US2317368A - Picture hook - Google Patents

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April 27, 1943. L. E. FREY 2,317,368

PICTURE HOOK Filed July 9, 1940 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 27, 1943 PICTURE HOOK Louis E. Frey, Albany, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Norman A. Henderson, Albany,

Application July 9, 1940, Serial No. 344,539

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a device for supporting pictures and other articles and more particularly to a hook for supporting pictures and the like on walls.

In the normal practice of hanging articles such as pictures, a cord or wire which is affixed to the picture, or to the frame in which it is mounted, is supported from a hook suitably anchored to the wall. Hook devices heretofore employed are unsatisfactory for the reason that they do not prevent slippage between the cord or wire and the hook device. Accordingly, the picture suspended from such a hook device tends to tip out of its proper position.

Certain of the prior hook devices are provided with means for setting up resistance to slippage. However, this resistance to slippage depends upon the friction between the hook device and the cord or wire and is not efiective in preventing the tipping of the pictures.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved picture hook construction which will be free from the above-mentioned and other disadvantages, and which will be especially simple and durable in construction, efiicient in operation and inexpensive in cost.

In one aspect my invention comprises th provision in a hook device of a plurality of tapered slots, the upper edges of which are rounded. The use of tapered slots permits wedging of the cord or wire therein, the weight of the picture assisting in maintaining the cord or Wire in the slots and efiectively preventing any slippage. The rounded edges of the slots serve to guide the cord or wire into the slots.

Other objects of this invention, together with the details of construction and combination of parts, will be apparent from the following detailed description and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing wherein the pre ferred embodiments of my invention are shown:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of a hook device constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of my device shown attached by a suitable nail to a wall, and

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of a hook device made in accordance with my invention modified only in the supporting structure for the hook proper.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 4 designates a wall or other supporting structure to which the hook device is attached by means of a suitable nail 5.

In one form, my hook device comprises a web which is twisted at B, substantially midway between its ends to form a portion 1 and a portion 8, the planes of which are at right-angles to each other. The portion 1 is adapted to establish anchorage to the wall 4 and is disposed at right-angles to the face of the wall, i. e., the edge of portion 1 is adapted to contact the face of the wall. The upper edge of portion 1 is curled over, as shown at 9, to define an inclined passage-way adapted for the reception of the nail 5.

The portion 8 of the web is bent to form a hook generally indicated by reference numeral 1 l. The hook is provided with integral side pieces I 2, bent up into a vertical plane, which have tapered notches I3 for the reception of the cord or Wire l4 of the picture being suspended. The upper edges [5 of the notches are rounded on to facilitate the guiding of the cord or Wire into the notch.

In Figure 3 there is shown a modification of the web for supporting the hook H in which no twist is placed in the web I6. The upper portion ll of web I6 is bent and provided with suitable openings to receive the nail 5 for anchorage to the wall or other support.

It will be seen that the tapered slot construction of my improved hook makes it virtually impossible for the cord or wire to slip after it is placed in the slots, thus preventing any tipping of the picture due to slippage of the cord or wire.

It is to be understood that the foregoing detailed description is merely given by way of illustration and that many variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hook device of the character described comprising a Web and provided at one end forming the top of said device with nail receiving means whereby said device is adapted to be secured to a wall, said web at the other end being bent outwardly and upwardly to form a hook open at the top, and said hook being partially enclosed at the sides by integral portions extending up wardly from the bottom thereof and provided with vertically extending tapered slots adapted to receive and irictionally to hold a picture wire against slippage when wedged therein.

2. A hook device of the character described comprising an elongated Web of comparatively thin metal provided at one end with nail receiving means whereby it may be secured to a wall, and at the other end with two oppositely disposed, substantially parallel portions outstanding from the edges of said web; each of said portions being provided with a vertically extending tapered slot open at the top, and said slots being relatively positioned simultaneously to receive a picture wire and frictionally to engage the same when wedged therein.

'3. A picturehanger provided with nail receiving means at the top adapting it to be secured to a wall and having at the bottom a wire-receivin hook open at the top but substantially closed at the sides; the closed sides of said hook being provided with vertically extending, transversely aligned, tapered slots open at the top and adapted simultaneously to receive and frictionally engage a picture wire when pulled downwardly into said hook.

LOUIS E. FREY.

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