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[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/171,775, filed Dec. 22, 1999.
[0002] Very often, people buy or are given attractive wall hanging calendars, for example with illustrations that the people want to save beyond the year. Alternatively, people often will want to save such calendars because of the family history represented by the entries on the calendar.
[0003] The invention comprises a frame mountable on a wall which can be hung on a wall hook like a picture frame and into which the decorative wall calendar can be placed to protect the calendar from damage while hanging during the entire calendar year in which it is being used. The main portion of the frame includes decorative side panels of sufficient depth to hold the calendar and a backer board on which the wall calendar can be hung by suitable means, as for example a hook to receive a hole or support rod normally part of a wall calendar for hanging the calendar. Hinged to the main portion of the frame at one of the decorative side panels or the top panel is a transparent cover, such as glass or a clear acrylic, to enclose the calendar when the cover is closed and to enable the calendar to be inserted when open. The cover may itself include its own matching decorative frame to surround the transparent portion of the cover and may be held closed by various means such as a magnetic or pressure latch or by use of spring-biased hinges that normally hold the cover in the closed position. Additional features can be added within the enclosed area of the frame, as for example, a shelf support for a writing instrument or an area to hold note paper and notes. The outside surface of the transparent cover can also be used as a writing surface using erasable markers, for example for use in writing tentative plans for days in the current month as opposed to “penciling” them in directly onto the calendar. The backer board may comprise pressboard or cork with which thumbtacks, Velcro strips, double sided tape and the like can be used to hold various other items such as notes and photographs.
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20 frame 22 peg 24 hanger 26 backing 25 staple/brad 28 hinges 30 plastic cover 32 knob latch 34 groove
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[0010] The frame
[0011] Protruding from the inside top of the backing
[0012] A hanger
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[0015] A groove
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[0017] The manner of inserting a paper wall calendar into my calendar frame is very basic and simple to accomplish. Namely, one first turns the knob-latch
[0018] After the calendar is inserted into the calendar frame the frame can be hung on a nail, or nails on a wall by use of the wire hanger
[0019] My calendar frame is an attractive and easy to use frame with which to display and protect paper wall calendars.
[0020] It will be understood, of course, that modifications and substitutions may be made to the described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed. For example, this frame may also be used as a display case which could display ribbons, buttons, family photographs, etc.