Demountable holding device

A demountable article holding device having a body portion adhesively coated for attachment to a supporting surface and having an intermediate portion thereof formed as a depending flap and having a rigid member therein having an article holding member secured thereto, the rigid member being particularly adapted to center upon the device the stress of the load held.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of Invention 
This invention relates to a flexible adhesively secured holding device. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The art of article holding devices or hangers is an active art and the 
applicant is the inventor of such prior art devices as exemplified in the 
following U.S. Pat. No. 3,856,249, a multilayered device as shown has 
layers secured at weld points spaced from the perimeter thereof. In U.S. 
Pat. No. 3,885,768 a naturally self holding separable holding device has a 
centrally disposed hook member. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,003,538 a layered 
device is disclosed rupturable for removal and having a hook article 
bearing member. 
It is desirable to have an article holding device of simple structure which 
provides an improvement in load bearing capacity. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
It is an object of this invention to provide a holding device or hanger of 
a single layered construction arranged to have the holding member thereof 
disposed in such a manner as to result in significant improvement in load 
bearing capacity. 
More particularly it is an object of the invention herein to provide a 
holding device comprising a single layer of material having an 
intermediate portion thereof wrapped about a rigid member of corresponding 
width, said rigid member depending as a free flap and having secured 
thereto a load bearing member whereby the major stress of the load is 
centered upon said rigid member and upon the device. 
It is a further object of this invention to provide a single layered 
holding device having a body portion having an adhesive coated surface to 
engage a supporting surface and having an intermediate portion thereof 
disposed about a rigid elongated member, said member forming a depending 
free flap and being spaced from the remainder of said body portion by a 
web, said flap carrying an article holding member such as a hook, the load 
upon said hook being centered upon said rigid member and being minimized 
at the ends of said flap whereby the major stress of the load is centrally 
of the device reducing significantly the incidence of peel back at the 
side edges thereof and enhancing greatly the load bearing capacity of the 
device. 
It has been found that polystyrene is a very suitable plastic sheet 
material from which to form said device as the sheet material is very 
stable and has no migrating ingredients. 
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth 
in the following description made in connection with the accompanying 
drawings in which like reference characters refer to similar parts 
throughout the several views.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring to the drawings, the demountable holding device or hanger herein 
is indicated generally by the reference numeral 10. The body 12 of said 
hanger has been found to be very suitably formed of a plastic sheet 
material known commercially as polystyrene. A thickness of 0.001 inches 
has proved to be very suitable. This material contains no ingredients 
therein which migrate such as occurs with plasticizers in some plastics. 
Said hanger is illustrated mounted onto a supporting surface or wall 11. 
The underside 14 of said body portion 12 is shown here having a coating of 
a layer of a suitable tacky non-drying pressure sensitive adhesive 16. 
Said underside 14 may be otherwise prepared to have an adhering surface. 
A protective cover sheet 17 overlies the tacky surface or underside 14 as a 
protective coating, the same being removed when the device is put to use. 
In the present embodiment, the body portion 12 is single layered and 
substantially rectangular in form having a tapered upper portion 12a. 
As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 4, the body 12 is formed to have said upper 
portion 12a, a lower rectangular portion 12b and an intermediate portion 
12c. 
Said intermediate portion 12c is wrapped about a co-extensive rigid insert 
19 which is preferably formed of a metal. Said member 19 is shown having 
tapered upper edge portions as at 19a and 19b. 
Thus said intermediate portion 12c forms a free hanging apron or flap 20. 
Applied to said flap centrally transversely thereof is a hook member 21 
which as here shown is secured by an eyelet 23 through said rigid member. 
The intermediate portion or flap 12c in looking at FIG. 4, has a front side 
12c.sup.1, a rear side 12c.sup.2 and their juncture at 12c.sup.3, which 
juncture is formed as a web spacing the flap from the body portions 12a 
and 12b. It is noted that said web merges into said body portions 12a and 
12b at the line indicated as 12c.sup.4 and at this point good contact is 
made with the supporting surface in positioning the device. It is 
desirable to have a solid engagement along this line with the supporting 
surface. 
The device is placed into operating position by peeling off the cover coat 
17 and pressing the body portions 12a and 12b against a supporting surface 
making good solid contact and particularly along the line 12c.sup.4. The 
particular configuration of the rigid member 19 centers the pull of the 
load upon the device and minimizes the stress upon the outer side edge 
portions of the device. 
OPERATION 
The use of the hanger 10 herein is believed to be clear from the 
description given. 
In hanging an article onto the hook member 21, the particular construction 
of the hanger centers the load of the article held to be upon the central 
portion of the rigid member 19 within said flap 20. The tapered upper edge 
portions 19a and 19b of said rigid member and their degree of taper 
controls the degree of the stress of the load that is centered upon the 
said body portions 12a and 12b avoiding the tendency for peel back 
particularly at the side edges of the flap 12c.sup.3. 
It has been found that the construction as described generally enhances the 
load bearing capacity of the device and much of this is due to the flap 
construction 20 and the use of the rigid member 19 therein and the degree 
of taper of the edge portions 19a and 19b, all separated from the main 
body portions 12a and 12b by the web 12c.sup.3. The avoidance of peel back 
adds very substantially to the load bearing capacity of the device. 
It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in the 
steps and sequence of steps of the method without departing from the scope 
of applicant's invention which, generally stated, consists in a method 
capable of carrying out the objects above set forth, such as disclosed and 
defined in the appended claims.