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US 12,089,740 B1Granted
Vertical mount system
AssigneeSilicate Studio Home, LLC
InventorsSteve Davis, Riley Plocher, Jeff Ward
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Abstract
A vertical mount system for wall hangings comprises a wall mounting fastener alignment plate with an array of apertures to align with a vertical array of wall anchors in the wall and secured by a vertical array of double-headed fasteners. The double-headed fasteners extend through the apertures in the alignment plate and into the wall anchors. The alignment plate positions the wall anchors with respect to the wall. A mounting rail is attached to the alignment plate by the double-headed fasteners. A recess in the rear of the mounting rail receives the alignment plate therein. An array of keyholes in the mounting rail receives outer heads of the double-headed fasteners.
Claims20
A vertical mount system configured for wall hangings, the system comprising:
- a wall mounting fastener alignment plate that is elongated and vertically oriented;
- an array of apertures vertically arrayed along a height of the wall mounting fastener alignment plate;
- a plurality of wall anchors corresponding to the array of apertures and configured to be arranged in a vertical array of wall anchors;
- a plurality of double-headed fasteners corresponding to the array of apertures and configured to be arranged in a vertical array of double-headed fasteners and configured to engage the plurality of wall anchors, each double-headed fastener having an inner head configured to abut to the wall mounting fastener alignment plate and an outer head extending from the inner head by a narrower neck;
- the wall mounting fastener alignment plate configured to position the plurality of wall anchors with respect to a wall in the vertical array of wall hangers;
- the wall mounting fastener alignment plate configured to be secured to the wall via the plurality of double-headed fasteners received through the array of apertures and into the array of wall anchors;
- a mounting rail associated with the wall mounting fastener alignment plate and having a rear;
- a recess in the rear of the mounting rail sized and shaped to receive the wall mounting fastener alignment plate therein;
- an array of keyholes in the rear of the mounting rail and vertically arrayed along a height of the mounting rail, the array of keyholes configured to receive the outer heads of the plurality of double-headed fasteners to mount the mounting rail to the wall, the array of keyholes having:
- an elongated cavity;
- a larger opening to the cavity sized to receive the outer head of a double headed fastener;
- a narrower slot to the cavity contiguous with the larger opening and sized to receive the narrower neck of the double headed fastener;
- a pair of opposite flanges bordering the narrower slot and configured to abut to the outer head of the double headed fastener;
- and a longitudinal axis aligned with the larger opening and narrower slot;
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- the longitudinal axes of the array of keyholes being vertically aligned and collinear with respect to one another.
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A vertical mount system configured for wall hangings, the system comprising:
- a pair of wall mounting fastener alignment plates that are configured to be mounted to a wall, spaced-apart from one another, and vertically oriented;
- each wall mounting fastener alignment plate comprising:
- an array of apertures vertically arrayed along a height of the wall mounting fastener alignment plate;
- a plurality of double-headed fasteners corresponding to the array of apertures and configured to be arranged in a vertical array of double-headed fasteners, each double-headed fastener having an inner head configured to abut to the wall mounting fastener alignment plate and an outer head extending from the inner head by a narrower neck;
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- the wall mounting fastener alignment plate configured to be secured to the wall via the plurality of double-headed fasteners received through the array of apertures.
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A method for mounting on a wall, the method comprising:
- placing a wall mounting fastener alignment plate against a surface of the wall;
- orienting the wall mounting fastener alignment plate vertically;
- securing a plurality of double-headed fasteners to the wall through an array of apertures in the wall mounting fastener alignment plate to form a vertical array of double-headed fasteners;
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- securing a mounting rail to the wall with an array of keyholes in the mounting rail receiving the array of double-headed fasteners, with a recess of the mounting rail receiving the wall mounting fastener alignment plate, and with a rear of the mounting rail abutting to the surface of the wall.
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A method for hanging a wall hanging on a wall, the method comprising:
- placing a wall mounting fastener alignment plate against a surface of the wall;
- vertically orienting the wall mounting fastener alignment plate;
- marking the surface of the wall through the array of apertures in the wall mounting fastener alignment plate with an array of marks;
- removing the wall mounting fastener alignment plate from the wall;
- securing the plurality of wall anchors to the wall at locations corresponding to the array of marks to form a vertical array of anchors;
- placing the wall mounting fastener alignment plate against the surface of the wall with the array of apertures aligned with the array of wall anchors;
- securing the plurality of double-headed fasteners to the wall through the array of apertures and into the array of wall anchors to form a vertical array of double-headed fasteners;
- aligning an array of keyholes in the mounting rail to the array of double-headed fasteners;
- moving the mounting rail horizontally towards the wall with outer heads of the double-headed fasteners extending into larger openings in the array of keyholes, and with the recess of the mounting rail receiving the wall mounting fastener alignment plate, until the rear of the mounting rail abuts to the surface of the wall;
- moving the mounting rail downwardly with outer heads of the double-headed fasteners extending into narrower slots in the array of keyholes;
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- securing the wall hanging to the mounting rail.
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