Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Hanging and Adjusting Pictures.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Hanging and
Adjusting Pictures.
I, CHARLES SOLOMON of 10 The Crescent, Brighouse in the County of York,
Silk Dresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to hang or suspend pictures and the like upɔn walls
or other surfaces, so as to adjust the augle of such pictures as required, such
hangings or suspenders being out of sight.
I employ hinged brackets towards the bottom of the picture attached in any
suitable manner, such brackets terminating in a hook or eye, and a corresponding
hook or eye being attached to the wall; towards the top of the picture I attach a
chain, strap or other adjustable attachment with links, eyes or hooks at intervals
along its length, and corresponding hooks or eyes attached to the wall, by this
means the pictures can be adjusted to any angle required.
Dated this Fourteenth day of October 1893.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Hanging and
Adjusting Pictures.
I, CHARLES SOLOMON of 10 The Crescent, Brighouse in the County of York,
Silk Dresser, 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 hang or suspend pictures and the like upon
walls, or other surfaces, so as to adjust the angle of such pictures as required, such
hangings or suspenders being out of sight.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a side elevation showing my improved method and apparatus for
suspending or hanging pictures.
Fig. 2. is a plan of hinged eye or bracket preferably attached to the back of the
picture.
Fig. 3. is an elevation of hook or support bracket, preferably attached to the wall
or other suitable position.
I employ hinged brackets A towards the bottom of the picture B attached in any
suitable manner, such brackets terminating in a hook or eye such as C and C
C being shown attached to the wall or if preferable it may be attached to the
picture.
The hinge of the bracket A is left with a little space or play to allow for
adjustment when the hooks are not exactly opposite their eyes. Towards the top
of the picture, I attach a chain, strap, or other adjustable attachment F, by means
of links, eyes or hooks G at intervals along its length, and corresponding hooks or
eyes H are attached to the wall, or to other supports, or the picture rails, by this

page_text: means by taking up or letting out the chain, the pictures can be adjusted to any
angle required.
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 :-
For suspending or hanging pictures, the use and employment of suitable
brackets A and C', upon which are formed hooks and eyes, and the method of
adjusting the angle of such pictures, by chain F and hook H, substantially such as
shown and described.
Dated this Tenth day of July 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.