Classifications

• • 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
  • A47G1/205—Devices for positioning picture hooks on a wall

Definitions

• a disadvantage of such a method is that the person who holds the picture either hides the same or has to hold it at such a distance from himself that he only can hold it in the intended position for so short a time that the person who is to give his opinion has no time to form a real view of the various alternatives.
• Another disadvantage is that one after having determined the best position has no possibility to position the hanging device with any degree of exactness in such a manner that the picture in fact will hang at the intended place.
• the picture usually has at its rear side a more or less slack cord extending between two attachment points and provided to be suspended by the hanging device. It is thus necessary tc calculate where the hanging device has to be secured to give the picture the desired position but the result is in most cases unsatisfactory and in addition it is usually not possible to remove the hanging device and secure it at another place and to this is added the disadvantage that an incorrectly positioned hanging device leaves traces which although temporarily hidden by the picture of course are not desirable.
• the primary object of the invention thus has been to eliminate these drawbacks
• a further object has been to provide a device which is cheap to produce and simple in use.
• Fig. 1 shows a stage in the hanging procedure whereas Fig. 2 shows in a front view a hanging hook for bringing the invention into practice and
• Fig. 3 is a section along line Ill-Ill in fig. 2
• Fig. 4 shows the hanging hook according to fig:s 2-3 in a perspective view and Fig .5 finally shows a second embodiment of the hanging nook in a perspective view.
• the picture is hung upon a hook which forms part of a suspension means to which is separably connected a suspension element which with one portion thereof extends outside the picture and which can be held by the aid of said portion and by means of said suspension element the picture is moved to a desired position upon the wall and while the suspension element is held in the choosenposition the picture is pressed against the wall at which time points or other means provi ded at the rea r s i de of the suspens i on means and wh ich when the suspension means is pressed against the wall brings forth a marking for the later fastening of the suspension means to the wall and/or a temprary fastening by means of the pressure acting through the picture will bring forth said marking or temporary fastening whereupon the picture preferably, after removal of the suspension element is hooked off the hook of the suspension means and the suspension means is fastened to the wall by the aid of the markings or the temporary fastening.
• a suspension means which is designed to hold the cord, loop or the like which for hanging the picture is secured to the rear side thereof and further has marking and/or securing elements which are so designed that they upon pressing the suspension means against the wall to Which the picture Is to be attached will give a visible marking and/or a securing of said suspension means and to the suspension means is separably connected a suspension element which has such an extension that it during the positioning extends outside the picture such that it can be held outside the same.
• the numeral 1 designates a picture which in a manner known per se has at the rear side thereof two attachment points 2a, 2b for a cord 3.
• a suspension means generally designated as 4 is shaped as a hook for suspending the cord 3 and to said suspension means there is in a separable manner attached a suspension cord 5.
• the suspension means k i s so des i gned tha t i t when p ressed aga i ns t the unde r l aye r , i . e . the wall will create a marking or a securing notch.
• the suspens i on means i s thus so des i gned tha t i t forms a ma rk i ng well as a hanging hook.
• FIGS 2-4 inclusive such a suspension means is shown.
• This one is preferably made from a plastic material in an injection moulding process and includes a planar attachment portion 6 from the lower part of which extends a hook 7 and which has one or several fastening holes 8 and 9, respectively for fastening nails 10 or the like.
• said fastening holes may be inclined according to figures 3 and 4.
• a wider fastening hole 11 may further be arranged for fastening also heavy objects.
• the upper portion of the suspension means 4 is as appears from the figures thickened but is penetrated by a vertical slot 12, which at the lower portion thereof continues in a widened recess 13. Extending from the rear side of the attachment portion 6 are one or several pointed portions 14.
• the suspension cord 5 is attached to the suspension means by being provided with a knot 5' and is thereupon introduced into the slot 12 with the knot housed in the recess 13.
• the suspension means has been imade from a hard plastic material such as acetal plastic the points 14 will create visible markings also in relatively hard walls but it may of course also be necessary to use steel pins or the like instead of such points.
• the intended marking may however also be achieved in another way, for instance by providing the suspension means A at the rear side thereof with a f i el d wh i ch when pressed aga i nst the wa l l wi l l gi ve a colou r ma rking, by providing at the rear side thereof a self-adhering tape which upon pressing the suspension means against a wall initially secures the suspension means to the wall or the like.
• suspension cord may be provided with a hand le or the l i ke and that i t may be repl aced by for i nstance a thin strip, which may be so stiff that it can suspend the picture also without having the picture hanging down therefrom.
• the marking means comprises a point which creates a minor indentation in the wall and the suspension means is to be positioned such that this point during fastening the suspension means to the wall is to be received in said indentation it may in some cases be difficult to "feel in” the correct position. In such cases it is advisable to position the point or the like such that the marking produced therefrom may be observed visually during fastening of the suspension means. This is accomplished in the simplest manner when the point or points are located at the upper edge of the suspension means.
• One or several of the nails designed for fastening the suspension means to the wall may be driven into the suspension means by friction and have the points thereof somewhat projecting from the rear side of the suspension means and said projecting points may in certain cases replace or complete the points 14 in their marking function.
• the suspension means 4 which is shown in fig. 5, is substantially flat and has a circular fastening portion 6' from which via upper and lower web portions perpendicular to said fastening portion extend upper and lower arcuate upper and lower portions which are parallel to the fastening portion and from which the lower one 15 together with said lower web portion constitutes the suspension hook 7 whereas the upper arcuate portion 16 together with the upper web portion and the fastening portion constitutes a pocket for receiving the knot of the cord 5.

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• 1986
  • 1986-09-23 SE SE8604014A patent/SE8604014L/sv not_active Application Discontinuation
• 1987
  • 1987-09-11 AU AU80217/87A patent/AU8021787A/en not_active Abandoned
  • 1987-09-11 WO PCT/SE1987/000412 patent/WO1988002230A1/en unknown

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