Picture Hanging Device
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsOleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, Stephen R. Valancius
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for hanging one or more objects, such as frames, on a surface. A marking device for marking a surface for hanging one or more objects. The marking device can have a main body portion having first and second arms pivotably attached thereto. The first and second arms, as well as the main body, can each have a marker to mark a target surface. The marking device can optionally have a level indicator and the first and second arms can have markers which can slide along a ruled measure for convenient positioning of marks on the target surface. Optionally, the markers can have biased, retractable, or sheathed marker pins.
Claims15
An intelligent stud finder, comprising:
- a head portion comprising a plurality of capacitive plates adjacent to one another;
- said capacitive plates each having a plate width, a plate length, a capacitive plate longitudinal centerline;
- said capacitive plates positioned to have at least a portion along a finding axis when used adjacent to a surface;
- said head portion having a first width measured perpendicular to a capacitive plate longitudinal centerline and having a first width length with is greater than the sum of the plate widths of the plurality of capacitive plates;
- a handle having a handle centerline which is not parallel to the finding axis;
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- said handle having a second width which is measure parallel to the first width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.