Fastener assisted hanger

• US 8,844,882 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
• Inventors: Cook, Vincent, Lombardi, Keith M.
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Anita M
• Application Number:
  US13/446,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20130269162A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 248/74.2, 248/74.1, 248/65, 248/74.5, 248/544, 248/546, 248/547, 248/68.1, 174/135, 174/156
• US Class Current: 248/74.2
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 45/036 with an elastically bending closing member
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 1/00 Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/30 Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49817 with other than ancillary treating or assembling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49947 by applying separate fastener

Abstract

A hanger configured to be mounted to a supporting surface includes a fastener receiving body configured to be positioned on the supporting surface. The hanger also includes a hook portion positioned adjacent to the fastener receiving body and configured to receive a retainable object therein. The hanger additionally includes a first datum surface associated with a first orientation direction of the fastener body. The hanger further includes a second datum surface associated with a second orientation direction of the fastener body. The relative positions of the first datum surface and the second datum surface are arranged such that when a fastener tool abuts the first datum surface and the second datum surface, a fastener applied by the fastener tool is positioned within a bounded area of the fastener receiving body.

Claims

1. A hanger configured to be mounted to a support surface by a staple ejected by a stapler, the hanger comprising:

a staple receiving body configured to be positioned on the support surface, the staple receiving body having a staple receiving surface configured to be pierced by the staple when ejected by the stapler;

a hook portion positioned adjacent to the staple receiving body and configured to receive a retainable object therein; and

datum surfaces associated with the staple receiving body;

wherein the datum surfaces are positioned relative to the staple receiving surface such that when the stapler abuts the datum surfaces, the stapler is oriented in at least two directions relative to the staple receiving surface such that the staple ejected by the stapler pierces the staple receiving surface within a bounded area of the staple receiving body.

2. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the one of the datum surfaces is formed on the hook portion.

3. The hanger of claim 2, wherein the hook portion opens towards the staple receiving body.

5. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the hook portion comprises a shank configured to extend generally along the support surface, a bend configured to extend generally away from the support surface, and an arm configured to extend from the bend, spaced from the shank, forming a retaining space therebetween.

6. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the shank is configured to selectively bend relative to the support surface.

8. The hanger of claim 1, further comprising an attachment tab configured to be coupled to a second hanger, wherein the hanger is configured to be detached from the second hanger when securing the hanger to the support surface.

9. An assembly comprising a plurality of the hangers of claim 1, the plurality of hangers coupled together by attachment tabs formed on each of the plurality of hangers.

10. The hanger of claim 1, wherein at least one datum surface is formed on a datum flange extending perpendicular to the staple receiving body.

11. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the staple receiving body and the hook portion are integrally molded to one another.

12. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the hanger is formed from one or more of plastic, metal, paper, and rubber.

13. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the staple receiving body is configured to receive the stapler in a predetermined orientation.

14. The hanger of claim 13, wherein the staple receiving body is elongated.

15. The hanger of claim 1, wherein a dimension from one of the datum surfaces to an opposite associated end of the staple receiving body is approximately greater than 5 millimeters.

4. A hanger configured to be mounted to a supporting surface, the hanger comprising:

a fastener receiving body configured to be positioned on the supporting surface;

a hook portion positioned adjacent to the fastener receiving body and configured to receive a retainable object therein;

a first datum surface associated with a first orientation direction of the fastener body; and

a second datum surface associated with a second orientation direction of the fastener body;

wherein the relative positions of the first datum surface and the second datum surface are arranged such that when a fastener tool abuts the first datum surface and the second datum surface, a fastener applied by the fastener tool is positioned within a bounded area of the fastener receiving body; and

wherein the hook portion comprises a retaining flange extending into an opening of the hook portion, towards the supporting surface.

7. A hanger configured to be mounted to a supporting surface, the hanger comprising:

a fastener receiving body configured to be positioned on the supporting surface;

a hook portion positioned adjacent to the fastener receiving body and configured to receive a retainable object therein;

a first datum surface associated with a first orientation direction of the fastener body;

a second datum surface associated with a second orientation direction of the fastener body; and

a grooved region between the shank and the fastener receiving body, the grooved region configured to serve as a pivot for a selective bend of the shank relative to the support surface;

wherein the relative positions of the first datum surface and the second datum surface are arranged such that when a fastener tool abuts the first datum surface and the second datum surface, a fastener applied by the fastener tool is positioned within a bounded area of the fastener receiving body.