Article for displaying an object

Abstract

An article for displaying an object has side portions having an outer wall and an inner rabbet; a top profile between the outer wall and inner rabbet, the top profile providing a protruding lip over the inner rabbet; and a bottom surface; characterized by the article, when viewed from the top profile, representing a form of a letter or a numeral other than “O” or zero, non-serif capital “I”, lower case “I”, or non-serif numeral one, “M” or “W”. The article can be a picture frame, a photoframe, or a shadow box.

1 . An article for displaying an object comprising: 
 side portions having an outer wall and an inner rabbet;    a top profile between the outer wall and inner rabbet, the top profile providing a protruding lip over the inner rabbet; and    a bottom surface;    characterized by the article, when viewed from the top profile, representing a form of a letter or a numeral other than “O” or zero, non-serif capital “I”, lower case “l”, or non-serif numeral one, “M” or “W”.    
   
   
       2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface comprises a recessed lip extending into the inner rabbet.  
   
   
       3 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the form of the letter or numeral comprises at least six side portions.  
   
   
       4 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the form of the letter or numeral comprises a generally rectangular shape having portions of at least one side of the rectangle indented into the side, wherein each side portion is disposed with respect to an adjacent side portion by a right angle.  
   
   
       5 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the form of the letter or numeral comprises a generally rectangular shape having portions of at least one side of the rectangle indented into the side, wherein at least one side portion is disposed with respect to an adjacent side portion by an angle other than a right angle.  
   
   
       6 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the form of the letter or numeral comprises a generally polygonal shape having more than 4 sides, wherein at least one side has an indentation in a portion thereof.  
   
   
       7 . The article of  claim 1  comprising a generally rectangular section and a section outlined by side portions disposed with respect to adjacent side portions by an obtuse angle or back-cut angle.  
   
   
       8 . The article of  claim 1  wherein the letter comprises at least one of the capital letters A, B, C, D, E, F. G, H, serif I, J, K, L, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, or Z.  
   
   
       9 . The article of  claim 1  wherein the numeral comprises at least one of non-serif 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.  
   
   
       10 . The article of  claim 1  comprising at least one of a picture frame, a photoframe, or a shadow box.  
   
   
       11 . The article of  claim 1  further comprising a diagonal portion extending into or  1   5  out of at least one side of the form of the letter or numeral.  
   
   
       12 . The article of  claim 1  including a transparent cover adjacent the underside of the protruding lip.  
   
   
       13 . The article of  claim 1  including a backing or mounting material nested within the recessed lip.  
   
   
       14 . The article of  claim 1  including a mat inside the article, visible below the protruding lip and optionally a transparent cover.  
   
   
       15 . The article of  claim 1  having an opening in a fillet or mat representing an inner feature of a letter.