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US 4,381,097 AGranted
Apparatus for and method of suspending a load
OwnerDaniel A. Moracainventor
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to an apparatus for suspending a load from a wall, which apparatus incorporates a rigid rod which can be driven through a wall, a convoluted cord wouplce to the rigid rod, and a hook device having a slot which can be forked about the convoluted cord trailing through the wall to thereby compress the wall between the rod and the hook, so that a load can then be supported from the hook.
Claims12
A wall attachment apparatus, comprising:
- backing means having an elongated rod member for contacting a first face of said wall;
- hook means for contacting a second face of said wall and further for permitting support of a load;
- tension means connected to said elongated rod member at a place spaced from the ends thereof for biasing said wall between said backing means and said hook means;
- and said tension means comprising a convoluted cord member;
- said cord having at least a pivotally flexible coupling to said rod member;
- and said hook means having means for engaging a particular one of said convolutions.
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A method of suspending a load from a wall, comprising the steps of:
- coupling a periodically convoluted cord to a rod;
- driving said rod completely through said wall;
- tensioning said cord to load said rod against said wall;
- forking a convolution of said convoluted cord with a slotted hook;
- and
- engaging said load upon said hook.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.