ASSEMBLY FOR SUSPENDING OBJECTS SUCH AS PRINTS

Abstract: Assembly for suspending objects such as paintings, pictures and the like on a rail, a panel edge or something of the kind, intended for being arranged in a substantially horizontal way, comprising a vertical wire (14), a hook (3), which comprises an upper hook-shaped portion (4, 5, 6) and allower hook-shaped portion (6, 7, 8), as well as an anchoring block (9), which is provided with a passage (12) for holding the wire (14) therein, in which the upper hook-shaped portion is formed to be able to be hooked to the rail, panel edge or the like and the lower hook-shaped portion comprises a hole (10) bounded all around for leading through the wire (14) and supporting means (7) for supporting the anchoring block such that the portion of the elongated member that is located in the receiving space is aligned with the portion of the elongated member located below there.

Description: Assembly for suspending objects such as prints The invention relates to an assembly for hanging up pic¬ tures, paintings and other objects to be placed within sight, comprising a hook, which can be suspended from a suspension rail or on the upper side of a panel or suchli- ke, an elongated member, such as a wire or a cable, which can be secured at its upper end to the hook and can there¬ by be provided on the rail or the edge of the panel etc. and on its lower end with a further possibly identical hook or suchlike, from which the object itself can be suspended. An assembly of this kind is known among others from the European patent 0183325 in the name of applicant. In the European patent 0183325 a suspension system is disclosed, comprising an upper and a lower block-shaped hook, the upper block hook being substantially inverted U-shaped so as to be hooked with the thus formed channel or groove to an upright wall portion of a suspension rail or the upper edge of a panel. The block-shaped hook is further provided with a vertical passage for a wire, as well as with a further passage extending perpendicularly to that passage, which is provided with a screw thread and in which a socket screw can be screwed to secure the wire in its position in the passage. Another assembly for susr- ding prints is known from the German utility model 7917 . This known assembly compri¬ ses upper and lower, subs- * r.tially C-shaped hooks, whereby the upper hook can be hoo *≥d to a suspension rail and the lower hook, which is conn .ed to the upper hook by means of a wire, can be hooked t the object. The C-shaped hooks are provided with open grooves through which the wire can extend. At its lower end and at its upper end the wire is provided with anchoring blocks of a dimension such that they cannot move through the above mentioned grooves and can thus secure the wire relative to the respective hooks. In order to more or less fix the position of the anchoring blocks with respect to the C-shaped hooks, the legs of the C-shaped hooks which are provided with grooves are V- shaped so that the anchoring blocks can be accommodated therein in an inclined way. The cube-shaped anchoring blocks will here assume such a position that their lower and upper face, respectively, will end up being positioned at an angle of approximately 45° with the horizontal. At the position of exit from the block the wire, which ex¬ tends through the blocks and is secured therein with the help of a screw, will undergo a change of direction of 45° and will rest there against the opening edge of the passa¬ ge in the block. Here there is a danger that in the course of time the wire will be cut there, possibly resulting in failure of the wire, the further conseguence being that the object falls down. It is an object of the invention to provide an assembly of the type named in the preamble, whereby the elongated member is at least with its upper end secured in an ancho- ring block, which can be securely hooked into the hook, without there being an increased risk of failure of the elongated member. For this purpose the invention provides an assembly for suspending objects such as paintings, prints and the like from a rail, a panel edge or the like, intended for being arranged in a substantially horizontal way, • comprising an elongated member intended to extend in a substantially vertical direction between the rail, the panel edge or the like and the object, a hook, comprising an upper hook- shaped portion and a lower hook-shaped portion, as well as an anchoringing block, which is provided with a receiving space for attaching the elongated member therein, the upper hook-shaped portion being adapted so as to be hooked onto the rail, panel edge or something of the kind and the lower hook-shaped portion comprising a hole bounded all around for leading through the elongated member and sup¬ porting means for supporting the anchoring block such that the upper end of the elongated member extends straight through the receiving space and downward through the hole. The lower hook-shaped portion, which is at least intended for securing the elongated member, is preferably substan¬ tially U-shaped, the supporting means being formed by the base thereof. The lower hook-shaped portion is preferably straight U-shaped, the anchoring block being substantially straight parallelpiped shaped and the receiving space extending perpendicularly to at least one of the faces of the anchoring block. The anchoring block is preferably fittingly accommodated in the lower hook-shaped portion. Moreover, at least in the area adjacent the exit opening of the receiving space, the anchoring block is preferably complementarily formed to the area adjacent the hole of the lower hook-shaped portion. The invention also relates to a hook which is evidently suitable for the assembly according to the invention. The invention further relates to an assembly and a hook as described above, but where the anchoring block and the lower hook.shaped portion are formed as a whole with one another, as is described in claims 7-9. The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to two exemplary embodiments shown in the accom¬ panying drawing, in which: Fig. 1 shows an assembly according to the invention, in which anchoring block and hook form separate elements; and fig. 2 shows an assembly according to the invention, in which anchoring block and hook form a whole. In fig. 1 a wall panel 1 is schematically shown, which is provided with an upper edge 2. A double hook 3 is placed on and around the upper edge 2, the upper inverted U- shaped part with wall parts 4, 5 and 6 resting on three sides against the upper edge of the panel 1. The width of the base of the upper U-shaped hook part corresponds here with the width of the upper edge 2, so that the hook 3 is secured against rotation in the vertical plane, its wall part 6 being in surface-to-surface contact with the front surface 15 of the panel 1. The hook 3 comprises further a lower hook part, which is formed by the wall parts 6, 7 and 8, which together define a U-shape with right-angled corners. At its centre the horizontal base of the U-form, formed by the wall part 7, is provided with a round hole 10. The lower end (not shown) of the suspension wire 14 can be provided with a hook or a loop onto which the object to be displayed can be suspended. The upper end of the wire 14 is accomodated in the verti¬ cal passage 12 in the cube-shaped anchoring block 9. The anchoring block 9 is further provided with a threaded passage 11, which opens perpendicularly into the passage 12 and is suitable for receiving a socket screw 13. By screwing the socket screw into the passage 11 in the direction B the upper end of the wire 14 is secured in the passage 12. Here the passage 12 is through one, but it will be understood that the upper end hereof can alterna¬ tively be " closed and that thus a blind hole accessible from below would be formed. If, when installing, the lower end of the wire 14 does not form a permanent loop, the wire 14 is preferably led with its lower end from above through the hole 10 in the direc¬ tion A up to the anchoring block 9, that is securely fastened beforehand at the upper end of the wire 14 and, formed complementarily to the lower hook portion, accomo- dated in a snugly fitting way in the U-shaped, lower part of the hook 3. The anchoring block is then securely faste¬ ned against sliding and, because the passage 12 is alig- ned with the hole 10 or at least has the same orientation, and the remaining part of the wire 14, the wire 14 will not be subjected to any notch effect. Here the wire 14 extends entirely vertically. It will be clear that the form of the lower hook portion can be varied, and can be, for example, curved inverted U- shaped instead of rectangular inverted U-shaped, with the hole in the deepest part of the base. In fig. 2 another type of assembly is shown, comprising a hook 110, which is provided with an inverted U-shaped upper hook part, formed by the wall parts 115, 114 and 116, which can be fittingly hooked about the upper edge of a wall panel (not shown) . At its lower end the wall panel 116 merges into a block 109 which is formed as a whole therewith, which is provided wittr a vertical passage 112, possibly opening above and a threaded passage 111, opening perpendicularly therein, in which the upper end of a sus¬ pension wire 114 and a socket screw 113 intended for εe- curing the wire 114 in the passage 112, respectively, can be accommodated. It will be clear that with both hook embodiments the upper inverted U-shaped portion can be replaced by a differently formed hook-shaped portion, if the form of the suspension rail or the upper edge of the panel necessitate this for a secure attachment.

