ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,247, issued on March 24.
"Magnetic picture frame system" was invented by Lindsay Nicole McHenry (St. Henry, Ohio) and Jonathan Michael Ranly (St. Henry, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A picture frame system includes a frame having an inner surface with a channel, a panel having a peripheral edge which is received in the channel and defines an area A which remains exposed within the perimeter member, and at least one magnetic member attached to the panel member within area A and a substrate having an aesthetic aspect and at least one metallic magnetically attracted member on a back of the substrate oriented in a complementary ma...