BACKGROUND
1. Field

The present general inventive concept relates generally to a picture frame, and particularly, to a hunter picture frame.

2. Description of the Related Art

Hunting is a practice of pursuing, capturing, and/or killing wildlife. A hunter engages in hunting for different reasons, such as recreation, food, predator removal, or population control.

Hunters that hunt for recreation often seek to maintain memorabilia, such as keeping a bullet casing that was used to kill an animal. Unfortunately, the bullet casing is easily misplaced, lost, and/or mixed up with other ammunition that can confused the hunter as to usage of a particular bullet casing during the hunt.

Therefore, there is a need for a hunter picture frame that stores the bullet casing used during the hunt.

SUMMARY

The present general inventive concept provides a hunter picture frame.

Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.

The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a hunter picture frame, including a main body to be disposed on an external surface, a casing receiving recess disposed on at least a portion of the main body to receive at least one bullet casing therein, and a picture cover removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to at least partially cover a picture thereunder.

The casing receiving recess has at least one of a size and a shape corresponding to at least one of a size and a shape of the at least one bullet casing.

The casing receiving recess may least partially deform in response to receiving the at least one bullet casing therein.

The hunter picture frame may further include a picture receiving recess disposed on at least a portion of the main body to receive the picture therein.

The hunter picture frame may further include a mounting board removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to receive the picture thereon.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of a hunter picture frame, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept; and

FIG. 2 illustrates a rear perspective view of the hunter picture frame, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.

Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.

LIST OF COMPONENTS

- Hunter Picture Frame 100
- Main Body 110
- Casing Receiving Recess 120
- Picture Cover 130
- Picture Receiving Recess 140
- Mounting Board 150
- Picture Receiving Surface 151
- Anchor 152
- Fasteners 160

FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of a hunter picture frame 100, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

FIG. 2 illustrates a rear perspective view of the hunter picture frame 100, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

The hunter picture frame 100 may be constructed from at least one of metal, plastic, wood, foam, glass, and rubber, etc., but is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the hunter picture frame 100 may include a main body 110, a casing receiving recess 120, a picture cover 130, a picture receiving recess 140, a mounting board 150, and a plurality of fasteners 160, but is not limited thereto.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body 110 is illustrated to have a rectangular prism shape. However, the main body 110 may be rectangular, circular, cylindrical, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, or any other shape known to one of ordinary skill in the art, but is not limited thereto.

The main body 110 may be disposed on at least a portion of an external surface, such as a table, a desk, a countertop, a wall, a refrigerator, etc. The main body 110 may be rigid and/or inflexible. Alternatively, the main body 110 may be constructed to be elastic. In other words, the main body 110 may at least partially deform (i.e., bend, stretch, expand, collapse) in response to an application of force (e.g., pushing, pulling, inserting an item) thereto.

The casing receiving recess 120 (a.k.a., a casing receiving indentation 120) may be disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110. The casing receiving recess 120 may be recessed with respect to an outer surface of the main body 110. The casing receiving recess 120 may receive and/or store at least one bullet casing 10 therein. Moreover, the casing receiving recess 120 may have a size (e.g., a length, a width, a depth) and/or a shape corresponding to a size (e.g., a length, a width, a depth) and/or a shape of the at least one bullet casing 10. As such, the casing receiving recess 120 may snugly fit the at least one bullet casing 10 therein.

Additionally, the casing receiving recess 120 may at least partially deform (i.e., bend, stretch, expand, collapse) in response to receiving the at least one bullet casing 10 therein. It is important to note that deformation of the casing receiving recess 120 may only occur where the main body 110 is also elastic.

The picture cover 130 may be transparent, such as a glass surface. The picture cover 130 may be removably connected to at least a portion of a front side of the main body 110. As such, the picture cover 130 may at least partially cover a picture 20 thereunder.

The picture receiving recess 140 may be disposed on at least a portion of a center of the main body 110. The picture receiving recess 140 may be recessed with respect to the outer surface of the main body 110. The picture receiving recess 140 may receive and/or store the picture 20 therein.

Furthermore, the picture cover 130 may be disposed (i.e., inserted) within the picture receiving recess 140.

The mounting board 150 may include a picture receiving surface 151 and an anchor 152, but is not limited thereto.

The picture receiving surface 151 may be a planar surface. Moreover, the picture receiving surface 151 may be a textured surface, such as a ribbed surface, a knurled surface, a rough surface, etc. The picture receiving surface 151 may be removably connected to at least a portion of a rear side of the main body 110 opposite with respect to the front side of the main body 110 to receive the picture 20 thereon.

Also, the picture receiving surface 151 may increase a friction level against the picture 20 to prevent the picture 20 from moving away from the picture receiving surface 151 based on the texture thereof.

The anchor 152 may be movably (i.e., pivotally, rotatably, hingedly) disposed on at least a portion of the picture receiving surface 151. The anchor 152 may stabilize the picture receiving surface 151 and/or the main body 110 while the main body 110 is disposed on the external surface.

Each of the plurality of fasteners 160 may include a hook, a clip, a clamp, a clasp, a nail, a screw, a bolt, an adhesive (e.g., tape, glue), a magnet, and/or any combination thereof, but is not limited thereto.

The plurality of fasteners 160 may be disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110. The plurality of fasteners 160 may connect the picture receiving surface 151 to the main body 110. Additionally, the plurality of fasteners 160 may connect the main body 110 to the external surface (e.g., hook to a wall, magnet on a refrigerator, clamp to a table, etc.).

Therefore, the hunter picture frame 100 may provide memorabilia for a hunter from a hunting experience that honors the hunt and commemorates the hunting experience. Also, the hunter picture frame 100 may safely store the at least one bullet casing 10 used during the hunting experience to prevent misplacement.

The present general inventive concept may include a hunter picture frame 100, including a main body 110 to be disposed on an external surface, a casing receiving recess 120 disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110 to receive at least one bullet casing 10 therein, and a picture cover 130 removably connected to at least a portion of the main body 110 to at least partially cover a picture 20 thereunder.

The casing receiving recess 120 has at least one of a size and a shape corresponding to at least one of a size and a shape of the at least one bullet casing 10.

The casing receiving recess 120 may least partially deform in response to receiving the at least one bullet casing 10 therein.

The hunter picture frame 100 may further include a picture receiving recess 140 disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110 to receive the picture 20 therein.

The hunter picture frame 100 may further include a mounting board 150 removably connected to at least a portion of the main body 110 to receive the picture 20 thereon.

Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.