U.S. patent application number 12/486751 was filed with the patent office on 2009-12-24 for precise picture hanger.
Invention is credited to Charles Joseph Melanson.
Application Number | 20090314918 12/486751 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41430232 |
Filed Date | 2009-12-24 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090314918 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Melanson; Charles Joseph |
December 24, 2009 |
PRECISE PICTURE HANGER
Abstract
A hanger having a body that includes a slot located in the body
and a hook attached to the body. The body is adapted to hold a
picture or a mirror when attached to a wall with a screw located in
the slot.
Inventors: |
Melanson; Charles Joseph;
(Lake Park, FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MICHAEL RIES
318 PARKER PLACE
OSWEGO
IL
60543
US
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Family ID: |
41430232 |
Appl. No.: |
12/486751 |
Filed: |
June 18, 2009 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61073868 |
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
248/475.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 1/164 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/475.1 |
International
Class: |
A47G 1/16 20060101
A47G001/16 |
Claims
1. A hanger comprising: a body; a slot located in said body; and a
hook attached to said body; wherein said body is adapted to be
attached to a wall with a screw located in said slot.
2. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said body is flat.
3. The hanger of claim 2 wherein said body is a disk.
4. The hanger of claim 3 wherein said slot is rectangular.
5. The hanger of claim 4 wherein said hook is attached to said disk
and is aligned with the rectangular slot.
6. The hanger of claim 5 wherein the hook is a shaft with a head on
an end.
7. The hanger of claim 6 wherein said head is round.
8. The hanger of claim 6 wherein said head is square.
9. The hanger of claim 6 wherein said disk has a diameter of 3
inches.
10. The hanger of claim 9 wherein said disk has a diameter of
between 3 and 41/2 inches.
11. The hanger of claim 9 where in said disk has a diameter of
between 1 and 3 inches.
12. The hanger of claim 2 wherein said body is plastic.
13. The hanger of claim 2 wherein said body is metal.
14. The hanger of claim 2 wherein said body has a rectangular
shape.
15. The hanger of claim 14 wherein said slot is aligned with a
length of said rectangular shape.
16. The hanger of claim 15 wherein said hook is aligned with said
slot.
17. The hanger of claim 3 wherein said hook is adapted to receive a
wire attached to the rear of a picture.
18. The hanger of claim 3 wherein said hook is adapted to receive a
wire attached to the rear of a mirror.
Description
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S.
Provisional Application No. 61/073,868 filed on Jun. 19, 2008, the
disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by
reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to a picture hanger
and more specifically to a picture hanger that can be moved in any
direction.
[0004] 2. Description of Related Art
[0005] When hanging a picture, it is usually held against the wall
at the desired location and a mark is made on the wall that
indicates the location of a hook over which the cord on the back of
the picture is to be positioned. A person places a pencil mark on
the wall to mark where a hook should be placed. Then a hook having
a fastener such as a nail is mounted on the wall by hammering the
fastener into the wall. The picture is placed against the wall and
the picture wire is placed on the hook.
[0006] Usually the wire at the rear of the picture straightens due
to the weight of the picture when it is placed on the hook, it is
not uncommon for the picture to hang either too low or high, or
even too far to the left or right than that which was desired.
[0007] Thus, the hook must be taken out of the wall and the
procedure repeated to correct the error which resulted because of
the difficulty in correctly determining the place on the wall where
the picture hook should be placed.
[0008] It is not uncommon to attach and remove a picture hook from
a wall several times before the correct location for the hook is
found. Thus, not only is the process time consuming and sometimes
very frustrating, but the numerous tries leaves unnecessary holes
in the wall.
[0009] What is needed is a picture hook device that can be moved
while still being attached to the wall.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] There is disclosed a hanger having a body that includes a
slot located in the body and a hook attached to the body. The body
is adapted to hold a picture or a mirror when attached to a wall
when a screw is located in the slot.
