Abstract: Various examples of methods and systems are provided for furniture tip over prevention. In one example, a system includes a furniture mounting bracket configured to be secured to a piece of furniture; a wall anchor plate configured to be secured to a wall adjacent to a back surface of the piece of furniture and below the top of the piece of furniture; and a securing device attached to the wall anchor plate, the securing device configured to detachably attach to the furniture mounting bracket via a quick release. In another example, a method includes securing a wall anchor plate to a wall using mounting wires; attaching a furniture mounting bracket to a piece of furniture; positioning the piece of furniture adjacent to the wall anchor plate; and tensioning a securing device attached between the wall anchor plate and the furniture mounting bracket thereby preventing the furniture from tipping over.
Abstract: An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation to enable staged installation of the anchor assembly into a wall. At least one wall penetrating retainer extends from each of the first and second anchor components. When the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation a curved configuration of the wall penetrating extent of the retainer of the second anchor component opposes a curved configuration of the wall penetrating extent of the retainer of the first anchor component to form a jaw-type arrangement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2018
Assignee:
THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
Inventors:
Gary E. Will, Byron K. Grice, Dale G. Malott
Abstract: An insect repellant heater support assembly includes a mount including a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A coupler is attached to the mount and is positioned nearer to the first end than the second end. The coupler releasably engages a heater. A bracket is attached to the mount and attaches the mount to a post such that the mount is horizontally oriented. A screw is attached to the mount and extends away from the second end. The screw is extendable into and threadably engageable with a tree. The screw has a longitudinal axis lying in a plane is co-planar with the mount.
Abstract: This application discloses a bracket device used for mounting outdoor solar lighting on various types of surfaces, including but not limited to block walls, chain link fences, wooden fences and flat walls or for holding outdoor solar lighting devices as stand-alone fixtures.
Abstract: A clamp structure includes a clamping component for clamping a tube, and at least one bridging component disposed on a lateral surface of the clamping component. A pivoting portion is disposed on the bridging component, and the bridging component pivots with an antenna module via the pivoting portion, so that the antenna module can pivot relative to the clamping component along a radial plane of the clamping component.
Abstract: A reusable hanger that inserts and removes from a mounting surface without tools comprising a metal shank having a point on one end and a hook on the other, with a specially formed detent medially located between the point and the hook, and a flange that encases the detent and fixates to the shank. The detent provides improved adhesion between the flange and the shank, while further providing a sheer point along the shank, thereby reducing damage to the supporting surface if a user overloads the hook. The flange serves several purposes, it is the finger push location for the user to install the hanger without tools by pushing and/or twisting the flange such that the point pierces the support surface and inserts until the flange stops flush against the support surface. Once flush, the flange provides compressive support structure between the support surface and the shank, thereby increasing loading capacities of the hook.
Abstract: A device is disclosed for supporting an object, such as a picture frame, on a wall. The device includes an arcuate member having a penetration end that terminates in at least one point. The arcuate member further includes a support end, opposite the penetration end, that has a support hook. A pressure disk may be slidably retained at an aperture therethrough on the arcuate member. A plurality of different support accessories may be included, the support hook being adapted to support each support accessory thereon. In use, with the penetration end of the arcuate member contacting the front surface of the wall, pressure is applied to the pressure disk that binds against the arcuate member to force the penetration end of the arcuate member through the wall. The arcuate member is curved such that when the support hook contacts the front surface of the wall the penetration means contacts the rear surface of the wall to retain the device firmly in the wall and to support the object.
Abstract: Coil/helix shaped stands and methods of using and installing the stands that can be wrapped about elongated supports. The stands can have looped holders for supporting objects such as planters and pots, off ground level. The looped holders can be adjustable so as to remain level with different size diameter elongated supports. The stands can be aesthetically pleasing and attractive and be easy to assembly and mount. The stands are easily removable. Additionally, the coil stands can support other objects such as tables, flagpoles and umbrellas.
Abstract: A picture frame assembly includes a backing plate having a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of parallel grooves in one of the surfaces. The material and thickness of the backing plate are chosen so that the backing plate may be plastically deformed about a bending axis parallel to the grooves. At least one frame element, which may be formed integrally with the backing plate, is for provided for retaining a planar picture element against the front surface of the backing plate. A pair of tack elements extending from the rear surface are provided for mounting the assembly to a cylindrical object such as a tree or a candle.
Abstract: A fastener to secure and train branches of a vine or plant to a horizontal support wire or other structures comprises a longitudinal body including first and second hook portions and a longitudinal flexible member having first and second ends connected to the respective first and second hook portions. The first and second hook portions are mirror images of each other but rotated 180°.
Abstract: A hanger having a fixed pin assembly and a hinged pin assembly. Left and right vertical portions of fixed pin assembly are used to pin the hanger into the inner core of the applicable fabric-covered wall or furniture. Once the left and right vertical portions are inserted, the hinged pin assembly will rotate freely allowing the left and right lower angled portion to penetrate the fabric exterior surface and the inner core. At the central portion of the hinged pin assembly is a prong.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2003
Inventors:
Alan Keith Beaty, Wallace Andrew Pennington
Abstract: A mounting device for attaching an object to a surface comprising: a base, the base having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the first face secured to the object to be attached; a hinge including two portions, a first portion of the hinge fixedly connected to the second face of the base and a second portion pivotally connected to the first portion; at least one spike for penetrating the surface, the spike fixedly connected to the second portion of the hinge and for pivoting with the second portion of the hinge from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position the spike lies substantially parallel to the second face of the base and wherein in the second position the spike forms an angle not greater than 90° with the second face of the base; and a detent attached to the base for locking the spike and the second portion of the hinge in the second position.
Abstract: A hanger for a soft-core wall having an outer fabric covering includes a rigid panel having a flat rear surface, a number of sharp prongs downwardly emergent from the rear surface, and a hook member disposed forwardly of the front surface of the panel.