Hanger for hollow walls

• US 9,044,110 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2009
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cobra Fixations Cie Ltee-Cobra Anchors Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd. (Cobra International Systemes de Fixations Cie Ltee)
• Inventors: McDuff, Pierre, Pollak, Alexandre, Nguyen, Lang
• Primary Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US13/129,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20120001040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,022 Days
• Field of Search: 248/216.1, 248/217.1, 248/217.3, 2482181-2183, 248/546, 248/547, 248/684, 411/450, 411/451.2, 411/452, 411/485
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/20 Picture hooks; X-hooks plugs or hooks for general use F16B13/00, F16B45/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/248 of wire
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

An anchoring system for use with hollow panels, comprises an anchor member and a separate fixture, which are adapted to be mounted together. The anchor member includes an elongated element, such as a wire, adapted to be inserted into and partly through a hollow panel, such as a wall, and to bear against a rear surface of the panel. The fixture is adapted to bear against a front surface of the panel for securing the anchoring system to the panel.

Claims

1. An anchoring system for use with a hollow panel, comprising an anchor member and a separate fixture, which are adapted to be mounted together, the anchor member including an elongated element adapted to be inserted into and partly through a hollow panel and to bear against a rear surface of the panel, the fixture being adapted to bear against a front surface of the panel thereby securing the anchoring system to the panel, a front of the fixture defining a forwardly-facing groove and the anchor member being adapted to extend in the groove, the fixture including a hook and the groove being defined in at least part of the hook.

2. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the elongated element extends substantially vertically.

3. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor member includes an elongated wire.

4. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor member includes at a lower end thereof a rearwardly extending element adapted to engage the panel.

5. The anchoring system according to claim 4, wherein the rearwardly extending element includes a spike.

6. The anchoring system according to claim 5, wherein the spike extends substantially horizontally.

7. The anchoring system according to claim 4, wherein the rearwardly extending element is located adjacent a lower end of the fixture.

8. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor member includes in succession from top to bottom:

an upper distal end, a panel-engaging portion, a fixture-engaging portion and a lower panel-engaging portion.

9. The anchoring system according to claim 8, wherein the upper distal end is adapted to engage a rear surface of the panel, the panel-engaging portion is adapted to be at least partly lodged in the panel, the fixture-engaging portion is adapted to be joined to the fixture, and the lower panel-engaging portion is adapted to penetrate the panel.

10. The anchoring system according to claim 9, wherein the panel-engaging portion includes a section that extends behind the panel and at a distance therefrom.

11. The anchoring system according to claim 9, wherein the panel-engaging portion includes a section that extends substantially horizontally through the wall and between the upper distal end and the fixture-engaging portion.

12. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor member extends forwardly of the fixture so that, when the anchoring system is installed to the panel, the fixture at least partly extends between the anchor member and the panel.

13. The anchoring system according to claim 12, wherein the anchor member is adapted to engage the panel near upper and lower ends of the fixture and therebetween to extends along the front of the fixture.

14. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor member is releasably snap-fittingly engaged in the groove.

15. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor member is biasedly mounted to the fixture at the upper and lower ends thereof.

16. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of the anchor member is adapted to penetrate the rear surface of the panel.

17. The anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the groove extends from an upper end of the fixture to a lower end thereof, the anchor member extending in the groove and wrapping around at least the front of the fixture between the upper and lower ends thereof.

18. The anchoring system according to claim 17, wherein at the upper and lower ends of the fixture and behind the fixture, upper and lower sections of the anchor member, which are located adjacent the upper and lower ends of the fixture, extend respectively downwardly and upwardly before penetrating the panel.

19. The anchoring system according to claim 17, wherein the groove extends substantially vertically along the fixture.

20. The anchoring system according to claim 17, wherein the hook is provided between the upper and lower ends of the fixture.

21. An anchoring system for use with a hollow panel, comprising an anchor member and a separate fixture, which are adapted to be mounted together, the anchor member including an elongated element adapted to be inserted into and partly through a hollow panel and to bear against a rear surface of the panel, the fixture being adapted to bear against a front surface of the panel thereby securing the anchoring system to the panel, the fixture being provided with a rearwardly extending spike adapted to engage the panel, the rearwardly extending spike being located adjacent an upper end of the fixture, the fixture including a hook and the groove being defined in at least part of the hook.

22. The anchoring system according to claim 21, wherein the rearwardly extending spike extends adjacent a portion of the anchor member that extends through the panel.

23. An anchoring system for use with a hollow panel, comprising an anchor member and a separate fixture, which are adapted to be mounted together, the anchor member including an elongated element adapted to be inserted into and partly through a hollow panel and to bear against a rear surface of the panel, the fixture being adapted to bear against a front surface of the panel thereby securing the anchoring system to the panel, wherein the anchor member extends rearwardly of the fixture with a section of the anchor member not extending in the wall being hidden in a hollowed rear portion of the fixture such that when the anchoring system is installed, the anchor member is not visible, the section of the anchor member being located in the hollowed portion is adapted to be mounted to the fixture, the anchor member including a support plate adapted to be secured to the panel and to be joined to the fixture in the hollowed portion thereof, the fixture being adapted to be slidably connected to the support plate, the fixture and support plate being provided with cooperating elements adapted to mate such that the fixture is adapted to be suspended from the support plate, the cooperating elements including guides and a male and female engagement such that the fixture is secured to the support plate, the fixture including a rib adapted to bias the cooperating elements together in a tight engagement.

24. The anchoring system according to claim 23, wherein the anchor member includes an elongated wire, the support plate being adapted to be secured to the panel via the elongated wire that extends from the support plate at upper and lower ends thereof and that penetrates the panel near the upper and lower ends of the support plate.

25. An anchoring system for use with hollow panels, comprising an anchor member and a fixture, the anchor member including upper and lower elongated elements adapted to be inserted into a hollow panel, the upper elongated element being adapted to extend past the panel and to bear against a rear surface of the panel, the fixture being adapted to bear against a front surface of the panel thereby securing the anchoring system to the panel, a front of the fixture defining a forwardly-facing groove and the anchor member being adapted to extend in the groove, the fixture including a hook and the groove being defined in at least part of the hook.

26. The anchoring system according to claim 25, wherein the upper and lower elongated elements are adapted to engage the panel adjacent upper and lower ends of the fixture.

27. The anchoring system according to claim 25, wherein the anchor member comprises an elongated wire.

28. The anchoring system according to claim 25, wherein the groove extends from an upper end of the fixture to a lower end thereof, the anchor member extending in the groove and wrapping around at least the front of the fixture between the upper and lower ends thereof.

29. The anchoring system according to claim 28, wherein the groove extends substantially vertically along the fixture.

30. The anchoring system according to claim 28, wherein the hook is provided between the upper and lower ends of the fixture.