US20220304491A1

US20220304491A1 - Variable wall attachable hanger

Info

Publication number: US20220304491A1
Application number: US17/617,896
Authority: US
Inventors: Dong Jin Park
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-06-10
Filing date: 2020-06-05
Publication date: 2022-09-29
Also published as: KR102040588B1; CN113966185A; WO2020251221A1; JP2022536117A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hanger installed on a wall (91), having a protruding hook rod (20) detachably coupled to one end of an attachment plate (10) attached to a wall surface, wherein a coupling state of the hook rod (20) can be converted to an upper state and a lower state. Through the present invention, the position and direction of the hook rod (20) of a wall-attachable hanger attachment plate (10) can be freely adjusted such that a user can freely select a method of installation and use of the wall-attachable hanger by, according to the use of the wall-attachable hanger, coupling the hook rod (20) to the lower end portion of the attachment plate (10) so as to support a heavy article, or coupling the hook rod (20) to the upper end portion of the attachment plate so as to conceal the attachment plate (10) behind an article and thereby secure appearance, etc.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a hanger installed on a wall 91, in which a protruding hanging rod 20 is detachably coupled to one end of an attachment plate 10 attached to a wall and a coupling state of the hanging rod 20 is converted upward and downward.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

The related art of a hanger attached to a wall 91 to hang various objects includes Korean Patent No. 1102046, and the conventional hanger attached to the wall 91 includes an attachment plate 10 fixed to the wall 91 and a ring 19 adhered to the attachment plate 10 and supports various objects such as a picture frame or clothing, as shown in FIG. 1.
Main components of the conventional hanger as well as Korean Patent No. 1102046 may include the attachment plate 10 and the ring 19, and as described above, the attachment plate 10 may be attached and fixed to the wall 91, and in this regard, a rear surface of the attachment plate 10 may be adhered to a surface of the wall 91 through adhesives or adhesive sheets or the attachment plate 10 may be fixed to the wall 91 through a coupling device such as a nail or a screw.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ring 19 adhered to the attachment plate 10 may be configured in the form of a rod for directly supporting an object, and as shown in the drawings, the ring 19 may be generally formed at a lower portion of the attachment plate 10, and a fore end may be bent upward to prevent the object coupled to the ring 19 from being separated therefrom.
In the hanger attached to the wall 91, adhesion force between the wall 91 and the hanger may be proportional to an adhesion area between the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 and the surface of the wall 91, and this proportional relationship between the contact area between the attachment plate 10 and the wall 91 and the hanger attachment force is established irrespective of adhesion and fastening, which are attachment methods of the hanger as described above.
That is, when the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 is adhered to the surface of the wall 91, the contact area is also increased as the attachment plate 10 is enlarged, needless to say, and when the attachment plate 10 and the wall 91 are coupled using a nail, a screw, or the like, substantial adhesion force between the attachment plate 10 and the wall 91 is also caused by static friction formed as the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 is pressed to a surface of the wall 91 using a coupling device such as a nail or a screw, and accordingly, as the enlarged attachment plate 10 is applied, the adhesion force of the hanger increases.
Accordingly, to achieve predetermine bearing capacity by the hanger attached to the wall 91, the contact area between the surface of the wall 91 and the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 needs to be sufficiently ensured, and thus, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, generally, the attachment plate 10 having a significant area is formed on an upper end of the ring 19 that actually supports an object.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Technical Problem to be Solved

