GB2479409A - Adjustable picture hook - Google Patents

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GB2479409A
GB2479409A GB1005970A GB201005970A GB2479409A GB 2479409 A GB2479409 A GB 2479409A GB 1005970 A GB1005970 A GB 1005970A GB 201005970 A GB201005970 A GB 201005970A GB 2479409 A GB2479409 A GB 2479409A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/16—Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like
    • A47G1/20—Picture hooks; X-hooks
    • A47G1/202—Picture hooks; X-hooks adjustable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/16—Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like
    • A47G1/20—Picture hooks; X-hooks

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  • Mirrors, Picture Frames, Photograph Stands, And Related Fastening Devices (AREA)
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Abstract

A hook 1 for hanging pictures, ceramics and the like on a wall two parts 2,3 preferably formed of brass strip. The upper part 2 has a bore 4 for a screw S, with which the picture hook is fixed in a wall W. Beneath the bore, the sides 5 of the part are turned out of the plane of the strip and in over it to form an over-hung channel 6. The lower part 3 has a tang received in the channel with upper lugs 8 to limit movement down out of the channel and with a hook 9. The tang is provided with a crimped-on, threaded boss 10, fitted with a grub screw 11. The position of the tang in the channel, and the distance between the bore 4 and hook 9 is adjustable in accordance with where along the channel the grub screw is engaged with the back web 12 of the channel part 2. The top of the tang is scalloped at 14 to clear the fixing screw when the hook is shortened to the minimum for lifting to the maximum a picture supported by picture wire PW.

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PICTURE HOOK
The present invention relates to a picture hook.
In the home, owners decorate their walls with pictures and other artefacts hung on the walls by means of picture hooks. Such hooks have an upturned, hook end onto which the picture is hooked, traditionally by means of a length piece of picture wire and increasingly now by means of a piece of synthetic material cord. At an upper end a picture hook has means for fixing to the wall, in the form of a hole for a nail or screw.
In this specification, the term "picture hook" is used even if the artefact to be hung is something different such as a ceramic piece.
An awkwardness in the use of picture hooks is adjustment of the height of the picture, to be level with a neighbouring picture. Picture wire or cord runs behind a picture at a shallow angle and is difficult to tie off at a length such as to provide easy height adjustment.
The object of the present invention is to provide an improved picture hook. S... * . S...
* According to the invention there is provided a picture hook having a first, * : upper-in-use, part having means for fixing to a wall and a second, lower-in-use, part * having a turned-up, hook end for supporting a picture, the two parts being adjustably *.e connected whereby the distance between the fixing means and the turned-up hook can * * be adjusted for adjusting the hung height of a picture or artefact.
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Various means can be envisaged for adjustably connecting the first and second parts. For instance one can be provided with a slot for receiving a grub screw is threadedly engaged with the other. In the preferred embodiment, one part, preferably the upper, is provided with an overhung channel in which the other part is receivable.
The received part is provided with a threaded boss in which a screw is threadedly engaged for locking abutment with a back of the channel member, the back being against a wall in use. The threaded boss could equally be provided on the channel member for the screw to lock against the received part, with the channel facing forwards. However, this arrangement is less compact.
To help understanding of the invention, a specific embodiment thereof will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a picture hook in accordance with the invention and Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view o n the line Il-Il in Figure 1.
Referring to the drawings, a picture hook 1 is of two parts 2,3 formed of brass strip. The upper part 2 has a bore 4 for a screw S, with which the picture hook is fixed in a wall W. Beneath the bore, the sides 5 of the part are turned out of the plane of the strip and in over it to form an over-hung channel 6. The lower part 3 has a tang 7 received in the channel with upper lugs 8 to limit movement down out of the channel and with a hook 9. The tang is provided with a crimped-on, threaded boss 10, fitted with a grub screw 11.
The position of the tang in the channel, and the distance between the bore 4 and hook 9 is adjustable in accordance with where along the channel the grub screw is S...
*. engaged with the back web 12 of the channel part 2. The top of the tang is scalloped * .... at 14 to clear the fixing screw when the hook is shortened to the minimum for lifting * : to the maximum a picture supported by picture wire PW. S...
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Claims (10)

  1. CLAIMS: 1. A picture hook having a first, upper-in-use, part having means for fixing to a wall and a second, lower-in-use, part having a turned-up, hook end for supporting a picture, the two parts being adjustably connected whereby the distance between the fixing means and the turned-up hook can be adjusted for adjusting the hung height of a picture or artefact.
  2. 2. A picture hook as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the means for adjustably connecting the first and second parts, one is provided with a slot for receiving a grub screw threadedly engageable with the other.
  3. 3. A picture hook as claimed in claim 1, wherein one part is provided with an overhung channel in which the other part is receivable.
  4. 4. A picture hook as claimed in claim 3, wherein it is the upper part, which is provided with the overhung channel.
  5. 5. A picture hook as claimed in claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the received part is provided with a threaded boss in which a screw is threadedly engaged for locking abutment with a back of the channel member.
  6. 6. A picture hook as claimed in claim 3 or claim 4, wherein a threaded boss is provided on the channel member with a screw lockable against the received part, with the channel facing forwards.
  7. 7. A picture hook as claimed in claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the threaded boss is crimped onto the received part or the channel respectively.
  8. 8. A picture hook as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the lower part has a tang received in the channel with upper lugs to limit movement down out of the channel.
  9. 9. A picture hook as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the means in the upper part for fixing to a wall is a bore for a screw.
  10. 10. A picture hook substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the * accompanying drawings. ** * S * *** *** *
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US2697572A (en) * 1949-11-30 1954-12-21 Pfankuch Joseph Edward Adjustable hanger
GB758706A (en) * 1954-11-12 1956-10-10 Arthur Koestler Improvements in picture hooks
US5584462A (en) * 1995-05-08 1996-12-17 Reese; Douglas M. Adjustable wall hanger
DE19948488A1 (en) * 1999-10-07 2001-04-12 Sebastian Storz Height and side adjustable wall mounting
US20060060748A1 (en) * 2004-05-20 2006-03-23 Laura Darre Adjustable hanger
WO2007053081A1 (en) * 2005-11-02 2007-05-10 Stefan Eriksson-Bradley Suspension hook

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2697572A (en) * 1949-11-30 1954-12-21 Pfankuch Joseph Edward Adjustable hanger
GB758706A (en) * 1954-11-12 1956-10-10 Arthur Koestler Improvements in picture hooks
US5584462A (en) * 1995-05-08 1996-12-17 Reese; Douglas M. Adjustable wall hanger
DE19948488A1 (en) * 1999-10-07 2001-04-12 Sebastian Storz Height and side adjustable wall mounting
US20060060748A1 (en) * 2004-05-20 2006-03-23 Laura Darre Adjustable hanger
WO2007053081A1 (en) * 2005-11-02 2007-05-10 Stefan Eriksson-Bradley Suspension hook

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