Template for arranging and hanging multiple wall hangings
OwnerSandra E. Riceinventor
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Abstract
A template for hanging a group of two or more pictures or other wall decorations is disclosed which is conformable to the size of the area to be covered by the hangings and carries the locations of the hangings and hooks therefor onto the chosen area. A method for arranging two or more wall hangings for a chosen area of a wall while the hangings are disposed on a horizontal surface and thereafter transferring the arrangement to the vertical surface of the wall is also disclosed.
Claims16
A template for transferring an arrangement of at least a pair of wall hangings having fastener means thereon from a horizontally disposed work surface to a vertically disposed display surface on a wall of a room comprising:
- a flexible sheet containing a field portion conformable to the vertically surface
- locator indicia on the field portion for recording the longitudinal and latitudinal positions of
- an outer configuration of each wall hanging,
- a location for each fastener means associated with each wall hanging, and
- a location for a hook to engage each fastener means, and
- an inscribable surface on the field portion for accepting marks recording the location of each wall hanging configuration, wall hanging fastener means hook location.
The method of transferring an arrangement of at least a pair of wall hangings having fastener means thereon from a horizontally disposed work surface to a vertically disposed display surface on a wall of a room comprising the steps of:
- conforming the size of the flexible sheet of material to the size of the display surface for the hangings on the wall of the room,
- placing the flexible sheet on a horizontally disposed work surface,
- arranging the wall hangings on the flexible sheet within the size of the display surface,
- locating each place on the flexible sheet for hooks to engage the fastener means on each wall hanging,
- applying the flexible sheet to the display surface on the wall of the room,
- engaging the hook for each fastener means into the display surface at the places located on the flexible sheet, and
- removing the flexible sheet from the display surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.