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US 9,801,477 B2Granted
Picture hanging bracket and method of installation
AssigneeUnder the Roof Decorating Inc.
InventorsKelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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AssigneeUnder the Roof Decorating Inc.
InventorsKelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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A hanging bracket for hanging a picture frame having at least two right angled corners on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a planar base terminating with a beveled edge formed by two straight sections and an intervening arcuate section. A V-shaped column is spaced from the beveled edge by a V-shaped planar portion of the base and extends perpendicularly from the base terminating in a V-shaped top edge with two straight legs joined at a rounded corner. A pin is embedded in the rounded corner and extends outwardly beyond the straight legs of the column. The base is inserted between the back of a canvas picture and the two adjacent frame members at each corner of the picture frame with the projecting pins being pressed into the support structure to suspend the picture frame therefrom.
A hanging bracket comprising:
In combination, a rectangular picture frame and a pair of hanging brackets for hanging said picture frame on a support structure;
A method of installing a hanging bracket on a canvas art having a rectangular frame and a canvas attached to and stretched across a front of the frame, including the step of:
A hanging bracket comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like: comprising a wall member cooperating with a corresponding picture member
Mirrors ; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means: picture frames
Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like: wall members for connection to a conventional picture
Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like: pin plates
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a bracket for hanging pictures onto a supporting wall or structure. More particularly, the invention relates to a picture hanging bracket and method of use for hanging canvas art wherein the hanger is slidably inserted between the canvas and frame and has a protruding pin for insertion into the supporting structure.
Background Information
A sample embodiment of the invention is set forth in the following description, is shown in the drawings and is particularly and distinctly pointed out and set forth in the appended claims.
FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the picture hanging bracket.
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof.
Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.
The picture hanging bracket of the present invention is indicated generally at 1, and is shown in FIG. 1. Bracket 1 preferably is formed of a one-piece molded plastic material and includes a main base indicated generally at 3, and an upwardly extending column indicated generally at 5. Base 3 has a planar top surface 7 and a parallel planar bottom surface 8 (FIG. 3) with straight side edges 10 and 11 which merge with a beveled edge indicated generally at 13. Beveled edge 13 includes a pair of straight beveled sections 15 and 16 which merge into an arcuate corner section 18 which has an arcuate length of approximately 45 degrees.
Column 5 includes a pair of legs 20 and 21 which terminate in a rounded corner indicated at 23. Rounded corner 23 has a generally circular shape and is formed with a cylindrical hole 25 extending at least partially into the rounded corner (FIG. 4). Legs 20 and 21 are preferably similar in size and configuration and terminate in top edges 27 and 28 respectively, which form a right angle therebetween and merge at rounded corner 23. Column 5 is spaced from beveled edge 13 providing a generally V-shaped configuration to planar top surface 7 of base 3.