Claims: C L A I M S 1. Assembly for suspending objects such as paintings, pictures and the like on a rail, a panel edge or the like, intended for being arranged in a substantially horizontal way, comprising an elongated member intended to extend in a substantially vertical direction between the rail, the panel edge or the like and the object, a hook, comprising an upper hook-shaped portion and a lower hook-shaped portion, as well as an anchoringing block, which is provi¬ ded with a receiving space for holding the elongated member therein, the upper hook-shaped portion being formed so as to be hooked onto the rail, panel edge or the like and the lower hook-shaped portion comprising a hole boun¬ ded all around for leading through the elongated member and supporting means for supporting the anchoring block such that the portion of the elongated member, that is located in the receiving space, is aligned with the por¬ tion of the elongated member located below there. 2. Assembly according to claim 1, in which the lower hook- shaped portion is substantially U-shaped and the support means are formed by the base thereof. 3. Assembly according to claim 2, in which the lower hook- shaped portion is U-formed with right-angled corners, the anchor- ing block having a substantially straight paralle¬ lepiped form. 4. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the anchoring block is fittingly accomodated in the lower hook-shaped portion. 5. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, in which at least in the area adjacent the exit opening of the receiving space the anchoring block is complementarily formed to the area adjacent the hole of the lower hook- shaped portion. 6. Hook, evidently suitable for the assembly according to any one of the preceding claims. 7. Assembly for suspending objects such as paintings, pictures and the like on a rail, panel edge or the like, intended to be arranged in a substantially horizontal way, comprising an elongated member, intended to extend in a substantially vertical direction between the rail, panel edge or the like and the object, a hook, comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being hook-shaped to be hooked on to a rail, panel edge or the like and the lower portion being provided with a receiving space for securing the upper end of the elongated member therein, the lower portion and the upper portion being connected to each other by a substantially vertically extending bridge part, the upper portion, the lower porti¬ on and the bridge part being formed as a whole with each other, the receiving space being oriented in such a way that during use the portion of the elongated member which is located in the receiving space is aligned with the portion of the elongated member adjacent thereto. 8. Assembly according to claim 6, in which the lower portion is substantially parallelepiped-shaped 9. Hook, evidently suitable for the assembly according to claim 6 or 7.

Inventors: SCHUITE JOHANNES LEOPOLD BOUDE, SCHUITE, JOHANNES, LEOPOLD, BOUDEWIJN
Applicants: SCHUITE JOHANNES LEOPOLD BOUDE, SCHUITE, JOHANNES, LEOPOLD, BOUDEWIJN
Application year: 1993
Main classification: A47G1
IPC codes: A47G1