the frame, whereby the second end of the first frame member abuts the first end of the second frame member, the second end of the second frame member abuts the first end of the third frame member, the second end of the third frame member abuts the first end of the fourth frame member, and the second end of the fourth frame member abuts the first end of the first frame member;
positioning a first reinforcement bracket along a first corner of the frame so that mounting elements of the first reinforcement bracket adhere to the mounting surfaces of the first and fourth frame members;
positioning a second reinforcement bracket along a second corner of the frame so that mounting elements of the second reinforcement bracket adhere to the mounting surfaces of the first and second frame members;
positioning a third reinforcement bracket along a third corner of the frame so that mounting elements of the third reinforcement bracket adhere to the mounting surfaces of the second and third frame members; and
positioning a fourth reinforcement bracket along a fourth corner of the frame so that mounting elements of the fourth reinforcement bracket adhere to the mounting surfaces of the third and fourth frame members;
wherein prior to positioning the first, second, third, and fourth reinforcement brackets along the first, second, third, and fourth corners of the frame, applying an adhesive along at least one of: (1) the mounting surfaces of each of the first, second, third, and fourth frame members; or (2) the mounting elements of the first, second, third, and fourth reinforcement brackets; and
wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth reinforcement brackets comprises an aperture that overlies a channel in a rear surface of at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth frame members, wherein the aperture is configured to receive a fastener for hanging the frame from a support surface.