Apparatus and Method for Hanging a Picture
OwnerShari Michelle Hammondinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed having a key having a punch pin and a flat magnet keeps the punch pin in place in a metal v-notch hanger on a back side of a picture frame while a user levels a top edge of the picture frame to mark nail locations. A deck, a turret mounted on a top end of the deck, wherein the turret protrudes from the top end of the deck and the turret is gripped by a user as a handle while hanging a picture on a wall using the apparatus; a hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck for hanging a picture frame from a wire on a back of the picture frame; and a hole through the deck for aligning a push pin to pass through the hole and mark a location for an anchor from which the picture frame hangs.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a flat key having a first end and a second end;
- a punch pin, the punch pin having a sharp end and a flat end, wherein the flat end of the punch is attached to the first end of the key;
- and
- a flat magnet surrounding the flat end of the punch, wherein the flat magnet keeps the punch pin in place in a metal v-notch hanger on a back side of a picture frame while a user levels a top edge of the picture frame so that the top edge of the picture frame is parallel to horizontal while a user presses on a front side of the picture frame pressing the sharp end of the punch pin into a wall for marking hanger locations on the wall for hanging the picture frame so that the top of the picture frame is parallel to horizontal.
A method, the method comprising:
- pressing a deck against a wall, the deck having a front side, a back side, a top end and a bottom end;
- hanging a picture frame from a wire on a back of the picture frame on a hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck for hanging;
- supporting the deck and the picture frame from a turret mounted on a top end of the deck, wherein the turret protrudes from the top end of the deck and the turret is gripped by a user as a handle while hanging a picture on a wall;
- sticking a push pin through a hole through the deck for aligning a push pin;
- and
- marking a location for an anchor from which the picture frame hangs.
An apparatus comprising:
- a deck having a front side, a back side, a top end and a bottom end;
- a turret mounted on a top end of the deck, wherein the turret protrudes from the top end of the deck and the turret is gripped by a user as a handle while hanging a picture on a wall using the apparatus;
- a hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck for hanging a picture frame from a wire on a back of the picture frame;
- and
- a hole through the deck for aligning a push pin to pass through the hole and mark a location for an anchor from which the picture frame hangs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.