Patent Application
20170273479
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
The disclosure relates to hanging devices and more particularly pertains to a new hanging device for correctly positioning mounting hardware for hanging a frame.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of markers. Each marker comprises a head coupled to a first end of a shaft. The head is configured to reversibly couple to a hanging bracket of a frame to couple the marker to the hanging bracket. When coupled, the marker extends substantially perpendicularly from the frame. A tip is coupled to a second end of the shaft. The tip is configured to leave an indicium on a wall. The markers are reversibly couplable to the frame. When the frame bearing the markers is positioned adjacent to the desired hanging location on the wall, the tips are configured to contact the wall leaving indicia designating the correct points to mount anchors on the wall to hang the frame from the wall.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A head 20 is coupled to the first end 16 of a shaft 14. The head 20 is configured to reversibly couple to a hanging bracket of a frame to couple the marker 12 to the frame. When coupled to the frame, the marker 12 extends substantially perpendicularly from the frame. Preferably, the head 20 is substantially circular. More preferably, the head 20 is magnetic, such that the head 20 is configured to magnetically couple to the hanging bracket.
A tip 22 is coupled to the second end 18 of the shaft 14. The tip 22 is configured to leave an indicium on a wall. Preferably, the tip 22 is pointed. More preferably, the tip 22 comprises a felt tip 24, such that the felt tip 24 is configured to render an indicium on the wall.
A coupler 26 is variably positionable on the shaft 14. The coupler 26 is configured to tighten, such that the hanging bracket is fixedly positioned between the coupler 26 and the head 20. Preferably, the coupler 26 comprises a wing nut 28 that is threadedly positionable on the shaft 14. The wing nut 28 is configured to tighten to couple the hanging bracket between the wing nut 28 and the head 20.
The present invention also anticipates a plurality of caps. Each cap is couplable to the second end 18 of a respective shaft 14 to seal the tip 22 when the marker 12 is not in use.
In use, the markers 12 are reversibly couplable to the frame. When the frame bearing the markers 12 is positioned adjacent to the desired hanging location on the wall, the tips 22 are configured to contact the wall leaving indicia designating the correct points to mount anchors on the wall to hang the frame from the wall.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
