Adjustable cable picture-hanging system
OwnerJames N. Tomlinsoninventor
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Abstract
A picture-hanging system comprising a section of metallic picture-hanging wire cable of limited stiffness having a loop at one end to engage a mounting member, such as a screw eye, for connection to a picture frame, the other end extending through a similar mounting member and having a small locking apertureformed at the terminal portion of said other end through which an intermediate portion of said wire cable extends, whereby the length of said cable between said two attaching members may be adjusted by moving said small locking aperture along said intermediate portion of said cable and then applying tension upon the cable to effect a locking offset crimp in the cable to prevent slippage of said small locking aperture along said cable in a direction to lengthen the same between said mounting members.
Claims10
An adjustable picture-hanging system comprising a length of metal picture-hanging wire cable having one end portion formed into a first loop connectable to a mounting member on a picture frame and the opposite end of said cable being provided with a small locking aperture having a cross-sectional dimension only slightly greater than that of said cable and through which an intermediate portion of said cable extends and substantially fills said aperture to form an adjustable second loop for connection to another mounting member on a picture frame, the effective length of said cable between said mounting members being adjustable by moving said intermediate portion of said cable through said small locking aperture and then tensioning said cable between said mounting members, whereby said small locking aperture engages the cable portion passing therethrough and bends it a limited extent into an offset locking crimp in said cable operable to prevent slippage of said cable relative to said locking aperture in a direction to lengthen the same between said mounting members.
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