DECORATIVE OBJECT INCLUDING INTEGRAL HANGING MEMBER
First Claim
1. A decorative object for hanging on a support surface;
- said decorative object comprising;
a body having a front wall and a rear wall;
a hanging member for mounting the object on the support surface, wherein the hanging member comprises;
a body having a shaft and a tip; and
wherein the rear wall is fabricated from a moldable material and the shaft and tip are molded or integrally connected with the rear wall; and
wherein the shaft is oriented at right angles to the rear wall.
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Abstract
A decorative object and a method of hanging the same on a support surface without tools. The object includes a body having a front wall and a rear wall and a hanging member for mounting the object on the support surface is provided, where the hanging member is integral with the rear wall. The hanging member comprises a body having a shaft and a tip. The rear wall of the object is molded and the shaft and tip are molded as part of the rear wall. In other instances, the hanging member includes a base and the base is positioned to be enveloped by molding material when the rear wall is fabricated. In other instances, the base is snap-fittingly installed into a recessed region of the rear wall and is able to be pivoted between a use position and a non-use position.
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20 Claims
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1. A decorative object for hanging on a support surface;
- said decorative object comprising;
a body having a front wall and a rear wall; a hanging member for mounting the object on the support surface, wherein the hanging member comprises; a body having a shaft and a tip; and wherein the rear wall is fabricated from a moldable material and the shaft and tip are molded or integrally connected with the rear wall; and
wherein the shaft is oriented at right angles to the rear wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- said decorative object comprising;
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5. A decorative object for hanging on a support surface;
- said decorative object comprising;
a body having a front wall and a rear wall; a hanging member for mounting the object on the support surface, wherein the hanging member comprises; a body having a base, a shaft and a tip, wherein the base and shaft are oriented at an angle relative to each other; and wherein the rear wall is fabricated from a moldable material and the base of the hanging member is enveloped by the moldable material; and
wherein the shaft extends outwardly from the rear wall at a same angle as the angle of the shaft to the base. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
- said decorative object comprising;
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10. A decorative object for hanging on a support surface;
- said decorative object comprising;
a body having a front wall and a rear wall; a recess defined in the rear wall; a T-shaped channel defined in the rear wall or integrally connected thereto;
wherein the channel has a first region and a second region that are oriented at right angles to each other; and
wherein the first region is in communication with the recess and the second region is in communication with the first region;a hanging member for mounting the object on the support surface, wherein the hanging member comprises; a body having a base, a shaft and a tip, wherein the base and shaft are oriented at an angle relative to each other; and
wherein a first detent and a second detent extend outwardly from the base in opposite directions; andwherein the base of the hanging member is received in the second region of the channel and is fittingly locked into the second region by the first and second detents. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
- said decorative object comprising;
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15. A method of installing decorative object on a support structure, including the steps of:
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providing a decorative object having a front wall and a rear wall; integrally forming or integrally connecting one or more hanging members with the rear wall of the object such that a shaft of each of the one or more hanging members extends outwardly from the rear wall at an angle; placing a tip of the shaft of each of the one or more hanging members against the support structure; and applying pressure to the front wall of the decorative object to drive the tip and shaft of each of the one or more hanging members into the support structure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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