US 7,677,521 B2Granted

Adjustable wall hanger assembly

OwnerCory D. Priceinventor

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Abstract

An adjustable hanger assembly comprises a hanger, a hanger mount, and a bracket assembly. The hanger comprises a first set of serrations, a center slot, and a hanger tab. The hanger mount comprises a second set of serrations, and a mount aperture. The hanger mount aperture is positioned in coplanar alignment with the center slot axis. The hanger and the hanger mount are assembled together by meshing the serrations in the first and second sets of serrations in a pre-selected position to accommodate users' positioning requirements. A mounting fastener extends through the hanger and the hanger mount for clamping the abutting assembly together and mounting the same to a wall. The hanger assembly is laterally positionable within, and snap-fittable to, the bracket assembly. Together the hanger assembly and the bracket assembly enable the user to adjust the target wall-hanging in two-dimensional space.

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Dependent claims

A wall-hanging system, the wall-hanging system for hanging a wall-hanging and for enabling two-dimensional adjustment of the wall-hanging, the wall-hanging system comprising, in combination:

a hanger assembly, the hanger assembly comprising a hanger, a hanger mount, and means for fastening the hanger assembly to a wall, the hanger comprising a first main hanger body, the first main hanger body comprising a back side, a center slot, a hanger tab, and a snap bar, the back side comprising a first set of serrations positioned in side-to-side spaced relation to one another, the hanger mount comprising a second main mount body, the second main mount body comprising a front side and a center mount hole, the front side comprising a second set of serrations positioned in side-to-side spaced relation to one another and being sized, shaped, and positioned in confronting relation to said first set of serrations, the center mount hole confronting the center slot, the hanger tab being positioned for supporting an object hung on the hanger tab, the hanger tab being fixedly connected to said first main hanger body overlying said center slot with a free end of said hanger tab extending upwardly, the snap bar being formed in underlying relation to the center slot for snap-fitting the hanger to hanger-receiving structure, the first main hanger body being vertically adjustable relative to said second main mount body to assist in adjusting the first and second sets of serrations when being disengaged and re-engaged in different positions with relation to one another, the hanger and hanger mount being assembled together by meshing said first and second sets of serrations in a pre-selected position to accommodate users' positioning requirements while maintaining the center slot and the center mount hole in coplanar alignment, and
a clip bracket, the clip bracket comprising a main bracket body, a hanger packet, a flexible snap arm, a bracket width, and means for fastening the clip bracket to a target wall-hanging and for forming a bracketed wall-hanging, the hanger pocket for receiving the hanger tab, the flexible snap arm for cooperably engaging the snap bar and for snap-fitting the hanger to the clip bracket, the bracketed wall-hanging thus being snap-fittable to the hanger assembly, the bracket width being dimensioned for enabling horizontal adjustment of the hanger assembly relative to the main bracket body.

A wall-hanging assembly, the wall-hanging assembly for hanging a wall-hanging and for enabling adjustment of the wall-hanging, the wall-hanging assembly comprising:

a hanger assembly, the hanger assembly comprising a hanger and a hanger mount, the hanger comprising a first main hanger body, the first main hanger body comprising a back side, a center slot, and a hanger tab, the back side comprising a first set of serrations positioned in side-to-side spaced relation to one another, the hanger mount comprising a second main mount body, the second main mount body comprising a front side and a center mount hole, the front side comprising a second set of serrations positioned in side-to-side spaced relation to one another and being sized, shaped, and positioned in confronting relation to said first set of serrations, the center mount hole confronting the center slot, the hanger tab being positioned for supporting an object hung on the hanger tab, the hanger tab being fixedly connected to said first main hanger body overlying said center slot with a free end of said hanger tab extending upwardly, the first main hanger body being vertically adjustable relative to said second main mount body to assist in adjusting the first and second sets of serrations when being disengaged and re-engaged in different positions with relation to one another, the hanger and hanger mount being assembled together by meshing said first and second sets of serrations in a pre-selected position to accommodate users' positioning requirements while maintaining the center slot and the center mount hole in coplanar alignment, and
a mounting fastener, the mounting fastener extending through said center slot and said center mount hole retaining the hanger and the hanger mount together in superimposed lapped retained assembly in the pre-selected position, the mounting fastener underlying the hanger tab for easy access when being extended through said center slot and said center mount hole.

A wall-hanging assembly, the wall-hanging assembly for hanging a wall-hanging and for enabling adjustment of the wall-hanging, the wall-hanging assembly comprising:

a hanger assembly, the hanger assembly comprising a hanger and a hanger mount, the hanger comprising a first main hanger body, the first main hanger body is dish-shaped and comprises a back side, a center slot, an annular rim hanger section, and a hanger tab, the back side comprising a first set of serrations positioned in side-to-side spaced relation to one another, the annular rim surrounding the center slot in an upper section of the first main hanger body and comprising an upper rim section and a lower rim section, the hanger tab being integrally formed with the upper rim section, the hanger mount comprising a second main mount body, the second main mount body comprising a front side and a center mount hole, the front side comprising a second set of serrations positioned in side-to-side spaced relation to one another and being sized, shaped, and positioned in confronting relation to said first set of serrations, the center mount hole confronting the center slot, the hanger tab being positioned for supporting an object hung on the hanger tab, the hanger tab being fixedly connected to said first main hanger body overlying said center slot with a free end of said hanger tab extending upwardly, the first main hanger body being vertically adjustable relative to said second main mount body to assist in adjusting the first and second sets of serrations when being disengaged and re-engaged in different positions with relation to one another, the hanger and hanger mount being assembled together by meshing said first and second sets of serrations in a pre-selected position to accommodate users' positioning requirements while maintaining the center slot and the center mount hole in coplanar alignment, and
a mounting fastener, the mounting fastener comprising a fastener head, the mounting fastener extending through said center slot and said center mount hole retaining the hanger and the hanger mount together in superimposed lapped retained assembly in the pre-selected position, the mounting fastener underlying the hanger tab for easy access when being extended through said center slot and said center mount hole, the fastener head being housed inside said annular rim hanger section when the fastener head rests on an upper hanger section with the mounting fastener then being extended through center slot and said center mount hole.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/732,740Filed 4 Apr 2007 · continuation in part
Priority: 9 May 2005
Published: US 2007/0187566 A116 Aug 2007
Granted: 16 Mar 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification2 codes

A47G 1/1613
Comprising a wall member cooperating with a corresponding picture member: and being adjustable
A47G
Household or table equipment

Family

Application11/124,778Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 May 2005
US 2007/0187566 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Aug 2007
US 7,201,357 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2006/0249645 A1Published application
US 7,677,521 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.