Supports – Mirror or picture type – Bracket
Patent
1976-03-11
1978-02-21
Frazier, Roy D.
Supports
Mirror or picture type
Bracket
248203, 248497, 85 1H, A47F 714
Patent
active
040748880
ABSTRACT:
Subject apparatus includes at least one anchoring socket each being fixedly attached to the wall which is provided with a prepared hole for receiving same. A pin member having an oblong heat portion is included for each anchoring socket and is grippingly received therein whereby outward movement of the pin member is precluded. A platelike element is included for each anchoring socket and is fixedly attached to the back side of the picture frame. Subject apparatus may include a guide member for locating the optimum position of the platelike element on the back side of the picture frame. One embodiment of the pin member includes a plurality of angularly arranged barbs disposed along the length of the shaft portion allowing the pin member to be urged into the socket and to preclude subsequent withdrawal thereof. Another embodiment of the pin member includes male threads and the socket is threaded internally for threaded engagement therewith. One embodiment of the platelike element is provided with an oblong aperture for receiving the head of the pin, i.e., when the major axes thereof are aligned. Another embodiment of the platelike element is provided with a circular-shaped aperture. A pair of restraining wires disposed in a parallel spaced apart relationship are stretched across the aperture to define in part an oblong slot which functions in somewhat the same manner as the oblong aperture except a circular-shaped head portion, i.e., when viewed from the side, may be urged between the restraining wires which are adapted to yieldably spread apart and subsequently capture the head portion. Withdrawal of the head from the platelike element is prevented when the major axes of the oblong head and aperture or slot are misaligned, thereby establishing obscured lock structure thus minimizing unwarranted removal of the picture frame. Subject apparatus may include a tool that can be fitted between the wall and the picture frame for engaging a portion of the pin member to allow the pin member to be manually rotated about its longitudinal axis causing the oblong head of the pin member to be selectively aligned and misaligned with the oblong aperture or slot in the platelike element so that the picture frame can be selectively removed from and/or locked to the wall. The guide member and the tool may be integrally formed as a one-piece unit.
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Frazier Roy D.
Lewis Terrell P.
Walker III John R.
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