Patent ID: 7431258

Claim:
A tack for hanging an article from a wall, comprising: a) a plate; and b) a pin; wherein said plate is for abutting the wall; wherein said plate is for providing a surface for a thumb of a user to use to press said pin into the wall; wherein said pin extends diagonally upwardly and forwardly from said plate for engaging the picture; wherein said pin extends diagonally downwardly and rearwardly from said plate for penetrating the wall when said plate is pressed by the thumb of the user; wherein said plate has a wall-facing surface; wherein said plate has a picture-facing surface; wherein said picture-facing surface of said plate is opposite to said wall-facing surface of said plate; wherein said pin has a picture-engaging portion; wherein said pin has a wall-engaging portion; wherein said picture-engaging portion of said pin extends diagonally upwardly from said picture-facing surface of said plate; wherein said wall-engaging portion of said pin extends diagonally downwardly from said wall-facing surface of said plate; wherein said plate has an upper portion; wherein said plate has a lower portion; wherein said upper portion of said plate is divided from said lower portion of said plate by a cross member of said plate; wherein said upper portion of said plate is inverted U-shaped; wherein said upper portion of said plate is formed by a pair of axial legs; wherein said upper portion of said plate is formed by an upper transverse portion; wherein the inverted U-shaped upper portion of the plate is defined by said upper transverse portion and said pair of axial legs extending downwardly from the upper transverse portion; wherein said pair of axial legs of said upper portion of said plate are connected to each other by said upper transverse portion of said upper portion of said plate and said pair of axial legs define a bottom of said upper portion of said plate: wherein said bottom of said upper portion of said plate is closed by said cross member of said plate; wherein said pair of axial legs of said upper portion of said plate have a pair of spikes, respectively; and wherein said pair of spikes of said pair of axial legs of said upper portion of said plate extend diagonally downwardly and rearwardly from said pair of axial legs respectively at said bottom of said upper portion of the plate.