As described above, in a hanger attached to a wall 9, an attachment plate 10 may be a required component for achieving adhesion force and bearing capacity, and a proportional relationship between an area of an attachment plate 10 and adhesion force may be achieved, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the attachment plate 10 may have a superior exposed area compared to a ring 19 that actually supports an object.
That is, most of the configuration of the hanger, which a user visually perceives, may be the attachment plate 10, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when an object is hung and supported by a hanger attached to the wall 91, the attachment plate 10 may be directly exposed out of an upper side of the object, and thus aesthetics may be degraded and significant visual discomfort may be caused.
Thus, a method of forming the ring 19 at an upper portion of the attachment plate 10 may be considered, and in this case, the attachment plate 10 may be concealed behind the object, thereby improving aesthetics, but as the ring 19 is formed at the upper portion of the attachment plate 10, a load of the object or external impact is concentrated on the upper portion of the attachment plate 10, thereby degrading the bearing capacity of the attachment plate 10, and accordingly, the wall-attachable hanger in which the ring 19 is formed at the upper portion of the attachment plate 10 may sufficiently support a lightweight object, but has a limit in supporting a heavy object.
Nevertheless, depending on the use, a conventional wall-attachable hanger may be used in a manner of selecting the wall-attachable hanger in which the ring 19 is formed on the upper end of the attachment plate 10 to ensure aesthetics in the case of a lightweight object and selecting the wall-attachable hanger in which the ring 19 is formed at the lower portion of the attachment plate 10 to ensure bearing capacity in the case of a lightweight object while accepting degradation of aesthetics, which causes the following problems for both a producer and a user.
First, in terms of a producer, two types of products, that is, a product in which the ring 19 is formed at a lower end of the attachment plate 10 and a product in which the ring 19 is formed at an upper end of the attachment plate 10 need to be produced and purchased, and accordingly, cost consumption may be unavoidable due to handling of multiple products, which increases product prices.
In terms of a user, aside from a burden of the aforementioned increase in product prices, it may be impossible to convert a product that is once purchased, that is, to convert a product in which the ring 19 is formed at the lower end of the attachment plate 10 into a product in which the ring 19 is formed at the upper end of the attachment plate 10, and accordingly, there may be a limit in free use of the wall-attachable hanger depending on the situation, and in particular, selection of the wall-attachable hanger of a type of the lower-end ring 19 or the wall-attachable hanger of a type of the upper-end ring 19 may be frequently changed depending on the circumstances, such as arrangement of surrounding items and the state of interior decoration even if the same object is supported, and thus there may be difficulty in selecting an appropriate wall-attachable hanger.
There are bound to be difficulties in selecting an appropriate wall-attachable hanger.
To overcome the problem in terms of selection of the conventional wall-attachable hanger, both the wall-attachable hanger of the type of the lower-end ring 19 and the wall-attachable hanger of the type of the upper-end ring 19 may be purchased and selectively applied, but this may cause unnecessary cost expenditure as well as resource waste and environmental pollution due to a discarded wall-attachable hanger.

Technical Solution

To overcome the aforementioned problem, the present invention relates to a wall-attachable hanger for freely adjusting a direction of a hanging rod 20 for supporting an object in the hanger attached to a wall 9, and the wall-attachable hanger, which is a variable wall-attachable hanger including an attachment plate 10, a rear surface of which is attached to a wall 91, and a hanging rod 20 that is a rod, a rear end of which is connected to the attachment plate 10 and which protrudes toward a front side of the attachment plate 10, wherein an engagement hole 13 formed through the attachment plate 10 is formed in an end of the attachment plate 10, and an enlarged hole 14 having an inside diameter larger than an inside diameter of the engagement hole 13 is formed around the engagement hole 13 of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10, a coupler 21 having a sectional shape corresponding to the engagement hole 13 is formed at a rear end of the hanging rod 20, and a magnification part 23 having a shape corresponding to the enlarged hole 14 is formed at a rear end of the coupler 21, each of sectional shapes of the engagement hole 13 and the coupler 21 is a non-circular point-symmetric shape, the enlarged hole 14 and the magnification part 23 form a point-symmetric sectional shape, and the front end of the hanging rod 20 is spaced apart from a central line of the coupler 21.

Effect of Invention

According to the present invention, the position and direction of a hanging rod 20 of an attachment plate 10 of a wall-attachable hanger may be freely adjusted, and thus an installation and usage method of the wall-attachable hanger may be freely selected by a user, and for example, the hanging rod 20 may be coupled to a lower end of the attachment plate 10 to support a heavy object or the hanging rod 20 may be coupled to an upper end of the attachment plate 10 to conceal the attachment plate 10 behind an object to ensure aesthetics.
Accordingly, compatibility of the wall-attachable hanger may be ensured and user convenience may be improved and unnecessary production and disposal of the wall-attachable hanger may also be prevented, thereby saving resources and protecting an environment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state of use of a conventional hanger.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a state of use of a conventional hanger.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a state of use of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a rear side of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rear side of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a representative cross-sectional view of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a modified embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a wall-attachable hanger includes an attachment plate 10, a rear surface of which is attached to a wall 91, and a hanging rod 20 that is a rod, a rear end of which is connected to the attachment plate 10 and which protrudes toward a front side of the attachment plate 10.
An engagement hole 13 formed through the attachment plate 10 is formed in an end of the attachment plate 10, and an enlarged hole 14 having an inside diameter larger than an inside diameter of the engagement hole 13 is formed around the engagement hole 13 of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10, a coupler 21 having a sectional shape corresponding to the engagement hole 13 is formed at a rear end of the hanging rod 20, and a magnification part 23 having a shape corresponding to the enlarged hole 14 is formed at a rear end of the coupler 21, each of sectional shapes of the engagement hole 13 and the coupler 21 is a non-circular point-symmetric shape, the enlarged hole 14 and the magnification part 23 form a point-symmetric sectional shape, the hanging rod 20 is coupled to the engagement hole 13 by inserting a front end of the hanging rod 20 toward a front surface from of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10, and separation of the hanging rod 20 is prevented while the magnification part 23 is adhered to a perimeter of the engagement hole 13 of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10, and the front end of the hanging rod 20 is spaced apart from a central line of the coupler 21.

