Universal hanging mount
AssigneeTracer Imaging LLC
InventorsSteven M. Spiro, Ryan Kelly, Jessica Huffman
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Abstract
A universal hanging mount includes a first substrate having a front face and a rear face. A mounting plate is coupled to the front face. The mounting plate has a rear face that is in contact with the front face of the first substrate and an opposite front face. A plurality of hanging adapters that are formed along the front face of the mounting plate. At least two of the plurality of the hanging adapters are different types of hanging adapters that are configured to mate with different types of hanging hardware that is located along a rear of a frame article.
Claims13
A universal hanging mount comprising:
- a first substrate having a front face and a rear face;
- a mounting plate that is coupled to the front face, the mounting plate having a rear face that is in contact with the front face of the first substrate and an opposite front face;
- and
- a plurality of hanging adapters that are each formed along the front face of the mounting plate;
- wherein the plurality of hanging adapters includes a cable adapter configured to receive a cable or wire, a sawtooth adapter configured to engage a sawtooth hook, a French cleat adapter configured to engage a French cleat, and a nail adapter configured to receive a nail;
- wherein the cable adapter lies above each of the sawtooth adapter, the French cleat adapter and the nail adapter such that a plane that is parallel to a top edge of the first substrate and passes through the cable adapter does not intersect each of the sawtooth adapter, the French cleat adapter and the nail adapter.
A universal hanging mount system comprising:
- a first substrate having a front face and a rear face;
- a mounting plate that is coupled to the front face of the first substrate, the mounting plate having a rear face that is in contact with the front face of the first substrate and an opposite front face;
- a plurality of hanging adapters that are formed along a front face of the mounting plate;
- and
- a second substrate to which the first substrate is coupled for detachably securing the mounting plate to the second substrate, the second substrate having a flat front face and a flat rear face, the rear face of the first substrate being in direct contact with the flat front face of the second substrate;
- wherein the first substrate comprises one of a magnet substrate and a magnetic receptive substrate and the second substrate comprises the other of the magnet substrate and the magnetic receptive substrate;
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- wherein a footprint of the second substrate is larger than a footprint of the first substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.