Patent ID: 7155840

Claim:
A device for easy positioning, leveling, marking and mounting in a desired position on a targeted surface, all types of pictures, sconces, decorative shelves, mirrors, and other decorative and functional items intended for hanging and other types of mounting, where each item to be mounted has a back surface and at least one desired location on that back surface from which it is intended for mounting to take place, said device comprising: an elongated vertical support member having opposed ends and an upper portion, with one of said opposed ends being a top end and the other of said opposed ends being a bottom end and further wherein said upper portion is remote from said bottom end; an elongated horizontal support member having opposite ends and being attached to said vertical support member; a plurality of legs attached to said vertical support member and said horizontal support member in association with said opposed and opposite ends; handle means associated with said top end of said vertical support member; a surface rest associated with said bottom end of said vertical support member that is configured for holding the back surface of the item to be mounted; adjustable level means associated with said upper portion of said vertical support member; and sliding hook clip means associated with said horizontal support member and adapted for positioning at any location on said horizontal support member, said sliding hook clip means having aligned hooking means and marking means that face in opposite directions front one another so that when the item to be mounted upon a targeted surface is positioned upon said surface rest and said sliding hook clip means is moved to line up the aligned hooking and marking means with all of the desired locations on the back surface of that item from which it is intended for mounting thereof on the targeted surface to take place, and further when said hooking means temporarily holds the item at the desired mounting locations on its back surface and said adjustable level means is moved along said upper portion of said vertical support member until said level means comes into contact with the item intended for mounting, and after said device is positioned at a stand off distance from the targeted mounting surface by said legs, a user of said device while manipulating said device at least in part by use of said handle visually centers the item relative to the targeted mounting surface and places the item into a level orientation using said adjustable level means, and thereafter applies a wall-ward force to said device that temporarily reduces the stand off distance a sufficient amount to allow said marking means to contact the targeted mounting surface and leave a visible reference mark thereon exactly where mounting hardware for the item should be placed to achieve first-time accurate and level mounting of the item in a desired location on the targeted mounting surface.