[Mode for Invention]

The detailed configuration and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings
First, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outer appearance of a wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention may include an attachment plate 10, a rear surface of which is attached to a wall 91, and a hanging rod 20 that is a rod, a rear end of which is connected to the attachment plate 10 and which protrudes toward a front side of the attachment plate 10.
Wall-attachable hangers shown left and right sides of FIG. 3 according to the present invention may be the same hanger but not different types of hangers, and the wall-attachable hanger in a state shown in the right side of the drawing by separating the hanging rod 20 from the attachment plate 10, rotating the hanging rod 20 by 180 degrees to re-coupling the hanging rod 20 to the attachment plate 10, and then rotating the entire hanger by 180 degrees in the hanger shown in the left side of the drawing.
That is, according to the present invention, the wall-attachable hanger may be freely converted in the form in which the hanging rod 20 is formed at a lower end of the attachment plate 10 as shown in the left side of the drawing or in the form in which the hanging rod 20 is formed at an upper end of the attachment plate 10 as shown in the right side of the drawing, and thus as shown in a left side of FIG. 4, when the hanging rod 20 is formed at the lower end of the attachment plate 10, a heavy object may be stably supported, and as shown in a right side of FIG. 4, when the hanging rod 20 is formed at the upper end of the attachment plate 10, the attachment plate 10 may be concealed behind the object, thereby ensuring aesthetics.
Conversion of a coupling state of the hanging rod 20 of the wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention may be achieved through a coupling structure between the attachment plate 10 and the hanging rod 20 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and in the state in which the hanging rod 20 is completely coupled to the attachment plate 10, the wall 91 and the attachment plate 10 may be fixedly adhered to each other while a flat surface is formed on the rear surface of the wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7.
According to the present invention, the attachment plate 10 may realize adhesion force between the wall 91 and the hanger, and although not illustrated, various installation methods may be applied, and for example, the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 and the surface of the wall 91 may be adhered through adhesives or adhesive sheets or the attachment plate 10 and the wall 91 may be coupled to each other by a nail, a screw, or the like to adhere the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 to the surface of the wall 91, and an attachment method between the attachment plate 10 and the wall 91 may be selectively applied by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, and thus is not defined in detail by the claims.
As in the dictionary, the hanging rod 20 of the wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention may be a rod for hanging a support object, and irrespective of a coupling method of the attachment plate 10 of the hanging rod 20, a front end of the hanging rod 20 may be positioned above a rear end of the hanging rod 20.
According to an embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, the hanging rod 20 may be configured as a rod inclined upward, and thus when an object is hung by the hanging rod 20, a support point of the object may be smoothly moved toward a rear side of the hanging rod 20 to stably support the object, as shown in FIG. 4, and in this case, the hanging rod 20 may have various shapes such as a straight inclined shape or an arc shape as shown in FIGS. 3 to 8.
In the wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention, to maximize an effect of concealing the attachment plate 10 as shown in the right side of FIG. 4, a head part 12 to which the hanging rod 20 is connected may be formed at the upper end of the attachment plate 10, and a neck part 11 for connecting the head part 12 and the attachment plate 10 may be formed, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5.
The head part 12 connected to the coupler 21 of the rear end of the hanging rod 20 may have a surface area that is slightly increased compared with the coupler 21 of the hanging rod 20, and thus may have a surface area that is significantly reduced compared with a body of the attachment plate 10, and the neck part 11 may also function as a connector between the head part 12 and the attachment plate 10 and may have a surface area that is reduced compared with the body of the attachment plate 10.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the hanger according to the present invention, the neck part 11 and the head part 12 that are formed at the upper end of the attachment plate 10 may be components for connection between the attachment plate 10 and the hanging rod 20, and the body of the attachment plate 10 below the neck part 11 may be actually responsible for distribution of adhesion force between the hanger and the wall 91.
As such, the rear end of the hanging rod 20 may not be simply connected to the upper end of the attachment plate 10, and instead, the neck part 11 and the head part 12 may be formed at the upper end of the attachment plate 10 and the hanging rod 20 may be connected to the head part 12, and thus a portion exposed out of the object may be minimized and overall aesthetics may be improved.
As described above, in the wall-attachable hanger according to the present invention, the hanging rod 20 may be detachably configured, and a coupled direction of the hanging rod 20 may be adjusted upward or downward, and thus as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a method of use may be freely selected, which may be achieved using a sectional shape of the coupler 21 of the hanging rod 20 and a sectional shape of an engagement hole 13 formed through the attachment plate 10 to corresponding to the sectional shape of the coupler 21, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8.
That is, the engagement hole 13 formed through the attachment plate 10 may be formed in an end of the attachment plate 10, and the coupler 21 having a sectional shape corresponding to the engagement hole 13 may be formed at a rear end of the hanging rod 20, and in this case, sectional shapes of the engagement hole 13 and the coupler 21 may each be a non-circular point-symmetric shape.
Accordingly, a direction of the hanging rod 20 may be rotated by 180 degrees to be smoothly coupled to the engagement hole 13, and the hanging rod 20 coupled to the engagement hole 13 may also be firmly fixed.
As in the dictionary, the non-circular point-symmetric shape applied to the sectional area of the coupler 21 of the hanging rod 20 may be a shape that is maintained in the same shape even if the figure is rotated by 180 degrees using a central point of the shape as an axis, and in the embodiment shown in the drawing, an oval sectional shape may be applied.
Although the circle is a representative point-symmetric figure, the circle may be excluded from the sectional shape of the coupler 21 and the engagement hole 13 of the present invention, and this is because, in the case of the circle, a coupling direction of the hanging rod 20 is freely adjusted, but the hanging rod 20 is unnecessarily rotated to remove a support function of an object.
An enlarged hole 14 having an inside diameter larger than that of the engagement hole 13 may be formed around the engagement hole 13 of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10, a magnification part 23 having a shape corresponding to the enlarged hole 14 may be formed at a rear end of the coupler 21, and here, the enlarged hole 14 and the magnification part 23 may form a point-symmetric sectional shape.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, according to a modified embodiment of the present invention, the hanging rod 20 may be coupled to the engagement hole 13 by inserting a front end of the hanging rod 20 toward a front surface from of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10, and as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the magnification part 23 having an enlarged sectional area may be formed at the rear end of the coupler 21 of the hanging rod 20, thereby preventing the hanging rod 20 from completely passing through the engagement hole 13 and separating forward.
That is, the magnification part 23 formed at the rear end of the coupler 21 of the hanging rod 20 may function as a kind of stopper and may prevent separation of the hanging rod 20 while the magnification part 23 is adhered to a perimeter of the engagement hole 13 of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the hanging rod 20 and the engagement hole 13 may be coupled to each other, the magnification part 23 may be fully embedded inside the attachment plate 10 to form a flat surface over the entire rear surface of the attachment plate 10, thereby ensuring adhesion between the attachment plate 10 and the wall 91 and maintaining adhesion force therebetween.
The flat surface of the rear surface of the attachment plate 10 around the magnification part 23 needs to be formed irrespective of a coupling direction of the hanging rod 20 with respect to the engagement hole 13, and thus a shape of the magnification part 23 also needs to be form a point-symmetric shape, the enlarged hole 14 having a shape corresponding to the magnification part 23 may be formed outside of the rear surface of the attachment plate of the engagement hole 13 corresponding to the magnification part 23, as shown in FIG. 11, and the magnification part 23 may be completely input and coupled to the enlarged hole 14, thereby forming a flat surface over the entire rear surface of the attachment plate 10, as shown in FIG. 12.
As shown in FIG. 8, the front end of the hanging rod 20 may be spaced apart from a central line of the coupler 21, that is, the hanging rod 20 may not form a straight line across the body and the coupler 21, but may rather form an inclined, curved or bent line, and accordingly, when the hanging rod 20 is appropriately coupled, the front end of the hanging rod 20 may be positioned above the rear end thereof, an object supported by the hanging rod 20 may not be separated from the hanging rod 20, and the hanging rod 20 may have a curved structure as in FIG. 9 in addition to the inclined shape as in FIG. 8.

