Supports – Mirror or picture type – Suspended
Patent
1975-11-28
1976-09-28
Hafer, Robert A.
Supports
Mirror or picture type
Suspended
248301, 248493, A47G 116
Patent
active
039827194
ABSTRACT:
A hanger for pictures or the like is disclosed as having an upper suspension point and a pair of lower wire receiving hooks for receiving a laterally extending wire on a picture to be hung. The hanger includes an aperture at the upper suspension point for receiving a nail or the like which suspends the hanger on a wall. The wire receiving hooks are spaced laterally on opposite sides of the aperture the same lateral distance. Pivoting of the hanger during its suspension levels the hooks with each other. The lateral spacing of the hooks supports the picture wire so as to prevent pivoting of the picture about the hanger. The hanger preferably has an inverted Y shape whose upper leg defines the suspension aperture and whose lower two legs define the wire receiving hooks. The hanger is made from a metallic body and is stamped to form the hooks and reinforcing ribs in each leg as well as projections that engage the wall to prevent pivoting of the hanger about its suspension point. The hook of each lower leg also is stamped to form ramps that space the picture wire outwardly from the wall so that the weight of the picture maintains the engagement between the stamped projections and the wall. Notches in the hooks at the outer ends of the ramps receive the picture wire and include edges that bite into the wire to prevent sliding thereof through the hooks and consequent movement of the picture.
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