Dual-purpose picture card show stage and picture frame

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EP 0 998 866 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/11

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	10.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/19

(21)	Application number: 99305220.8

(22)	Date of filing: 01.07.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A47G 1/06, A47G 1/14

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

06.11.1998 JP 31522498

(71)	Applicant: MOMMYART CO., LTD.
	Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Yamaguchi, Takumichi Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Smith, Norman Ian et al
	fJ CLEVELAND 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)

(54)	Dual-purpose picture card show stage and picture frame

(57) A dual-purpose card show stage and picture frame (1) includes a box-shaped main body(3), in which picture cards (10) are contained, having a front panel (11), a rear panel (13) and a window (21, 23) formed in the front panel and in the rear panel; a transparent screen (27) that covers the front panel window (21); a picture card insertion and removal opening (3a) formed in at least one of left and right sides of the main body; a pair of leg members (5) that support the main body; a backing member (7) that can be detachably fitted into the main body for maintaining at least one picture card at a position toward the screen; and a structure (37) for hanging the main body.

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