Hanging device for picture frames or like objects, and method

A hanging device for a picture frame or like object to be hung on a vertical supporting surface, comprising:

• elongate flat base plate means of sheet-like material with an upper edge, and the plate means being of substantial flat plate width and having front and back faces;
• horizontally spaced means for attaching the plate means with said back face against the supporting surface;
• said plate means having a pair of prong structures which are arranged to be in horizontally spaced vertical alignment and projecting outwardly and upwardly relative to the front face of said base plate means when the base plate means is attached to the supporting surface by said attaching means;
• and the prong structures being bent angularly from the base means and extending substantially above said upper plate of said plate means, so that downwardly facing support surface on the upper portion of a picture frame or like object is adapted to be engaged with said prong structures free and clear above said upper edge.

A hanging device for picture frames or like objects, comprising:

• an elongated flat base bar plate means of substantial flat plate width and having a front face and a back face and an upper edge;
• horizontally spaced means for attaching the base bar plate means with said back face against a vertical supporting surface;
• a pair of horizontally spaced and aligned upwardly extending prongs projecting at right angles outwardly and upwardly relative to the front of said bae bar plate means;
• each of the prongs extending substantially above the upper edge of said base bar plate means;
• and each of the prongs having a pair of upwardly extending spaced barbs with an upwardly facing shoulder edge surface extending between each pair of barbs;
• whereby a downwardly facing surface of the upper portion of a picture frame or like object is adapted to be engaged and penetrated by said barbs for stabilized hanging of the object on said supporting surface, with the upper portion of the object supported by the prongs above said upper edge of the bar means and the back of the object lying flat against said supporting surface.

A method of hanging a picture frame or like object, comprising:

• providing an elongated flat base bar plate means of substantial flat plate width and having a front face and a back face and an upper edge;
• attaching said base bar plate means at horizontally spaced points with said back face against a vertical supporting surface;
• locating a pair of horizontally spaced and aligned upwardly extending prongs to project at right angles outwardly and upwardly relative to the front of said base bar plate means;
• effecting upward extension of said prongs substantially above the upper edge of said base bar plate means;
• and effecting upward extension on each of the prongs a pair of spaced barbs with an upwardly facing shoulder edge surface extending between each pair of barbs, so that a downwardly facing surface of the upper portion of said picture frame or like object can be engaged and penetrated by said barbs for stabilized hanging of the object on said supporting surface, with the upper portion of the object supported by the prongs above said upper edge of the bar means and the back of the object lying flat against said supporting surface.