Patent ID: 7938608

Claim:
A wall surface protecting assembly comprising: a bolt and a nut being threadably couplable to said bolt; a bolt receiving member comprising; a plate having a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge, said plate having an aperture extending therethrough, said aperture extending into said first side and outwardly of said second side; a sleeve being attached to and extending away from said second side, said sleeve bounding said aperture, said sleeve having a distal end with respect to said plate, said distal end being open to allow said bolt to be extended through said aperture and through said sleeve, said sleeve being extendable through an opening in a wall surface and said second side being abuttable against the wall surface; a plurality of gripping members being attached to said bolt receiving member, said gripping members being extendable into the wall surface to retain said bolt receiving member in the wall surface, said gripping members including prongs attached to said second side and positioned between said sleeve and said peripheral edge, and wherein the bolt is extended through said bolt receiving member and a head of the bolt is abuttable against said first side of said plate to prevent damage to the wall surface and wherein said nut is thereafter threadably couplable to said bolt.