Bracket with Integrated Marking Device for Precise Wall Hanging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hanging objects on walls often results in incorrect placement of hanging hardware, leading to frustration and damage, as existing devices for precise positioning are expensive and require storage, and there's a need for a device that allows marking the exact location on the wall before installation.
Innovation Solution
A bracket with a marking device that securely attaches to objects and marks the wall at the desired location for accurate installation of hanging hardware, allowing for easy reattachment without additional hardware.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If expensive positioning devices (levels, laser devices, measuring devices) are used to mark the wall location, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a simple, inexpensive bracket with an integrated marking device that can be easily discarded after use. The marking device is a basic mechanical component rather than an expensive electronic positioning system, allowing precise marking without complex equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket itself serves as the positioning and marking device. By attaching the bracket to the object and pressing it against the wall, the system automatically marks the correct location without requiring separate levels, lasers, or measuring devices. The bracket performs the marking function inherently through its design.
2Ease of operation
If hanging hardware is installed without precise marking, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision (hardware placement accuracy) deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The marking device creates preliminary marks on the wall before the hanging hardware is installed. This preliminary action ensures that when hardware installation occurs, the correct locations are already marked, combining ease of operation with precise hardware placement without requiring complex procedures.
3Strength
If the bracket design requires multiple fasteners and complex hardware, then strength is improved, but ease of manufacture and installation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed as a segmented system with distinct functional components: the main bracket body for attachment, the shelf for supporting the object, and the integrated marking device. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the attachment portion uses simple fasteners for ease of manufacture while maintaining strength, and the marking portion is a separate integrated element.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method for hanging objects on a supporting wall includes a bracket with an outwardly extending shelf for supporting engagement with the object. A flange extends upwardly from the bracket and is secured by a fastener to the object. A marking device is removably mounted in an aperture formed in the bracket and has a sharp marking element extending therefrom. After the bracket is attached to the object by the fasteners and the marking element is positioned in the aperture, the object is pressed against the supporting wall at the desired hanging location whereupon the marking element marks the wall at the correct location for installing the hanging hardware. After the hanging hardware is installed at the marked locations, it is subsequently received in the bracket aperture after the marking element is removed therefrom to hang the object on the hanging hardware.