Picture hanging tool

Abstract

A picture hanging tool comprises a main body having a flange adapted to overlie the upper edge of a picture frame and a slide which is adjustable relative to the main body. The slide may be secured in any selected one of a number of different positions relative to the main body member and has at one end thereof a projecting coupling carrying a marker which may be pressed lightly against the wall on which a picture is to be hung for the purpose of marking the place at which a picture support should be fixed to the wall. The projecting coupling also includes retainers for accommodating picture hangers, and such projection coupling is adjustable to enable the retainers to face a selected one of different positions.

1 . A tool for use in hanging in a selected position on a wall an object having a hanger supported by said object, said tool comprising a body member; a flange carried by said body member for removable engagement with an object supporting member carried by an object to be hung on said wall; a slide member; means mounting said slide member on said body member for sliding movements toward and away from said flange; a retainer member on said slide member for removable attachment to said supporting member; and marker means carried by one of said members for engagement with said wall for making a mark on said wall to indicate a selected position which said supporting member should occupy relative to said wall to enable said object to be supported by said support member in said selected position on said wall. 
   
   
       2 . The tool according to  claim 1  wherein said retainer member has a plurality of different kinds of receivers, one of which is adapted to accommodate a filament and the other of which is adapted to accommodate a bracket. 
   
   
       3 . A tool for use in hanging an object on a wall, said object having thereon a support, said tool comprising a body member; a slide member; means mounting said slide member on said body member for longitudinal sliding movements relative thereto; a locating flange at one end of said body member and extending laterally therefrom, a coupling member carried by said slide member and extending laterally therefrom parallel to and in the same direction as said locating flange, said coupling member including retainer means for coupling said coupling member to said object support; and releasable securing means reacting between said body member and said slide member for releasably securing the latter to said body member in a selected one of a number of adjusted positions longitudinally of said body member. 
   
   
       4 . The tool according to  claim 3  wherein said coupling member includes marking means for making a mark on said wall when said slide member occupies said selected one of said positions. 
   
   
       5 . The tool according to  claim 4  wherein said marking means comprises a pointed end for engaging and indenting said wall. 
   
   
       6 . The tool according to  claim 3  wherein said retainer means comprises a recess for removably accommodating said object support. 
   
   
       7 . The tool according to  claim 3  wherein said means mounting said slide member on said body member includes a groove in said body member in which said slide member is accommodated, said groove having side walls engaging opposite sides of said body member, said walls and said sides together forming an interlocking dovetailed joint. 
   
   
       8 . The tool according to  claim 3  wherein said groove in said body member has a base on which said slide member bears, said base having a slot extending therethrough, said slide member having an opening therein, said releasable securing means comprising a locking pin carried by said slide member and having one end thereof extending through said slot into said opening, said pin having a flange between its ends which bears on said body member at opposite edges of said slot, said pin being rotatable to a position in which said slide member is clamped on said base. 
   
   
       9 . The tool according to  claim 8  wherein said opening and said one end of said pin are correspondingly threaded. 
   
   
       10 . The tool according to  claim 3  wherein said coupling member is rotatable relative to said slide member. 
   
   
       11 . The tool according to  claim 10  wherein said coupling member is rotatable through at least 180°. 
   
   
       12 . A tool for use in determining the position on a wall to support a frame, said tool comprising a body member having a groove in one face thereof; a slide member slideably accommodated in said groove; a flange at one end of said body member and projecting laterally thereof for engagement with a frame to be mounted on a wall; a coupling member carried by said slide member and projecting laterally in the same direction as and parallel to said flange, said coupling member having a recess therein for accommodating a flexible frame support carried by said frame and being of such length as to be slack, said coupling member being movable along said body member when said frame support is accommodated in said recess and in such direction to a position in which said frame support is taut, said slide member being removable from said groove for rotation end-to-end and replaceable in said groove; and means mounting said coupling member on said slide member for rotation through at least 180° in response to the replacement of said side member in said groove.