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US 6,629,680 B2Granted
Hanger for and object adapted to be hung on a wall
AssigneeMicasa Trading Corporation
InventorsDavid Weck, Erwin M. Frey
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Abstract
A picture hanger has a metal base from which is stamped a tongue for receiving a wire of a picture frame hung on a wall. The tongue has a convex shape with respect to a front face of the base and a ledge thereof on which the wire rests bears against a protrusion extending from the base front face. The tongue has bends with progressively increasing angles as it extends away from the base.
Claims30
A hanger for an object adapted to be hung on a wall comprising
- a base to be fixedly attached to the wall,
- a tongue extending from the base, the tongue being constructed so that when the base is attached to the wall, a substantial portion of the tongue extends in a generally upward direction from a region of the base where an end of the tongue intersects the base to form an intersection,
- a segment of the tongue in close proximity to the intersection being arranged to receive and hold a thin elongated support structure attached to the object when the base is attached to the wall,
- the tongue portion extending in a generally upward direction including a central region and edges, the edges of the tongue portion being farther from a plane defining a back face of the base than the central region, the base including a protrusion extending beyond a front face of the base beneath the tongue when the base is mounted on the wall, the protrusion having an upper portion, the upper portion of the protrusion being substantially at the intersection, at least some of the end of the tongue intersecting the base abutting and bearing on the protrusion upper portion.
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A hanger for an object adapted to be hung on a wall comprising
- a base to be fixedly attached to the wall,
- a tongue extending from the base, the tongue being constructed so that when the base is mounted on the wall, a substantial portion of the tongue extends in a generally upward direction from a region of the base where an end of the tongue intersects the base to form an intersection,
- a segment of the tongue, in close proximity to the intersection being arranged to receive and hold a thin elongated support structure attached to the object when the base is attached to the wall,
- the base including a protrusion extending beyond a front face of the base beneath the tongue,
- the protrusion having an upper portion, when the base is mounted on the wall, the upper portion of the protrusion being substantially at the intersection, at least some of the end of the tongue intersecting the base abutting and bearing on the upper portion of the protrusion, the protrusion being formed as a dimple extending away from the back face.
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A hanger for an object adapted to be hung on a wall comprising
- a base to be fixedly attached to the wall,
- a tongue extending from the base, the tongue being constructed so that when the base is mounted on the wall, a substantial portion of the tongue extends in a generally upward direction from a region of the base where an end of the tongue intersects the base to form an intersection,
- a segment of the tongue in close proximity to the intersection being arranged to receive and hold a thin elongated support structure attached to the object when the base is attached to the wall,
- the base including a protrusion extending beyond a front face of the base beneath the tongue,
- the protrusion having an upper portion, when the base is mounted on the wall, the upper portion of the protrusion being substantially at the intersection, at least some of the end of the tongue intersecting the base abutting and bearing on the upper portion of the protrusion, the tongue segment in close proximity to the intersection including an arcuate surface for supporting the thin elongated support structure when the base is mounted on the wall.
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A hanger for an object adapted to be hung on a wall comprising
- a base to be fixedly attached to the wall,
- at tongue extending from the base, the tongue being constructed so that when the base is mounted on the wall, a substantial portion of the tongue extends in a generally upward direction from a region of the base where an end of the tongue intersects the base to form an intersection,
- a segment of the tongue in close proximity to the intersection being arranged to receive and hold a thin elongated support structure attached to the object when the base is attached to the wall,
- the base including a protrusion extending beyond a front face of the base beneath the tongue,
- the protrusion having an upper portion, when the base is mounted on the wall, the upper portion of the protrusion being substantially at the intersection, at least some of the end of the tongue intersecting the base abutting and bearing on the upper portion of the protrusion, the tongue segment having a surface for receiving the thin elongated support structure, said surface for receiving the thin elongated support structure extending substantially horizontally when the base is attached to the wall, the horizontal extent of the receiving surface between a planar front face of the base and a vertically extending surface of the tongue facing the base being sufficient to form a ledge for receiving the thin elongated support surface, the ledge having an arcuate shape such that a center portion of the ledge is higher than the edges of the ledge when the base is attached to the wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.