# US 4,382,337 A · Device for locating suspension hook

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- Number: US 4,382,337 A
- Document ID: US4382337A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/336,921
- Filed: 1982-01-04
- Granted: 1983-05-10
- Earliest claimed: 1982-01-04
- Inventors: Robert L. Bendick
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4382337A

## CPC

- B25H 7/04: Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking (centre punches B25D5/00 {; cord line chalkers B44D3/38})
- A47G 1/205: {Devices for positioning picture hooks on a wall}
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

A device for marking the location on a wall in which to place a nail or hook for suspending an article, such as a picture frame, of the type having a supporting cord on the back thereof. The device comprises a carrier member adapted to be suspended by a flexible element in a general vertical direction. The carrier member is provided with a marking pointer extending from one side of the carrier member in a horizontal direction. The pointer is grooved adjacent the carrier member for firmly receiving the cord of the article to be hung. The carrier member, together with the article supported by engagement of its cord with the pointer, is positioned at the desired location on the wall to make an impression on the wall for locating the hook which will automatically permit the article to be supported on the wall at the desired location.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for marking the location of a suspension element on a wall, said suspension element being adapted to support on said wall an article having a cord engaged with said suspension element, comprising,
(a) a carrier member,
(b) a marking pointer extending from one side of said carrier member,
(c) an elongated flexible member threaded through an aperture in the carrier member for suspending said carrier member in substantially vertical disposition in which said pointer extends horizontally,
(d) said pointer being provided with a groove adjacent the carrier member for receiving the cord of said article for supporting said article in the same manner as said article would be supported on a wall by engagement of the cord with a suspension element on the wall,
(e) whereby the carrier member together with the article supported by engagement of its cord with the groove on the pointer can be positioned at the desired location on the wall to enable the pointer to make an impression on the wall for locating a suspension element which will automatically permit the same article to be supported on said wall at said desired location,
(f) said carrier member being compact in shape and confined within the periphery of said article when said article is supported by said carrier member, and
(g) said carrier member and pointer being molded in one piece.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pointer is cylindrically shaped as it extends from the carrier member and terminates in a point on the axis of the pointer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the marking pointer contains an element adapted to make a visible impression on a surface without indentation thereof.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the carrier member is a circular disc.