Patents by Inventor James M. Gallien

James M. Gallien has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090224116
    Abstract: There is provided a hanger kit and locator for mounting a wall fixture, with hanger devices, upon a wall and locating the precise location of the hanging devices. The hanger kit includes at least one fastener that is inserted into a wall and is cooperatively engageable with the hanger devices. The hanger kit further provides a locator pin that is temporarily affixed within a hanger device. The wall fixture is temporarily positioned against the surface of a wall such that it abuts the wall. Thereby, resulting in the locator pin creating a reference mark upon the wall. The reference mark is indicative of the precise location of the hanger device. A fastener is inserted in the wall at the reference mark. As a result, the fastener inserted into the wall is spatially relative to the hanger device of the wall fixture. In this regard, the fixture may be secured upon the wall by utilizing the properly spaced fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Publication number: 20090165319
    Abstract: There is provided a keyhole kit for identifying the spatial distance between a pair of keyhole openings of a wall fixture and marking their location upon the vertical surface of a wall. The keyhole kit includes a pair of fasteners that are inserted into a wall and are cooperatively engageable with the keyhole openings. The keyhole kit further provides a locator pin that is temporarily affixed within a keyhole opening of a wall fixture. The wall fixture is temporarily positioned against the surface of a wall such that it abuts the wall. Thereby, resulting in the locator pin creating a reference mark upon the wall. The reference mark is indicative of the location of a second keyhole opening. A second fastener is inserted in the wall at the reference mark. As a result, both respective fasteners inserted into the wall are spatially relative to the keyhole openings of the fixture. In this regard, the fixture may be secured upon the wall utilizing the properly spaced keyhole openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Publication number: 20080315063
    Abstract: There is provided a wall mounting kit including a pair of fasteners that are cooperatively engageable with a wall. The wall mounting kit further includes a wall fixture having a reference edge and a contact surface. The contact surface is adjacent to the wall when the wall fixture is secured thereto. A pair of keyhole openings is disposed within the contact surface. The spatial separation the keyhole openings and the reference edge defines a first distance. Each keyhole opening includes an aperture portion. The spatial separation between the centers of the keyhole aperture portions defines a second distance. The keyhole openings are operative to receive a respective one of the pair of fasteners such that the wall fixture is secured to the wall. The wall mounting kit additionally includes a template having a marking guide operative to illustrate the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Publication number: 20080224004
    Abstract: A shelf mounting system for mounting a shelf to a corner wall surface comprising an elongate member having a first arm and a second arm, each of the first arm and the second arm having a wall attachment portion and a body portion perpendicular to the wall attachment portion, the elongate member including a cut groove that extends along a width of the body portion to define an interruption between the first arm and the second arm, the body portion including a threaded region that extends at least partially along the length of the first arm and the second arm and a shelf member having a first abutment surface configured to abut the first wall surface and a second abutment surface configured to abut the second wall surface, the first and second abutment surfaces having a cut out portion for receiving the threaded region of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Publication number: 20080203266
    Abstract: A wall fixture attachment device for securing a wall fixture to a support structure comprising a release liner including a main body portion and an integral extended body portion foldable over a length of the main body portion, an adhesive material having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface, the first adhesive surface adjacent to and in contact with the integral extended body portion of the release liner and the second adhesive surface placed in contact with the wall fixture and a removable protective cover adjacent to and in contact with the second adhesive surface prior to contact of the second adhesive surface with the wall fixture, wherein the integral extended body portion of the release liner is peelably released from the first adhesive surface to expose the first adhesive surface for adhesive contact with the support structure. A method of application is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: 7293754
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for preventing theft of an object hung on a flat surface is provided. The locking mechanism may comprise a latch, hook and key. The latch may be attachable to the wall with an optional wall track attached thereto. Also, the hook may be attachable to the object with an optional object track attached thereto with the object track engageable to the wall track when the object is hung on the wall. Furthermore, the hook is engageable into the latch simultaneously as the object track engages the wall track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: 7175149
    Abstract: An anti-tipover device for retaining an object adjacent a structure, the anti-tipover device comprising an elongate flexible link element including opposing first and second end sections, the first and second end sections defining first and second longitudinal axes, respectively; first and second pin elements defining first and second rotational axes, respectively, the first and second pin elements being coupled to the respective ones of the first and second end sections with the first and second rotational axes disposed perpendicular to the respective ones of the first and second longitudinal axes, the first and second pin elements being sized and configured with the first and second end sections being pivotable about the respective ones of the first and second pin elements; first and second cable retaining members being attached to the respective ones of first and second pin elements and being mountable to the respective ones of the object and structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D506125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie C. Munson, Steve A. Kumetz, James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D506919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie C. Munson, Steve A. Kumetz, James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D512903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D520862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie C. Munson, Steve A. Kumetz, James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D531488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie C. Munson, Steve A. Kumetz, James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D542631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie C. Munson, Steve A. Kumetz, James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D549088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Gallien
  • Patent number: D551542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Gallien, Steve A Kumetz, Leslie C. Munson
  • Patent number: D567074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hangman Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Gallien