Picture frame hanger-clip

• US 4,458,873 A
• Filed: 01/24/1983
• Issued: 07/10/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Craft, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Craft, Inc.
• Inventors: Sutherland, Christopher C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schultz, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Olson, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US06/461,935
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 248/466, 248/476, 248/477, 248/489, 248/495, 248/496, 248/359, 248/360, 248/497, 248/544, 40/152.1, D 8/367, D 8/373, 206/499, 206/477, 204/23
• US Class Current: 248/544
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/162 Picture members for connection to a conventional wall hook or nail

Abstract

A hanger-clip for a picture frame, said frame of the type having an inwardly facing channel adjacent the upper periphery thereof and a substantially rigid rear panel which is received in the channel. The hanger-clip includes a hook element which has a downwardly extending rear plate portion and which is receivable on the upper edge of the panel so that the panel and the clip are receivable in the channel. A hanger element of the clip extends integrally upwardly from the lower end of the plate portion for mounting the clip on a wall hanging member. The hanger element is rearwardly bendable relative to the plate portion to adapt the clip for wall hanging member of various types.

Claims

1. A hanger-clip for a picture frame and the like of the type having a peripheral frame and a substantially rigid rear panel mounted therein having an upper peripheral portion abutting the upper portion of said frame, said hanger-clip comprising:

a. a hook element having a downwardly extending rear plate portion, said hook element being slidably receivable on said panel upper peripheral portion with said plate portion extending downwardly adjacent the rear surface of said panel;

b. a hanger element which extends integrally upwardly from the lower end of said rear plate portion for mounting said hanger-clip on a wall hanging member and the like comprising a pair of spaced arms which are attached to the lower end of said plate portion along a fold line and extend integrally upwardly therefrom along the rear side of said plate portion in closely spaced substantially parallel relation thereto, and an upper cross member which extends between the upper ends of said arms adjacent said plate portion so that said hanger element is positioned in a substantially flat disposition on the rear side of said plate portion, said arms being outwardly bendable along said fold line to position said hanger element in various desired angular positions relative to said plate portion for adjusting said clip to receive wall hanging members of various types; and

c. a pair of dimples on said plate portion which extend rearwardly terminating adjacent the terminal ends of said arms where they are connected to said cross member to prevent the interengagement of said hanger element with a hanger element of another of said hanger clips.