Maze lock hanger
AssigneeQuartex, division of Primex, Inc.
InventorTerrence John O'Neill
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Abstract
A hanger for mounting an object on a surface such as a wall. The hanger includes a slot that receives a projection such as a nail extending from the wall. The slot is nonlinear and provides an entry path through which the projection travels to reach its mounting position. The hanger also includes slot branches extending from the slot, which together with the slot create a maze through which the projection travels when the object is attempted to be removed from the wall. The slot branches provide dead end paths that the projection may encounter when the object is attempted to be removed from the wall.
Claims18
An electronic device for mounting on a substantially vertical surface, the electronic device comprising:
- a front face, the front face including a display;
- a back face opposite the front face, the back face lying in a substantially vertical plane;
- a top hanger formed on the back face, the top hanger including a substantially vertical hanger face and a nonlinear top slot formed in the hanger face, the hanger face at least partially defining a receiving area, the top slot having a substantially constant width and a first, closed end and a second, opened end, the second end opening into the top receiving area which is at least twice as wide as the top slot;
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- a bottom hanger coupled to the back face and spaced apart from the top hanger,
- wherein the bottom hanger includes a nonlinear bottom slot having a substantially constant width substantially equal to the width of the top slot and a first, closed end and a second, opened end, the second end opening into a bottom receiving area that is at least twice as wide as the bottom slot.
A hanger for supporting a device, the hanger comprising:
- a housing having a hanger face positioned substantially vertically, the hanger face being spaced-apart from a back face of the device by a sidewall;
- a chamber formed behind the hanger face and substantially surrounded by the sidewall;
- a nonlinear slot cut into the hanger face, the slot lying substantially in a vertical plane defined by the hanger face and opening at one end into a receiving area;
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- at least two flanges, one on each side of the receiving area and angled in toward the open end of the slot.
A hanger for supporting a device, the hanger comprising:
- a housing having a face positioned substantially vertically;
- a nonlinear slot cut into the face, the slot having a first end and a second end, the first end being closed and the second end being opened;
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- slot branches diverging from the slot and terminating in closed ends, wherein the hanger is engageable with a projection extending outwardly from a wall, and wherein the slot defines an entry path for the projection, an exit path for the projection, and at least one locking path for the projection, the locking path being different than the exit path,
- wherein the slot includes a third, closed end, and wherein the locking path extends between the first, closed end and the third, closed end, and
- wherein the exit path extends between the first, closed end and the second, opened end, and wherein the entry path extends between the second, opened end and the first, closed end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.