Apparatus for facilitating the hanging of an object on a wall

An apparatus for facilitating the hanging of an object on a wall or other surface, said apparatus comprising:

• a main body section having a front surface and an elongated first opening;
• an upper section connected to the main body section and having a protruding portion that protrudes away from the front surface;
• a lower section connected to the main body section and having a second opening for accepting, as well as a structure for holding, a hanging/attachment element;
• and
• a securing mechanism,
• wherein the upper section is slidably attached to the main body section via the elongated first opening and thereby capable of moving vertically up and down said main body section, but can be temporarily fixed at a desired position along the main body section by using said securing mechanism, and
• wherein the structure includes a slot formed into a sidewall of the second opening.

An apparatus for facilitating the hanging of an object on a wall or other surface, said apparatus comprising:

• a main body section having a front surface and an elongated first opening;
• an upper section connected to the main body section and having a protruding portion that protrudes away from the front surface;
• a lower section connected to the main body section and having a second opening for accepting, as well as a structure for holding, a hanging/attachment element;
• and
• a securing mechanism,
• wherein the upper section is slidably attached to the main body section via the elongated first opening and thereby capable of moving vertically up and down said main body section, but can be temporarily fixed at a desired position along the main body section by using said securing mechanism,
• wherein the securing mechanism comprises a first component having female threads and a second component having mating male threads engaged with the female threads of the first component, and
• wherein said elongated first opening includes a slot along each edge, and wherein said first component comprises an engagement piece that engages with each said slot.

An apparatus for facilitating the hanging of an object on a wall or other surface, said apparatus comprising:

• a main body section having a front surface and an elongated first opening;
• an upper section connected to the main body section and having a protruding portion that protrudes away from the front surface;
• a lower section connected to the main body section and having a second opening for accepting, as well as a structure for holding, a hanging/attachment element;
• and
• a securing mechanism,
• wherein the upper section is slidably attached to the main body section via the elongated first opening and thereby capable of moving vertically up and down said main body section, but can be temporarily fixed at a desired position along the main body section by using said securing mechanism, and
• wherein the securing mechanism:
• (a) is included within said slidable section;
• and (b) includes an engagement element that can be biased toward the main body section for temporarily fixing said slidable section at said arbitrary position along the main body section, but also can be retracted for permitting said slidable section to slide.

An apparatus for facilitating the hanging of an object on a wall or other surface, said apparatus comprising:

• a main body section having a front surface and an elongated first opening;
• an upper section connected to the main body section and having a protruding portion that protrudes away from the front surface;
• a lower section connected to the main body section and having a second opening for accepting, as well as a structure for holding, a hanging/attachment element;
• and
• a securing mechanism,
• wherein the upper section is slidably attached to the main body section via the elongated first opening and thereby capable of moving vertically up and down said main body section, but can be temporarily fixed at a desired position along the main body section by using said securing mechanism, and
• wherein said structure comprises a magnet disposed adjacent the second opening.

An apparatus for facilitating the hanging of an object on a wall or other surface, said apparatus comprising:

• a main body section having a front surface and an elongated first opening;
• an upper section connected to the main body section and having a protruding portion that protrudes away from the front surface;
• a lower section connected to the main body section and having a second opening for accepting, as well as a structure for holding, a hanging/attachment element;
• and
• a securing mechanism,
• wherein the upper section is slidably attached to the main body section via the elongated first opening and thereby capable of moving vertically up and down said main body section, but can be temporarily fixed at a desired position along the main body section by using said securing mechanism,
• wherein the structure further includes an upwardly angled support, and
• wherein said upwardly angled support has a top edge that curves downwardly from a high point disposed near an edge of the second opening.