Adjustable hanging device

• US 7,798,463 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adjustable Picture Hook, LLC
• Original Assignee: Adjustable Picture Hook, LLC
• Inventors: Morgenroth, James A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez; Ramon O
• Application Number:
  US12/351,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20090206213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 248/475.1, 248/476, 248/480, 248/220.31, 248/220.41, 248/220.42, 248/304, 211/87.01, 211/106.01, 211/57.1, 211/59.1
• US Class Current: 248/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0846 Display panels or rails with elongated channels; Sliders, brackets, shelves, or the like, slidably attached therein
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/164 and being adjustable

Abstract

The present invention provides, among other things, an adjustable hanging device for securing an object to a wall including a frame defining a number of substantially parallel slots and being securable to a wall, and a hook for supporting an object and being selectively moveable along each of the plurality of slots in a sliding direction to adjust an orientation of the object relative to the wall. Each of the slots can have a closed end to prevent the hook from disengaging the frame while moving in the sliding direction.

Claims

1. An adjustable hanging device for securing an object to a wall, the adjustable hanging device comprising:

a frame defining a plurality of substantially parallel slots and bars, and being securable to a wall; and

a hook including a vertical body portion having an outwardly extending hooked portion for receiving and supporting objects, and a second portion substantially parallel to the body portion and extending over a bar and across at least two bars;

wherein the hook is selectively moveable along each of the plurality of slots in a sliding direction to adjust an orientation of the object relative to the wall, each of the plurality of slots having a closed end to prevent the hook from disengaging the frame while moving in the sliding direction.

2. The adjustable hanging device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of slots have a pair of spaced apart closed ends to prevent the hook from disengaging the frame while moving in the sliding direction and in a direction opposite to the sliding direction.

3. The adjustable hanging device of claim 1, wherein the hook includes a plurality of spaced apart contoured portions, each of the contoured portions being engageable with the object to support the object on the frame.

4. The adjustable hanging device of claim 3, wherein the hook is a first hook, and further comprising a second hook including a plurality of spaced apart contoured portions, each of the engageable with the object to support the object on the frame, the plurality of spaced apart contoured portions of the first hook being spaced differently from the contoured portions of the second hook.

5. The adjustable hanging device of claim 1, wherein pairs of the plurality of substantially parallel bars at least partially defining the plurality of parallel slots, and wherein, when the hook is supported on the frame, the hook extends around at least three sides of at least one of the plurality of bars.

6. The adjustable hanging device of claim 1, wherein the hook is a first hook having a first end for selectively engaging the frame and a second end for engaging the object, and further comprising a second hook including a first end for selectively engaging the frame and a second end for engaging the object, the first and second ends of the first hook being spaced differently from the first and second ends of the second hook.