Improvements in Suspending Devices for Pictures and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspending Devices for Pictures and other Articles.
I, THOMAS ASH WALTERS, of 58, Bath Road, Exeter, in the County of Devon,
House Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved device for suspending articles in a
secure and perpendicular position so as to dispense with the use of cord or wire.
A suitably shaped plate is adapted to be secured to the wall or stand from which
the article is required to be suspended, and the said plate is formed with two
inclined projections having turned over edges or lips on the sides facing one another.
The article to be suspended is attached to a plate provided with an upward
extension fitting between the above mentioned projections and above this is formed
a circular or other shaped disc. This disc is of larger diameter than the distance
between the nearest portions of the inclined projections and rests thereon the turned
over edges or lips preventing slipping off in a forward direction.
It will thus be seen that owing to the circular shape of the disc, the article
suspended will take and maintain a perpendicular position.
By lifting, so that the disc clears the inclined projections, the article can be at
once removed from the support.
If desired the fitting attached to the article to be suspended may be arranged
above the support and formed on its lower edge with a semicircular projection which
serves the same purpose as the disc descended above.
The suspending device is more particularly applicable for suspending pictures, but
can also be used for suspending other articles.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Suspending Devices for Pictures and other Articles.
I, THOMAS ASH WALTERS, of 58, Bath Road, Exeter, in the County of Devon, House
Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described, and ascertained in and by the
following statement :---
This invention has for its object an improved device for suspending articles in a
secure and perpendicular position so as to dispense with the use of cord or wire.

page_text: A suitably shaped plate is adapted to be secured to the wall or stand froin which the
article is required to be suspended, and the said plate is formed with two inclined pro-
jections having turned over edges or lips on the sides facing one another. The article
to be suspended is attached to a plate provided with an upward extension fitting
between the above mentioned projections and above this is formed a circular or other
shaped disc. This disc is of larger diameter than the distance between the nearest
portions of the inclined projections and rests thereon the turned over edges or lips
preventing slipping off in a forward direction.
It will thus be seen that owing to the circular shape of the disc, the article sus-
pended will take and maintain a perpendicular position.
By lifting, so that the disc clears the inclined projections, the article can be at once
removed from the support.
If desired the fitting attached to the article to be suspended may be arranged above
the support and formed on its lower edge with a semicircular projection which serves
the same purpose as the disc described above.
The suspending device is more particularly applicable for suspending pictures, but
can also be used for suspending other articles.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation
showing a suspending device constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a
plan thereof, Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views and Fig. 5 shows a modified construction
of one portion thereof.
A plate a is secured by screws or other means to the wall or stand from which an
article is required to be suspended.
The plate a shown separately in Fig. 3 is provided with two inclined projections 6, 6¹
having turned over edges or lips 62, 63 on the sides facing one another. The article
to be suspended is attached to a plate c shown separately in Fig. 4, provided with an
upward extension c¹ fitting, as shown in Fig. 1 between the projections 6, 61 and above
this is formed a circular disc c². The disc c² is of larger diameter than the distance
between the lowest and nearest portions of the projections b 6¹ and rests thereon the
turned over edges or lips 62, 6s preventing slipping off in a forward direction.
Moreover owing to the circular shape of the disc c² the article suspended will take
and maintain a perpendicular position.
In order to place an article upon the support, the portion c¹ is fitted between the
two projections b, b¹ so that the disc c2 clears them and then lowered until the disc ca
rests upon the said projections b, b¹.
To take off an article it is only necessary to slightly raise the plate c so that the
disc c² will clear the edges or lips b², 63.
In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the plate c is arranged to fit above the pro-
jection b b instead of below and is formed on its under side with a curved portion ca
which serves the purpose of the disc c² above described.
In this case, if the plate c is arranged upon the back of the article to be suspended,
the support will be entirely out of sight.
The articles to be suspended may be attached to the plate c by any suitable means,
depending upon the nature of the article.
The parts may be made of any suitable materials, metal by preference, and can be
ornamented to any desired degree.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
(1) An improved suspending device for pictures and the like consisting of a fitting
to be attached to the wall or stand having two inclined projections and a fitting to be
attached to the article to be suspended having a curved portion adapted to rest upon
the said inclined projections and to be held in place thereby substantially as
described.

page_text: (2) An improved suspending device for pictures and the like substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of February 1898.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.