[0011] The foregoing has outlined, rather broadly, the preferred
feature of the present invention so that those skilled in the art
may better understand the detailed description of the invention
that follows. Additional features of the invention will be
described hereinafter that form the subject of the claims of the
invention. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that they can
readily use the disclosed conception and specific embodiment as a
basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out
the same purposes of the present invention and that such other
structures do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention
in its broadest form.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] Other aspects, features, and advantages of the present
invention will become more fully apparent from the following
detailed description, the appended claim, and the accompanying
drawings in which similar elements are given similar reference
numerals.
[0013] FIG. 1 is a front plan view of a picture hanger in
accordance with the principles of the invention;
[0014] FIG. 2 is a side view of the picture hanger of FIG. 1;
[0015] FIGS. 3-8 show the various steps of attaching the picture
hanger of FIG. 1 to a wall; and
[0016] FIG. 9 is a front view of the picture hanger of FIG. 1 being
moved to a new position while being attached to a wall.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0017] Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a front plan view of the
picture hanger that can be moved to correct for an error in
positioning by up to 4 inches more or less vertically, horizontally
or at any angle there between.
[0018] The picture hanger 10, in one embodiment, has a flat disk
shaped body 12 of plastic or metal that can be between 1 inch and
41/2 inches in diameter where the preferred diameter is about 3
inches and the disk is one sixteenth of an inch, more or less, in
thickness. The disk includes a slot 14 centrally positioned having
a length of about 2 inches and a width of about one-eighth of an
inch. Aligned with the slot 14 is a hook 16, more clearly shown in
FIG. 2, having a shaft 18 that is attached at one end to the disk
12 and at its other end to a head member 20 that can be round,
square or any shape other than round or square. The hook 16 is
about 1/4 of an inch in diameter and is composed of the same
material as the disk. The hook is adapted to hold a wire at the
rear of a picture or a mirror. It is understood that the size of
the diameter of the disk and the length and width of the slot in
the disk can be increased or decreased and that the actual
dimensions are not critical.
[0019] Referring to FIG. 10, there is shown a front view of another
embodiment where the picture hanger 22 has a rectangular body 24 of
plastic or metal that has a length of about 3 inches and a width of
about one inch. The rectangular body has a slot 26 centrally
positioned in the rectangular body and having a length of about 2
inches and a width of about one-eighth of an inch. Aligned with
slot 26 is a hook 28 having a shaft attached at one end to
rectangular member 24 and at its other end to a head member that
can be round, square or any shape other than round or square. It is
understood that the length and width of rectangular body 24 and the
length and width of slot 26 in rectangular body can be increased or
decreased and that the actual dimensions are not critical.
[0020] In operation, when a person wants to hang a picture on a
wall, an approximate location is selected which, with this picture
hanger, can be off by up to 2 inches more or less in any direction,
Looking at FIG. 2, a spot 30 on a wall 32, which in most houses is
dry wall, is selected as the place that the attaching member of the
picture hanger is to be located. At this spot a self tapping wall
anchor 34 is inserted into the wall, see FIG. 3. A screw 36, such
as a No. 6 screw, is inserted into the self tapping wall anchor 34
and tightened firmly, see FIGS. 5 and 6. The screw 36 is then
removed, see FIG. 7, and the picture hanger 10 is attached to the
wall by inserting the screw 36 into the slot 14 and threading the
screw 36 into the self tapping wall anchor 34, see FIG. 8.
[0021] Referring to FIG. 9, with the screw 36 loose, picture hanger
10 can be moved along the wall 32 in any direction as shown by the
arrows by rotating the body either clockwise or counter-clockwise
and moving the body relative to the screw to locate the hook 16 to
the proper position.
[0022] While there have been shown and described and pointed out
the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to the
preferred embodiments, it will be understood that various omissions
and substitutions and changes of the form and details of the
apparatus illustrated and in the operation may be done by those
skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the
invention.
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