DEVICE FOR HANGING AN OBJECT ON A WALL

• US 20120153108A1
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Timothy Wayne Schneider
• Original Assignee: Timothy Wayne Schneider
• Inventors: Schneider, Timothy Wayne
• Granted Patent: US 8,371,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/224.8
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/14 for pictures, e.g. in combination with books or seed-bags ; for cards, magazines, newspapers, books or booklike articles, e.g. audio/video cassettes racks or containers with dispensing arrangements A47F1/04; for cardboard panels, e.g. posters, A47F7/0042
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/1606 comprising a wall member cooperating with a corresponding picture member
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

There is provided a device for hanging an object on a wall. The device includes a wall mount and an object mount. One mount has a first bracket portion and a second bracket portion each being u-shaped and configured to receive the other mount. The bracket portions have a space between the bracket portions. The other mount has a projection disposable in the space between the bracket portions. The projection also acts as a safety tab. The bracket portions enable horizontal positioning of the object mount relative to the wall mount to be adjustable. The projection is configured to interact with the bracket portions and limit horizontal movement of the object mount relative to the wall mount to within a set range spanning the space from a first position, where the projection abuts the first bracket portion, to a second position where the projection abuts the second bracket portion.

Claims

1. A device for hanging an object on a wall, the device comprising:

a wall mount for fastening to the wall; and

an object mount for fastening to the object, a first one of the mounts having a first bracket portion and a second bracket portion each being u-shaped and configured to receive at least part of a second one of the mounts, the bracket portions having a space between the first bracket portion and the second bracket portion, the second one of the mounts having a projection disposable in the space between the bracket portions, the bracket portions enabling horizontal positioning of the object mount relative to the wall mount to be adjustable, and the projection being configured to interact with the bracket portions and limit horizontal movement of the object mount relative to the wall mount to within a set range spanning the space from a first position, where the projection abuts the first bracket portion, to a second position where the projection abuts the second bracket portion.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said second one of the mounts has an elongate rail strip configured to slidably engage with the bracket portions and wherein the projection is connected to and extends outwards from the rail strip.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 wherein the projection is partially cut out from the rail strip and bent relative to the rail strip.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, the object having a horizontal edge and wherein the object mount has a peripheral edge and a pair of spaced-apart positioning tabs disposed along and extending outwards from the peripheral edge of the object mount, the positioning tabs being configured to abut against the horizontal edge of the object, the positioning tabs thus acting to facilitate horizontal levelling of the object relative to the object mount and facilitate fastening the object mount to the object.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the wall mount has a top and wherein the object mount and the wall mount are configured such that when the object mount and the wall mount are engaged together, the top of the wall mount aligns with the peripheral edge of the object mount, vertical positioning of the peripheral edge of the object mount, and therefore vertical positioning of the top horizontal edge of the object, thus directly correlating with vertical positioning of the top of the wall mount relative to the wall.

6. The device as claimed in claim 4 wherein the object mount has a plurality of apertures extending parallel to and spaced-apart from the peripheral edge of the object mount, the apertures being configured to enable fasteners to pass therethrough and into the object for fastening the object mount to the object.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1, the wall having a wall stud and wherein the wall mount has a plurality of apertures configured to align with the wall stud, the apertures enabling fasteners to pass therethrough for engaging with the wall stud for securely connecting the wall mount to the wall.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1, the wall having a wall stud and wherein the wall mount includes a mounting plate configured to abut the wall, the mounting plate having a central portion with a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, the apertures being configured to align with the wall stud, the apertures enabling fasteners to pass therethrough for engaging with the wall stud for securely connecting the wall mount to the wall, and the mounting plate including a pair of peripheral portions on either side of the central portion, each peripheral portion having an aperture for enabling a further fastener to pass therethrough and fasten to the wall for further securing the wall mount to the wall.

9. The device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said second one of the mounts has an elongate mounting strip for abutting with and extending along one of the wall and the object, and said second one of the mounts has an angled strip interposed between and connecting together the rail strip and the mounting strip.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9 wherein the angled strip extends from the rail strip at an angle equal to or greater than 90 degrees relative to the rail strip and wherein the angled strip extends from the mounting strip at an angle equal to or greater than 90 degrees relative to the mounting strip.

