Tool-less Reusable Hinged Wall Hanger

• US 20150297002A1
• Filed: 06/27/2015
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Long
• Original Assignee: Joseph Long
• Inventors: Long, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US14/752,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20150297002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/1633 Wall members for connection to a conventional picture
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/20 Picture hooks; X-hooks plugs or hooks for general use F16B13/00, F16B45/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 15/0053 with separate nails attached to the plate
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/10 using pivoting jaws
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

A reusable wall anchor device comprised of an upper and lower panel held together by a hinge connection for facilitating the suspending of articles from wallboards without requiring a hollow void behind the wallboard. A load bearing shank extends from the front face of the lower panel for supporting an object to be carried by the device. An arcuate prong and tine extend from the rear faces of the panels providing clamping and shear support for the device when they are inserted into the wallboard. The anchor assembly requires no tools other than the human hand during installation and removal and upon removal leaves minimal disruption to the wallboard.

Claims

1. A anchoring device for suspending objects from vertical walls, especially gypsum wallboards, comprising of:

a) an upper panel comprised of a flat front face, a flat rear face, and a bottom edge of predetermined size and thickness, and

b) a lower panel comprised of a flat front face, a flat rear face, and a top edge of predetermined size and thickness, and

c) a hinged connection exhibiting rotational movement capabilities joining said upper panel bottom edge to said lower panel top edge, and

d) a curved member of predetermined length extending perpendicularly from said rear face of said upper panel equipped with a piercing tip, said curved member exhibiting a radius of curvature equal to the distance said curved member is located from the hinged connection

e) a tine extending perpendicularly from said rear face of said lower panel equipped with a piercing tip, and

f) a load bearing shank of predetermined length extending perpendicularly from said front face of said lower panel located below said hinge connection and above said tine capable of supporting an object;

said shank transferring said supported object'"'"'s weight to said upper panel, said lower panel, and said hinged connection resulting in said upper panel and said lower panel rotating around said hinged connection creating a clamping moment force by said panels onto said wall;

whereby a human can suspend an object from common wall material.

2. The anchoring device of claim 1 wherein said rear face of said upper panel exhibits multiples of said curved member of predetermined length and radii of curvature extending perpendicularly from said rear face of said upper panel.

3. A device for supporting objects on a wall comprising:

a) a first panel defining a front face, a rear face, and a bottom edge, said rear face defining a supporting surface for contact with the exterior surface of said wall;

b) a second panel defining a front face, a rear face, and a top edge, said rear face defining a supporting surface for contact with the exterior surface of said wall;

c) a connection joining said bottom edge of said first panel with said top edge of said second panel, said connection exhibiting rotational movement capabilities;

d) an elongated arcuate arm extending from said rear face of said first panel and adapted to pierce an aperture in said wall, said arcuate arm terminating in a distal point for penetrating, said arcuate arm exhibiting a radius of curvature equal to the distance between said arcuate arm and said connection;

e) an tine of predetermined length extending from said rear face of said second panel and adapted to pierce an aperture in said wall; and

f) an aperture of predetermined size extending through said second panel; and

g) a shank portion extending from said front face of said second panel located midway between said tine and said connection, said shank including a support area for receiving and carrying a portion of said object being supported where the weight of said object supported by said shank causes said first panel and said second panel to rotate around said joining connection resulting in a clamping force against said wall.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said rear face of said first panel exhibits additional said elongated arcuate arm extending from said rear face of said first panel.

5. A method of securing an appurtenance to a wall, the wall having a wallboard, the wallboard having a thickness and comprising a gypsum core with sheathing material on an interior surface and an outer exposed surface, the appurtenance having an upright attachment position, a front side for facing away from the wall and a back side for facing the wall, the appurtenance having a wall confronting region on said back side, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a device with an upper panel of predetermined size and thickness defining a front and rear face, a lower panel of predetermined size and thickness defining a front and rear face, a connection exhibiting rotational movement capabilities joining an edge of said upper panel to an edge of said lower panel, a curved member of predetermined length extending perpendicularly from said rear face of said upper panel, said curved member exhibiting a radius of curvature equal to the distance between said curved member and said connection, said curved member terminating in a piercing tip, a tine extending perpendicularly from said rear face of said lower panel equipped with a piercing tip, a shank portion extending from said front face of said lower panel located midway between said tine and said connection capable of supporting appurtenances,

penetrating the outer sheathing material of the wall and then core of the wall with the piercing tip of the tine until the rear face of the lower panel makes contact with the outer sheathing material of the wall and rests flush against said outer sheathing of wall,

rotating the upper panel around the connection joining the upper panel to the lower panel until the piercing tip of the curved member extending from the rear face of the upper panel penetrates the outer sheathing and then core of the wall until the rear face of the upper panel makes contact with the outer sheathing of the wall and rests flush against the outer sheathing of the wall,

suspending said appurtenance from the load bearing shank extending from the front face of the lower panel, said shank transferring said appurtenance'"'"'s weight to said upper panel, said lower panel, and said hinged connection resulting in said upper panel and said lower panel rotating around said hinged connection creating a clamping moment force by said panels onto said wall.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of fixing multiples of the curved member of predetermined length and radius of curvature and piercing tip from the rear face of the upper panel.