Patent ID: 6629680
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A hanger for an object adapted to be hung on a wall comprisinga base to be fixedly attached to the wall, a tongue extending from the base, the tongue being constructed so that when the base is attached to the wall, a substantial portion of the tongue extends in a generally upward direction from a region of the base where an end of the tongue intersects the base to form an intersection, a segment of the tongue in close proximity to the intersection being arranged to receive and hold a thin elongated support structure attached to the object when the base is attached to the wall, the tongue portion extending in a generally upward direction including a central region and edges, the edges of the tongue portion being farther from a plane defining a back face of the base than the central region, the base including a protrusion extending beyond a front face of the base beneath the tongue when the base is mounted on the wall, the protrusion having an upper portion, the upper portion of the protrusion being substantially at the intersection, at least some of the end of the tongue intersecting the base abutting and bearing on the protrusion upper portion.