Wall anchor
OwnerPeter Browninventor
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Abstract
There is described provides a wall anchor for fixing to a hollow wall, such as a plasterboard wall, wherein said anchor comprises an L-shaped portion with a first arm and a second arm, an elongate back portion adapted to engage the inner surface of the wall, a hinge which connects the second arm of said L-shaped portion to said elongate back portion, and a resilient member which urges the elongate back portion to adopt a substantially perpendicular position relative to the second arm of the L-shaped portion. A method of deploying the wall anchor is also described.
Claims18
A wall anchor for fixing to a hollow wall, wherein said anchor comprises an L-shaped portion with a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first and second arms are held in a fixed arrangement substantially perpendicular to each other, a hinge which connects the second arm of said L-shaped portion to an elongate back portion adapted to engage an inner surface of the wall, and a resilient member which urges the elongate back portion to rotate around the hinge to adopt a substantially perpendicular position relative to the second arm of the L-shaped portion, wherein said resilient member is attached to the elongate back portion and to the first arm of the L-shaped member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.