THEFT-PROOF WALL-HUNG MOUNTING FOR MIRRORS AND THE LIKE

• US 3,612,469 A
• Filed: 10/10/1969
• Issued: 10/12/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harry F. Dennis
• Original Assignee: Harry F. Dennis
• Inventors: Dennis, Harry F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schultz, William H.
• Application Number:
  US04/865,460
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 248/203,224,466,475,489,497
• US Class Current: 248/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/0655 with anti-theft means
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/1606 comprising a wall member cooperating with a corresponding picture member

Abstract

A wall-hung mirror frame or the like adapted to be suspended from one or more frame engaging hangers, the rear of said frame being provided with a resilient locking bracket having an inturned flange selectively engageable with a series of louvers formed in a catch hanger affixed to the wall, the parts being positioned so that the locking bracket and catch hanger, when interengaged, will fixedly secure the frame so that it cannot be removed from the frame hangers.

Claims

1. Mounting means for a wall mirror or the like having a frame including a backing member extending between opposite edges of said frame, said mounting means comprising:

a. a wall hanger having an upper portion projecting outwardly relative to the wall surface to which it is secured, said frame being engageable over the outwardly projecting upper portion of said bracket to support said frame against downward movement;

b. a locking bracket comprising a plate secured to the rear surface of said backing member and having a rearwardly projecting lowermost portion terminating in a reversely bent flange; and

c. A catch hanger adapted to be secured to the wall surface in alignment with said locking bracket when said frame is in engagement with said wall hanger, said catch hanger comprising a plate having an upper portion projecting outwardly relative to the wall surface, and a plurality of louvers formed one above the other in the outwardly projecting portion of said catch hanger, said louvers being oriented to be selectively engaged by the reversely bent flange on said locking bracket when said frame is engaged by said wall hanger, whereby said locking bracket and catch hanger coact to lock said frame against upward movement which would release said frame from said wall hanger.

2. The mounting means claimed in claim 1 wherein said plurality of louvers are formed in laterally spaced apart sets with the corresponding louvers in each set lying in a common plane.

3. The mounting means claimed in claim 2 wherein said frame is U-shaped in cross section and wherein the outwardly projecting upper portion of said wall hanger is engageable beneath the uppermost edge of said frame.

4. The mounting means claimed in claim 2 wherein said backing member includes flanged edge portions engageable within said U-shaped frame.