An Improved Picture Hanger.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Picture Hanger.
We, ARCHIBALD SIDDALL, of North Sydney, near Sydney, in the Colony of
New South Wales, Bank Clerk, and EDWARD JOSIAH TOBIN, of 254, George
Street, Sydney aforesaid, Merchant, 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 relates to a picture hanger for supporting or suspending mirrors.
pictures and other objects which picture hangers are of such a character that they
may be used on pictures of various sizes that the picture may be quickly and easily
hung and removed securely fixed to the suspending peg or nail and that the angle
or inclination of the picture &c. may be easily adjusted.
The essential feature of this improved picture hanger is a stay or guide piece
fixed on or to or hinged to the bottom of the picture &c. and an elastic stay or
strip adapted to enter loops or guides or one or both of these on said. stay or
guide piece. Both the stay or guide piece and the strip have nail holes or series
of same adapted to take on the nail in juxtaposition one to the other and in some
cases to lock themselves upon said nail or peg by the weight of the picture &c.
suspended.
But in order that this invention may be clearly understood we will now describe
our improved picture hanger and will refer to the illustration thereof in the
drawings herewith in which
Figure 1 is a back view of a still further modification of this improved picture
hanger looking from the wall on which the picture is hung and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the picture showing such improved hanger in
central section.
A is a stay or guide piece having loops A' and having also turn-overs A'
forming a groove or guide A' although these turn-overs and the resultant groove
may in some cases be dispensed with in which cases it might be advisable to increase
number of loops A'. This guide piece A is attached to the picture C at the bottom
by screws A and it has one or more key-hole-shaped slots or holes A' (two being
shown in the drawing) for taking over the suspending peg or nail D. B is an
elastic stay or strip fixed by screw B¹ to the top of the picture C and having series
of holes B' made therein. The picture is suspended from nail D which takes
through one of the key-hole-shaped holes A' in the guide piece A and through
such one of the holes B' of the series as required by the desired adjustment of the
angle of the picture the said elastic strip B taking through loops A¹ and under the
turn-overs A. The weight of the picture draws the holes across one another and
locks the nail D in the smaller part of the key-hole-shaped hole A* and so secures
the picture from falling off said nail. It is easily seen that the adjustment of the
picture is regulated according to which one of the holes in the series B' may
be used.
This improved picture hanger may of course instead of being used across the
elevation of the picture be used upon cross bars running from side to side of the
frame of the picture or otherwise. Instead of the stay or guide piece A being
fastened rigidly to the bottom of the picture as by screws A it may have a hinge
or joint on to the lower edge or bottom of the picture frame or on to a cross bar.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
First. The improved picture hanger consisting of a fixed or hinged stay or guide
piece having (preferably key-hole-shaped) holes therein and loops thereon and an
elastic stay or strip having a series of holes therein and adapted to take within the
loops of the said stay or guide plate with one of its series of holes in juxtaposition
with one of the holes in said guide plate substantially as herein described and
explained.
Second. The improved picture hanger consisting of stay or guide piece such as A
having loops such as A and series of holes such as A (preferably key-hole-
shaped) and with or without turn-over such as A' and an elastic stay or strip such
as B having series of holes such as B substantially as herein described and
explained and as illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this Fifth day of February One thousand eight hundred and
int Coun
ARCHIBALD SIDDALL.
EDWARD J. TOBIN.