Improvement in, the Hanging of Pictures.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th. Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 15th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 15th June, 1888
Improvement in, the Hanging of Pictures.
JOSEPH WALKER, Brassfounder Augusta Works 4 Regent Parade Birmingham
in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:--
The object of my invention is to provide a secure durable, and easily adjusted
method of hanging pictures. Instead of using cord or wire, by my invention I use
perforated, flexible metallic tape, preferably steel.
To explain my process I take a strip of thin steel of a suitable width say " of an
inch;
I then pierce holes at short and equal distances apart throughout the length of
the said strip or tape of metal. In hanging pictures I secure one end of the tape to
the wall by means of a hook or picture nail passing through the hole in the end of
the said tape..
Upon the back of the frame of the picture I screw a plate of metal, having a hook
at one end of a suitable size to hook into the pierced holes in the aforesaid tape or
strip.
It will thus be seen that the picture or several pictures can be readily hooked
on to the aforesaid tape at any height, required:

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Hanging of Pictures.
I JOSEPH WALKER 4 Regent Parade Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Brassfounder 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a-secure durable and easily adjusted
method of hanging pictures. Instead of using cord or wire, by my invention I use
flat strips of flexible hard steel, which I will hereinafter describe as steel tape. I
will explain my process. I take a long flat strip of thin steel of suitable width and
thickness, say half an inch wide and a fortieth of an inch thick, having hardened and
tempered the said steel tape, I afterwards pierce holes at short and suitable distances
apart preferably throughout the length of steel tape. I then paint the tape in various
colors to suit the color of walls and also to prevent the steel from rusting. The steel
being thin and flexible can be readily wound into convenient coils for packing; it is
also sufficiently hard to break into the lengths required for use, by bending it short
and pinching it between the thumb and fingers. In hanging pictures I secure one
end of the steel tape to the wall by means of a hook or nail passing through the hole
in the end of the said steel tape. Upon the back of the frame of the picture I screw
a plate of metal having a hook at one end of a suitable size to hook into the pierced
holes in the aforesaid steel tape. By my process as herein described one or more
pictures may be readily hooked into the steel tape at any height required and by
using hard steel strips or tape great strength and durability are obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The manufacture of flat strips of flexible hardened and tempered steel pierced with
holes for the hanging of pictures maps ornaments and other similar purposes as
herein before described.