An Improved Wall-bracket for Holding Photographs and other Pictures.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wall-bracket for Holding Photographs and other
Pictures.
I, WILLIAM JOHN ROBINSON, of Blackfriars, Saint James, Bristol, Oil
Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in an improved bracket designed to be secured, by pins
or nails, to walls and like surfaces for the purpose of holding photographs and other
pictures.
According to one method of construction the bracket consists of three radial
arms springing from a point common to them, and furnished at their outer
extremities with hooks formed by folding over the ends of the arms. The bracket
is made in one piece of metal or other suitable material and, in the arms, are holes
for the pins, nails or screws by which it is secured to the wall or other surface
where it is placed.
The photograph or other picture rests at bottom in the hook of the lower arm
ard is held at the sides by the books of the other arms.
According to another mode of construction the bracket is composed of two
separate members, one of which has a hook at each end which constitute the side
supports for the photograph or other picture. The other which has a hook at its
lower end fits, at its upper end, in a dove-tailed or other suitably shaped recess
provided for it in the first mentioned member. The members are fixed in place
on the wall or other surface by pins, bolts or screws passed through holes provided
in the members.
The number and disposition of the arms may vary.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wall-bracket for Holding Photographs and other
Pictures.
I, WILLIAM JOHN ROBINSON, of Blackfriars, Saint James, Bristol, Oil
Importer, 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 consists in an improved bracket designed to be secured, by pins
or nails, to walls and like surfaces for the purpose of holding photographs and
other pictures.
According to one method of construction, the bracket consists of three radial
arms springing from a point common to them, and furnished at their outer

page_text: extremities with hooks formed by folding over the ends of the arms.
The bracket
is made in one piece of metal or other suitable material and, in the arms, are holes
for the pins, nails, or screws, by which it is secured to the wall or other surface
where it is placed.
The photograph or other picture rests at bottom in the hook of the lower arm
and is held at the sides by the hooks of the other arms.
According to another mode of construction, the bracket is composed of two
separate members, one of which has a hook at each end. These hooks constitute
the side supports for the photograph or other picture. The other which has a
hook at its lower end fits, at its upper end, in a dove-tailed or other suitably shaped
recess provided for it in the first mentioned member. The members are fixed in
place on the wall or other surface by pins, bolts, or screws, passed through holes
provided in the members.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig. 1 represents, in front
view, and Fig. 2, in side view, a wall bracket arranged according to one form
comprised in this invention. The bracket consists of three arms a disposed in the
form of the letter "Y." At their outer extremities the arms a, which are made in
one piece of sheet brass or other suitable metal or material, are furnished
with hooks or claws a¹. At suitable places in the arms are provided holes a² for
insertion of pins for attaching the bracket to a wall or other surface.
The picture or photograph which the bracket is designed to hold is placed with
its lower edge resting in the hook at the lower end of the stem of the "Y," and
the picture or photograph is overlapped at the sides by the hooks at the outer
.. ends of the upper arms.
At Fig. 3 is illustrated, in front view, a modification according to which the
bracket is made up of two separate arms and c. At each end of the arms bare
hooks b for overlapping a picture at the sides thereof. The arm c, which is
separable from the arm b, is dove-tailed at its upper end into a recess provided for
it in the face of the arm b. The arm c has a hook c¹ at the lower end for the
bottom edge of the picture to rest in.
At Fig. 4 is shown in front view another modification. In this arrangement the
bracket is composed of two arms d arranged in the form of a "V." Hooks d' are
provided for overlapping the sides of a picture or photograph placed in the bracket.
The lower edge of the picture or photograph rests in the hook d2 at the converging
place of the arms d. Holes d³ are provided in the arms for insertion of nails or
pins for fixing the bracket in place."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
An improved bracket for holding photographs and other pictures; said bracket
consisting of arms, of sheet brass or other suitable metal or material, pierced or
perforated for accommodation of nails or the like for fastening to walls or other
surfaces, and furnished at the outer ends with hooks adapted to overlap the sides
and bottom edge of the photograph or other picture, substantially as hereinabove
described with reference to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated this 5th day of February 1897.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.