Dual hook wire-snagging hanger
AssigneeInnovia LLC
InventorLeonard Pinchuk
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Abstract
A hanger for pictures and the like is provided that includes at least one elongate bar. Two openings (e.g., thru-holes or slots) extend between corresponding planar front and back surfaces of the bar(s). The two openings are configured to receive fasteners for attaching the bar(s) to the support surface. The two openings are spaced from one another along the lengthwise dimension of the bar(s). Two hooks extend forward and upward from the at least one planar front surface. The two hooks are spaced from one another along the lengthwise dimension of the bar(s). Each hook includes a transition from a planar front surface of the bar(s). Methods of fabricating the hangar and methods of use are also described and claimed.
Claims28
A hanger for supporting an item on a vertical support surface, the hanger comprising:
- at least one elongate bar having at least one planar front surface disposed opposite at least one planar back surface, two openings extending between corresponding planar front and back surfaces of the at least one elongate bar and configured to receive fasteners for attaching the at least one bar to the support surface, and two hooks that extend forward and upward from the at least one planar front surface;
- wherein the two openings are spaced from one another along the lengthwise dimension of the at least one elongate bar;
- wherein the two hooks are spaced from one another along the lengthwise dimension of the at least one elongate bar;
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- wherein the two hooks each include a respective transition from the at least one planar front surface.
A method of fabricating a hanger for supporting an item on a vertical support surface, the method comprising:
- providing at least one elongate flat bar;
- forming two openings extending between corresponding planar front and back surfaces of the at least one elongate flat bar, wherein the two opening are each configured to receive a fastener for attachment to the support surface;
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- bending a portion of the at least one elongate flat bar to form two hooks that extend forward and upward from the at least one planar front surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.