US 12,433,430 B2
Picture frame and support system
Steven Gerald Lambert, Orange, CA (US)
Filed by Steven Gerald Lambert, Orange, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/395,991.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/477,340, filed on Dec. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206651 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. A47G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/142 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A picture frame apparatus, comprising:
a frame body, including a front face and a rear face;
an exterior backing plate configured to sit within a rear opening of the frame body;
a slit in the exterior backing plate, extending widthwise between a right side of the frame body and a left side of the frame body; and
a blade including a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is positioned in the slit and the distal end projects outward from the exterior backing plate, wherein the blade acts as a support element to prop the frame body up on a support surface.