11. The device as claimed in claim 9, the object having a horizontal edge, wherein the projection is a bent portion partially cut-out from the rail strip, the projection being angled at 90 degrees relative to the rail strip, wherein the mounting strip includes a peripheral edge and wherein the object mount has a pair of spaced-apart positioning tabs disposed along and extending outwards from the peripheral edge of the mounting strip, the positioning tabs being angled at 90 degrees relative to the mounting strip and being configured to abut against the horizontal edge of the object, the positioning tabs thus acting to facilitate horizontal levelling of the object relative to the object mount and facilitate fastening the object mount to the object.

12. The device as claimed in claim 2 wherein the bracket portions further include angled strips connected to and extending outwards from the u-shaped parts of the bracket portions, respectively, the angled strips extending from the u-shaped parts of the bracket portions at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the u-shaped parts of the bracket portions, the angled strips being configured for guiding the rail strip of said second one of the mounts to the u-shaped parts of the bracket portions.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said second one of the mounts further includes an angled strip connected to and extending outwards from the rail strip, the angled strip of said second one of the mounts extending from the rail strip at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the rail strip, and the angled strip of said second one of the mounts being configured to align with, at least partially extend along and abut with the angled strips of the bracket portions.

14. The device as claimed in claim 1, the wall having a wall stud and wherein the wall mount has a central portion and a vertically extending, elongate slot that extends through the central portion, the elongate slot being configured to enable the wall mount to be vertically adjustable relative to a wall stud, the elongate slot being shaped to receive a fastener for passing therethrough and fastening into the wall stud upon the wall mount being vertically adjusted.

15. The device as claimed in claim 1, the wall having a pair of wall studs and wherein the wall mount has a pair of spaced-apart elongated end portions having vertically extending, elongate slots that extend through the end portions, the end portions being configured to align with the pair of wall studs, the elongate slots being configured to enable the wall mount to be vertically adjustable relative to the wall studs, the elongate slots being shaped to receive fasteners for passing therethrough and fastening into the wall studs upon the wall mount being vertically adjusted.

16. A device for hanging an object on a wall, the object having a horizontal edge, the wall having a wall stud, and the device comprising:

a wall mount for fastening to the wall stud, the wall mount having a plurality of apertures configured to align with the wall stud and enable fasteners to pass therethrough for engaging with the wall stud; and

an object mount for fastening to the object, a first one of the mounts having at least one bracket portion configured to receive at least part of a second one of the mounts, at least part of the bracket portion being u-shaped in cross-section, the object mount having a peripheral edge, a plurality of apertures extending parallel to and spaced-apart from the peripheral edge of the object mount, and a pair of spaced-apart positioning tabs disposed along and extending outwards from the peripheral edge of the object mount, the positioning tabs being configured to abut against the horizontal edge of the object, the positioning tabs thus acting to facilitate horizontal levelling of the object relative to the object mount and facilitate insertion of fasteners through the apertures of the object mount and into the object, the object mount being fastened to the object thereby.

17. A device for hanging an object on a wall, the device comprising:

a wall mount for fastening to the wall; and

an object mount for fastening to the object, a first one of the mounts having a first bracket portion and a second bracket portion each configured to receive at least part of a second one of the mounts, at least part of each of the bracket portions being u-shaped in cross-section, each of the bracket portions having an elongated slot, the slots having a first end and a second end opposite thereof, the first ends of the slots facing each other, the second one of the mounts having a projection shaped to at least partially extend through the slots,

the bracket portions enabling horizontal positioning of the object mount relative to the wall mount to be adjustable, and the projection being configured to interact with the bracket portions and limit horizontal movement of the object mount relative to the wall mount to within a set range spanning the space from a first position, where the projection abuts a part of the first bracket portion adjacent to the second end of its slot, to a second position where the projection abuts a part of the second bracket portion adjacent to the second end of its slot.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17 wherein the slots are configured to extend horizontally along and in parallel with the bracket portions.

19. The device as claimed in claim 17, the object having a horizontal edge and wherein the object mount has a peripheral edge and a pair of spaced-apart positioning tabs disposed along and extending outwards from the peripheral edge of the object mount, the positioning tabs being configured to abut against the horizontal edge of the object, the positioning tabs thus acting to facilitate horizontal levelling of the object relative to the object mount and facilitate fastening the object mount to the object.

20. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first one of the mounts includes a central bracket portion interposed between and integral with the first bracket portion and the second bracket portion, the central bracket portion having a top edge aligned and parallel with the slots, the central bracket portion being configured to enable the projection of the second one of the mounts to slide along the top edge of the central bracket portion.