Picture hanging tool

Abstract

A picture hanging tool comprises a main body having a flange adapted to overlie the upper edge of a picture frame and a slide which is adjustable relative to the main body. The slide may be secured in any selected one of a number of different positions relative to the main body member and has at one end thereof a projecting coupling carrying a marker which may be pressed lightly against the wall on which a picture is to be hung for the purpose of marking the place at which a picture support should be fixed to the wall. The projecting coupling also includes retainers for accommodating picture hangers, and such projection coupling is adjustable to enable the retainers to face a selected one of different positions.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11 / 593,704 filed Nov. 2, 2006 and claims the benefit of such filing date.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a tool or aid especially adapted for use in hanging a framed picture in a desired position on a vertical wall. It often is difficult to locate a picture in the desired position relative the height of the wall, and it is especially difficult to hang a group of pictures adjacent one another in such manner that the upper edges of the pictures, or their frames, are at the same level or at selected different levels.[0003]The difficulties referred to above are well known and many proposals have been made for overcoming or alleviating them. In many instances, however, the proposed solutions involve tools which are cumbersome and difficult to operate. In addition, a good many of the hanging aids proposed heretofore require the presence of two persons t...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]A picture hanging tool constructed according to the invention comprises a main body portion having at one end thereof a laterally extending flange that is adapted to overlie and engage the upper edge of a picture frame. The main body also includes a groove for the support of a slide member which is slideable toward and away from the projecting flange. The slide member may be fixed in any selected one of a number of adjusted positions relative to the body. The body also has a handle which facilitates the manipulation of the body and slide member in use.

[0007]Supported by the slide member is a coupling member which projects from the slide in the same direction as that in which the flange at one end of the body projects and is parallel thereto. The coupling member is provided with means for retaining a frame support or suspension of the kind carried by the picture frame, thereby enabling the tool to be used for the hanging of pictures having different kinds and lengths of suspensions.

Problems solved by technology

It often is difficult to locate a picture in the desired position relative the height of the wall, and it is especially difficult to hang a group of pictures adjacent one another in such manner that the upper edges of the pictures, or their frames, are at the same level or at selected different levels.

In many instances, however, the proposed solutions involve tools which are cumbersome and difficult to operate.

Even though some of the previously proposed picture hanging tools have desirable attributes, it is not uncommon for the users of such tools to use them improperly, thereby causing multiple holes to be formed in the wall before a picture is hung at a desired position on such wall.

In some instances the multiple holes are visible after a picture is hung, thereby necessitating repair of the wall.

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