On the other hand, to my view the Framers are ALL of those who played critical roles in the creation of our nation. Sam Adams was nowhere near Philadelphia -- but I count him as a Framer because he created the Sons of Liberty. Tom Paine was not there, but he wrote the words that made us a nation in Common Sense and The American Crisis. Patrick Henry refused to take his elected position in Philadelphia because, as he his purported to have said, "I smelt a rat."
My purpose is to include all of them, including the one that almost no one pays attention to, George Wythe, when I use that word. There's no "dark side" in my writing and thinking.
John / Billybob
I would call the people you named Founding Fathers because their influence goes beyond framing the Constitution. I would also add the signatories of the Declaration of Independence and George Washington as Founding Fathers, too. For me, the word Framer doesn't do Washington justice.
Just my opinion...
-PJ