PICTURE HANGING LOCATOR

DISPOSITIF POUR DETERMINER L'EMPLACEMENT O SUSPENDRE UN CADRE

English Abstract

A B S T R A C T

This invention is a device for marking the location
upon a wall where a framed picture is to be hung. It consists
of a rubber or plastc coated wire, the upper end of which is
wound into a short coil, by means of which it is held by in-
serting a finger therein. A downward straight shank extending
from said coil; and said shank terminating into a hook upon
which is hung the frame of a framed picture, during the loca-
ting of the said picture upon the wall.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclu-
sive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:-
1. A device for locating the hanging location of a
framed picture, upon a wall, consisting of a short tube for
inserting therein a finger, by means of which the said device
is held against said wall; a straight longitudinal shank, at-
tached to and extending downwardly from said tube, positioned
so as to abut the said wall when the said tube is held against
said wall, and a hook at the free end of the shank for freely
suspending the picture to be hung, by its frame, for the purpose
of marking the spot on the wall whereat the means for the perma-
nent suspension of the picture is attached to the wall; and a
soft wrapping covering the components of the device to prevent
said device from marring the wall.
2. A device for locating the hanging location of a
framed picture upon a wall, consisting of a rubber or plastic
covered wire which is wound at its top into a shortcoil having
an inside diameter to permit the insertion therein of an index
finger, by means of which the said device is held against the
wall; the wire of said coil continuing and extending downward-
ly into a straight shank which abuts the wall when the device
is held against said wall; the free end of said shank terminating
in a hook, upon which the frame of said picture is freely sus-
pended, so that after locating where the picture should be
permanently hung, the picture is removed, exposing the hook,
the bottom of which is marked upon the wall as the spot where
the nail or hanger is attached to the wall.

Description

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S P E C I F I C A T I O N


This invention consists of a device by means of which
various types of framed pictures or documents can be loca-ted
and hung upon a wall, rapidly and in the exact location.
Many people experience considerable difficulty in
the hanging of a picture upon a wall. The framed picture is usu-
ally hung in the wrong location, several times, before the person
who is hanging the pieture, is completely satisfied with its
final loeation upon the wall, or its relation to other pictures
already hanging on that wall.
~ In many cases a measuring tape is used a great deal
to determine the location of a picture upon a wall, in which
ease much time is lost in the performance of a simple operation.
Also, the practice of hanging and rehanging of the
same picture several times, and each time relocating the nails
or hangers, eauses mueh damage to the walls.
Therefore, the primary objeet of this invention, is
to simplify the loeating and hanging of a framed pieture, and
to reduce the time consumed in doing so.
This is accomplished in the invention by providing
a simple but efficient picture hanging locator, by menas of
which the exaet required location where the picture should be
hung ean be determined instantly and with little effort.
In deseribing the invention reference will be made
to the attached drawings in which,-

Figure 1 shows a front view of the inven~ion,
Figure 2 shows a side view of the invention,
Figure 3 shows the first s-tep in the use of the inven-


tion,
~ Figure 4 shows the next step in the use of the inven-
;~ tion, and
Figure 5 shows a variation in the eonstruetion of the
invention.
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The invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, consists
of a rubber or plastic covered wire which is formed into a
coil 1 having an inside diameter large enough to accommodate
therein the index finger of the hand, as shown in Figure 3.
The wire continues downwardly in a straight shank 2, and termi-
nates at the end of the shank 2 into a short upwardly bent

hook 3.
The manner in which the locator is used in the process
of hanging a framed picture consists of hanging the picture 4
from the hook 3 by attaching said hook to about the center and
rear of the upper part of the picture frame, inser-ting the
index finger into the coil 1, with the shank 2 behind the hand
and against the wallj and moving the hand in any direction ,
until the picture is in the required location. With the hand
remaining in the final position, the picture is removed, and a
mark is made upon the wall, at the bottom of the hook 3, as
shown at "X" in Figure 4. The nail, or whatever the wall at-
tachment may be, is inserted into the wall, and the picture
is hung thereon.
Instead of using a rubber coated wire in the con-
struction of the invention, it can be moulded out of a plastic
material, having the appearance as shown in Figure 5, where
the coil 1 is replaced by a short tube 5 to which is attached
a shank 6, having a hook 7.-on.its. e.nd.for the at-tachment to
the picture frame, as described above.
Experimentation with the invention, both in the
home and in commercial establishments, has proven it to be a
great time and labor saver, and a good protec-tion against pre-
ventable damage to wall surfaces.