Device for positioning picture hangers on a wall surface

• US 4,637,583 A
• Filed: 12/31/1984
• Issued: 01/20/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey M. Babitz
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey M. Babitz
• Inventors: Babitz, Jeffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Talbott, David L.
• Application Number:
  US06/687,593
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 248/544, 248/546, 248/547, 248/548, 248/549, 248/497, 248/498, 248/489, 33/180 R, 33/189
• US Class Current: 248/544
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/205 Devices for positioning picture hooks on a wall

Abstract

A device for the positioning and hanging of a picture frame or other object upon a wall includes a hanger member, an elongated locator member, and means detachably coupling the upper end of the hanger member to the lower end of the locator member. The hanger member is formed with on or more nail chutes which serve the dual function of suspending the support wire of the picture frame and receiving nails for securing the hanger member to the wall. The hanger member is also provided on its rear surface with a pressure-sensitive adhesive for temporarily mounting the hanger member on the wall. The position of the hanger member is located by hanging the picture frame on the hanger member while the latter is coupled to the locator member, and grasping the projecting locator member above the top edge of the picture frame to move the picture frame to a selected position on the wall. With the frame in its selected position, the hanger member is pressed against the wall, causing it to adhere temporarily at the selected location, after which the picture frame and locator member are removed and the hanger member is affixed permanently to the wall by insertion of nails through the nail chutes, and is precisely located to support the picture frame in its pre-determined selected position.

Claims

1. A device for positioning pictures and like articles in selected locations for hanging upon a wall, said device comprising:

a hanger member having a flat body plate and at least one nail chute projecting from the front surface of said body plate, said nail chute being sized and positioned to suspend therefrom a support member on the rear of the article to be hung, said nail chute being formed integrally with said hanger member,

an elongated locator member having a length appreciably greater than the length of said hanger member, said elongated locator member being flexible,

means for detachably coupling said locator member to the upper end of said hanger member with said locator member extending upwardly from said hanger member, whereby when said article to be hung is suspended on said hanger member, said locator member extends above the top of said article in a position to be grasped for locating said article in a selected position on said wall, and

adhesive means on the rear surface of said body plate for temporary attachment of said hanger member on said wall in said selected position.

2. A device according to claim 1 in which said adhesive means is a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive.

3. A device according to claim 1 in which said nail chute comprises a cylindrical projection extending angularly upward from the front surface of said body plate and having a bore extending therethrough.

4. A device according to claim 3 in which said hanger member has a single nail chute.

5. A device according to claim 3 in which said hanger member has a pair of nail chutes.

6. A device according to claim 1 in which said elongated locator member comprises a strap, and in which said coupling means comprises a ring mounted on said strap and a hook on said hanger member sized for insertion into said ring.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein said hanger member further includes an inclined upper surface disposed above the hook.

8. A device according to claim 1 in which said locator member is formed integrally with said hanger member, and in which said detachable coupling means comprises a recessed transverse notch at the juncture of said locator member and hanger member.

9. A device according to claim 1 in which said locator member is formed integrally with said hanger member, and in which said detachable coupling means comprises a transverse score line at the juncture of said locator member and hanger member.

10. A device according to claim 1 in which said locator member is at least three times as long as said hanger member.

11. A device according to claim 1, wherein said hanger member further includes an inclined upper surface.

12. A device for positioning pictures and like articles in selected locations for hanging upon a wall, said device comprising:

a hanger member having a flat body plate and at least one nail chute projecting from the front surface of said body plate, said nail chute being sized and positioned to suspend therefrom a support member on the rear of the article to be hung,

an elongated locator member having a length appreciably greater than the length of said hanger member, and being formed integrally with said hanger member,

means for detachably coupling said locator member to the upper end of said hanger member with said locator member upstanding from said hanger member, whereby when said article to be hung is suspended on said hanger member, said locator member projects above the top of said article in a position to be grasped for locating said article in a selected position on said wall,

said detachable coupling means including a transverse score line at the juncture of said locator member and said hanger member, and

adhesive means on the rear surface of said body plate for temporary attachment of said hanger member on said wall in said selected position.