Claims

1. A variable wall-attachable hanger comprising:

an attachment plate (10), a rear surface of which is attached to a wall (91); and

a hanging rod (20) that is a rod, a rear end of which is connected to the attachment plate (10) and which protrudes toward a front side of the attachment plate (10),

wherein an engagement hole (13) formed through the attachment plate (10) is formed in an end of the attachment plate (10), and an enlarged hole (14) having an inside diameter larger than an inside diameter of the engagement hole (13) is formed around the engagement hole (13) of the rear surface of the attachment plate (10),

wherein a coupler (21) having a sectional shape corresponding to the engagement hole (13) is formed at a rear end of the hanging rod (20), and a magnification part (23) having a shape corresponding to the enlarged hole (14) is formed at a rear end of the coupler (21),

wherein each of sectional shapes of the engagement hole (13) and the coupler (21) is a non-circular point-symmetric shape, the enlarged hole (14) and the magnification part (23) form a point-symmetric sectional shape, the hanging rod (20) is coupled to the engagement hole (13) by inserting a front end of the hanging rod (20) toward a front surface from the rear surface of the attachment plate (10), and separation of the hanging rod (20) is prevented while the magnification part (23) is adhered to a perimeter of the engagement hole (13) of the rear surface of the attachment plate (10), and

wherein the front end of the hanging rod (20) is spaced apart from a central line of the coupler (21).