Picture frame assembly

Abstract

A picture frame assembly enables the user to hang picture frames with any desired orientation. When many frames are to be hung, a mounting track having a raised rail is affixed to a wall. A support disc member has fixed and spring biased teeth to grip the rail at a desired location. Mounting means on picture frames cooperate with an arcuate mounting surface on the support disc for mounting the frames with a desired orientation. A support disk may also be mounted directly on the wall. Side bars may be employed as frame side extenders to adjust the outer configuration of a frame.

1 . a picture frame assembly, comprising: 
 a support member having an arcuate surface;    means mounting said support member on a wall surface; and    a picture frame structure including means for mounting a picture element to be displayed; and    picture frame structure mounting means for adjustably mounting said picture frame structure on said support member with a selected angular orientation.    
   
   
       2 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 1  wherein said support member has an arcuate surface, and said picture frame structure has a back wall, and said mounting means comprises an arcuate wall complementary to said arcuate surface, said arcuate wall being provided on said back wall, said arcuate wall being mountable on said arcuate surface at a selected position to mount said picture frame structure with said selected orientation.  
   
   
       3 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 2  wherein said mounting means comprises means for retaining said selected orientation.  
   
   
       4 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said means for retaining said selected orientation comprises friction tabs contiguous to said arcuate wall.  
   
   
       5 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said means for retaining said selected orientation, comprises a spring tab formed in said back wall, said spring tab being formed with an abutment shoulder positioned at a distance from said arcuate wall permitting said mounting means to be snapped onto said support member with said arcuate wall engaging a selected portion of said arcuate surface and said abutment shoulder engaging said support member at a point opposed to said selected portion to retain said selected orientation.  
   
   
       6 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 1 , wherein support member has an arcuate surface and said mounting means comprises a set of spaced spring fingers arranged along a circle complementary to said arcuate surface, said spring fingers being mountable along said arcuate surface to retain said picture frame structure on said support member with said selected angular orientation.  
   
   
       7 . The picture frame assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said means mounting said support member on a wall surface comprises a track means mounted on said wall surface and means for adjustably mounting said support means on said track means at a selected position along said track means.  
   
   
       8 . The picture frame assembly of  claim 7 , wherein said track means comprises a raised rail, spaced ribs supporting said raised rail, and gaps between said spaced ribs, and wherein said support means comprises retaining teeth engagable with said raised rail in selected gaps of said track means to retain said support member at a selected position along said track means.  
   
   
       9 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 8 , wherein said support means comprises spring biased means for engaging said retaining teeth with said rail in said selected gaps to retain said support means in said selected position, said spring biased means permitting said teeth to be held disengaged from said rail so that said support means may be moved along said track means to a selected position.  
   
   
       10 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said retaining teeth bridge at least one of said ribs to provide support for said support means when said track means is not horizontal.  
   
   
       11 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said track means comprises a first row of gaps on one side of said raised rail and a second row of said gaps on the opposite side of said raised rail, and wherein said support means further comprise fixed teeth engagable with said rail through said one row of said gaps on said one side of said rail, said spring biased teeth being engagable with said rail through said second row of gaps on said opposite side of said rail.  
   
   
       12 . A picture frame assembly as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said picture frame structure comprises a back wall, a frame member having four frame sides establishing a display opening on one side of said back wall, an entry slot through one side of said frame member providing an opening for inserting a picture member into said display opening on a side of said back wall facing said display opening.  
   
   
       13 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 12 , further comprising frame extender members and means for mounting at least one of said frame extender members to said picture frame structure to widen one of said frame sides.  
   
   
       14 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 13 , wherein said means for mounting at least one of said frame extender members comprises slot means on a back wall of said picture frame structure, and mounting fingers mounted on said extender member, said fingers being insertable in said slot means to bring said frame extender member into abutting engagement with said one of said frame sides.  
   
   
       15 . A picture frame assembly, comprising a picture frame structure having four frame sides establishing a display opening; 
 at least one frame extender member having the same length as one of said four frame sides;    a mounting structure attached to a rear side of said frame member and comprising a pair of mounting fingers; and    a pair of mounting slots formed on a rear side of said picture frame structure, said mounting slots each being positioned to receive one of said mounting fingers to position said frame extender member in abutting relationship with a frame side effectively to widen said frame side.    
   
   
       16 . A picture frame assembly, comprising: 
 a support means for supporting a picture frame structure;    track means for mounting said support member on a wall, said track means having a plurality of track sections, each section having a raised rail;    coupler means for coupling adjacent track sections, end-to-end, said coupling means comprising a coupling bar having spring fingers for gripping said raised rail of one track section and additional spring fingers for gripping said raised rail of an adjacent track section; and    means for mounting said support means on said track means.    
   
   
       17 . The picture frame assembly of  claim 16 , wherein said coupler means is so constructed that it does not interfere with said means for mounting said support means on said track means.  
   
   
       18 . A picture frame assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said support member is mounted directly on said wall surface.