Abstract: A picture frame assembly for enhancing the display of a picture and other viewable objects in a display frame and to a method of framing the picture and objects. The assembly includes a housing having a back wall, an annular side wall projecting from the back wall, a front opening circumscribed by the side wall; a two-dimensional background scene mounted within the housing adjacent to the back thereof; a two-dimensional picture mounted within the housing in front of and in viewing association the background scene; a three-dimensional motif mounted within the housing in front of and in viewing association with both the scene and the picture, the motif and the background scene suggesting a theme related to the picture; and a magnifying lens mounted in the opening of the housing and providing a common field of view for the scene, the picture and the motif.

Abstract: A garbage disposal drain protector adapted to be readily secured, in a few seconds, to all commercially available garbage disposal units. The disposal drain protector is mounted adjacent the open end of the disposal to catch silverware or the like that may inadvertently enter the disposal to prevent these objects from being subjected to the cutting blades of the disposal and permits them to be manually retrieved, intact, from the drain protector. The general function is the same as that provided by the device disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,089,474.

Abstract: A garbage disposal drain protector adapted to be secured in a commercially available garbage disposal unit for preventing silverware or the like accidentally swept into the unit from being subjected to the disposal cutting blades. The protector device is pivotally mounted to the disposal wall to catch silverware and may be pivoted out of position by large objects voluntarily forced into the unit so that they may be disposed of readily with the device returning to its normal position.