Small household fixtures with wall mounting fixture assembly

Abstract

A wall mounting fixture assembly including a wall mounting fixture having a cavity on its back side, an attaching piece disposed within the cavity and secured to the wall mounting fixture, and a receiving piece for mounting on a wall surface. The attaching piece has a first engagement structure and the receiving piece has a second engagement structure, and the two engagement structures are shaped to engage with each other to mount the fixture assembly onto the wall surface. Also described is an improved household fixture of a towel holder ring for bathrooms and kitchens, which includes a ring for hanging a towel, a hub for retaining the ring, a wall mounting base, and an internal plastic sleeve placed around the section of the ring being retained by the hub and is inserted inside the opening of the hub.

Description

[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 588,235, filed Jul. 13, 2004, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention generally relates to small household fixtures, and in particular, to wall mounting assemblies for wall mounted fixtures and other like items. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Small household fixtures such as towel holder rings for bathrooms and kitchens are widely used by general consumers. Various wall mounting assemblies have been used in the past for mounting wall mounted fixtures and other like objects to a wall surface. A typical mounting assembly often includes a hanger or loop type of device to be mounted on the back surface of an object, and a nail or hook type of device to be affixed to the wall surface, where the object is mounted to the wall by attaching the hanger or loop type d...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a wall mounting fixture assembly and an improved household item holder fixture that can be mounted on a wall surface in a secure and concealed way. The assembly includes a wall mounting fixture, an attaching piece, and a receiving piece that engage with each other. The household item holder fixture includes a ring for hanging the item, a base, a hub, and an internal sleeve covering a section of the ring. These fixture assemblies can be used in various places such as bathrooms and kitchens."

Problems solved by technology

However, since in most situations the hanger or loop type device mounted on the back surface of the object is protruding from or extending beyond the back surface of the object, when the object is amounted to the wall surface, its back surface often cannot abut flush against the wall surface, resulting in various degrees of tilting of the object which is often undesirable.

This type of conventional mounting assemblies is not only cumbersome as it requires multiple steps to mount an object to a wall surface, but also easy to become loose after its assembly, resulting in insecure mounting of the object to the wall surface.

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