Supports – Mirror or picture type – Bracket
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-09
2003-08-05
Wood, Kimberly (Department: 3632)
Supports
Mirror or picture type
Bracket
C248S475100, C248S489000, C248S466000, C040S716000, C040S757000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06601816
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to mounting brackets and more particularly pertains to a new art display bracket for mounting works of art, photographs, mirrors and other objects in a spaced apart relationship from a wall.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of mounting brackets is known in the prior art. More specifically, mounting brackets heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U. S. Pat. No. 4,610,418; U.S. Pat. No. 4,641,807; U.S. Pat. No. 2,981,506; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 266,223; U.S. Pat. No. 3,360,228; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,285,549.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new art display bracket. The inventive device includes an elongate mounting bracket that has opposite first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends. The second end of the mounting bracket has a stop portion extending upwardly from it. The mounting bracket has a flange upwardly extending from it that is positioned towards the second end of the mounting bracket. The flange has a threaded aperture extending through it. A threaded fastener is threadably inserted in the threaded aperture of the flange of the mounting bracket and is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mounting bracket.
In these respects, the art display bracket according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of mounting works of art in a spaced apart relationship from a wall.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of mounting brackets now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new art display bracket construction wherein the same can be utilized for mounting works of art in a spaced apart relationship from a wall.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new art display bracket apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the mounting brackets mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new art display bracket which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mounting brackets, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an elongate mounting bracket that has opposite first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends. The second end of the mounting bracket has a stop portion extending upwardly from it. The mounting bracket has a flange upwardly extending from it that is positioned towards the second end of the mounting bracket. The flange has a threaded aperture extending through it. A threaded fastener is threadably inserted in the threaded aperture of the flange of the mounting bracket and is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mounting bracket.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new art display bracket apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the mounting brackets mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new art display bracket which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art mounting brackets, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new art display bracket which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new art display bracket which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new art display bracket which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such art display bracket economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new art display bracket which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new art display bracket for mounting works of art in a spaced apart relationship from a wall.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new art display bracket which includes an elongate mounting bracket that has opposite first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends. The second end of the mounting bracket has a stop portion extending upwardly from it. The mounting bracket has a flange upwardly extending from it that is positioned towards the second end of the mounting bracket. The flange has a threaded aperture extending through it. A threaded fastener is threadably inserted in the threaded aperture of the flange of the mounting bracket and is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mounting bracket.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new art display bracket that may include a pane of glass coupled to a front end of the bracket to protect an object such as a sculpture positioned behind the pane.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new art display bracket that improves the aesthetic appeal of a work of art by visually separating it from the background wall.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the
Hunte, II Ivan G.
Thompson Henric A.
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