Patent Application
20070063119
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hanging device, and more particularly to a hanging device having a solid coupling or securing structure for solidly and detachably securing various objects to a support base member.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical hanging devices comprise a support base or wall panel including a number of slots or orifices formed therein, and one or more objects each including one or more projections or connectors extended therefrom, for engaging into the slots or orifices of the support base or wall panel, and for detachably attaching the objects onto the support base or wall panel.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,401,222 to Kulikowski et al. discloses one of the typical hanging devices comprising a paper handling tray having a hook-shaped flange provided on the rearward upper edge thereof, for engaging with upwardly projected lip member of a hollow rail member, and thus for detachably attaching to the hollow rail member. The hollow rail member includes one or more projections or connectors extended therefrom, for engaging into the slots or the orifices of a support base member or a wall panel, and for detachably attaching the objects onto the support base or wall panel.
However, the hook-shaped flange of the paper handling tray is simply engaged with upwardly projected lip member of the hollow rail member, and the projections or connectors of the hollow rail member are also simply engaged into the slots or orifices of the support base or wall panel, such that the paper handling tray may have a good chance to be disengaged from the hollow rail member, and the hollow rail member may also have a good chance to be disengaged from the support base or wall panel.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,771,897 to Ho discloses one of the typical key hanging device comprising one or more sliding members slidably attached onto a frame member, and each having a hook extended therefrom for hanging an identification board or the like. However, similarly, the identification board may not be solidly attached to the sliding members of the frame member, and also may have a good chance to be disengaged from the sliding members of the frame member.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional hanging devices.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a hanging device including a solid coupling or securing structure for solidly and detachably securing various objects to a support base member.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a hanging device comprising a base support member including at least one opening formed therein, and at least one notch formed therein and located beside and communicating with the opening thereof, and including a depression formed in a rear portion thereof, and communicating with the notch thereof, and an attachment including a shank extended therefrom for engaging into the opening of the base support member, and including at least one protrusion laterally extended from the shank, for engaging into the notch of the base support member, and for engaging into the depression of the base support member by rotating the attachment relative to the base support member, and for detachably locking the shank of the attachment to the base support member.
The base support member includes a cavity formed in the rear portion thereof, and communicating with the depression and the notch of the base support member, and the attachment includes at least one projection extended from the protrusion, for engaging into the cavity of the base support member, and for detachably locking the shank of the attachment to the base support member, and for preventing the shank of the attachment from being disengaged from the base support member.
The attachment may either be a hook member, a numeral member, a circular member, an arrow member, or the like. The base support member includes at least one magnet attached to the rear portion thereof. The base support member may further include an adhesive layer attached to the magnet. The base support member may include a recess formed in the rear portion thereof, for receiving the magnet, which may be used for detachably securing or attaching the base support member to various objects, such as wall members.
The base support member includes at least one aperture formed in the rear portion thereof, for receiving a fastener, a nail, or a sucker member, or the like, for securing the base support member to various objects, such as wall members.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
The base support member 30 includes one or more openings 32 formed therein, and one or more, such as two notches 33 formed therein and located beside and communicating with each of the openings 32 respectively. As best shown in
As best shown in
The attachments 20 may include a hook-shaped configuration as shown in
It is preferable that the attachments 20 each further includes one or more projections 24 extended from each of the protrusions 23, best shown in
In operation, as shown in
The attachments 20 may then be further rotated relative to the base support member 30, until the projections 24 of the shanks 22 thereof are engaged into the cavities 38 of the base support member 30 respectively, for further detachably locking or releasably securing the attachments 20 to the base support member 30, and for preventing the attachments 20 from being disengaged from the base support member 30.
As shown in
Accordingly, the hanging device in accordance with the present invention includes a solid coupling or solid securing structure for solidly and detachably securing various objects or attachments to the base support member, and for preventing the attachments from being disengaged from the base support member 30.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
