Reusable adhesive mounted hanger for wall or window use

Abstract

An adhesive-backed wall hanger may provide a transparent body and adhesive, the latter bonded to the support surface so as to provide a greater specific adhesion between the adhesive and the support surface on an interface between the adhesive and the support surface than between the adhesive and a material of the substantially planar surface so that the adhesive may be removed and reattached to the substantially planar surface multiple times.

What I claim is: 
     
         1 . A hanger comprising:
 a hanger element providing a hanger component for supporting an object and a hanger support surface adapted to abut a substantially planar surface; and   an adhesive bonded to the support surface to provide a greater adhesive between the adhesive and the support surface at an interface between the adhesive and the support surface than between the adhesive and a material other than the support surface;   wherein the adhesive may be removed and reattached to the substantially planar surface multiple times.   
     
     
         2 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein the adhesive and hanger support surface are substantially transparent so that the hanger is substantially transparent. 
     
     
         3 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein the hanger element is a polymer and the adhesive is a two-part polymer adhesive partially cross-linked with the support surface. 
     
     
         4 . The hanger of  claim 3  wherein the adhesive is a two-part polyurethane. 
     
     
         5 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein the adhesive has a thickness of 5-20 mils. 
     
     
         6 . The hanger of  claim 1  further including a release liner attached to a face of the adhesive opposite a face of the adhesive attached to the support surface of the hanger element. 
     
     
         7 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein the hanger element is a thermoplastic molded hook. 
     
     
         8 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein the hanger element is a die cut polymer sheet. 
     
     
         9 . The hanger of  claim 8  wherein the hanger element includes a die cut hook. 
     
     
         10 . The hanger of  claim 9  wherein the die cut hook comprises a die cut hole surrounded by a polymer sheet with a slit through one wall of the die cut hole to an edge of the polymer sheet. 
     
     
         11 . The hanger of  claim 8  wherein the hanger element includes a die cut hole having radially extending blind slits allowing effective expansion of a diameter of the hole. 
     
     
         12 . A method of manufacturing a hanger of the type having a hanger element providing a hanger component for supporting an object and a hanger support surface adapted to abut a substantially planar surface and an adhesive bonded to the support surface to provide a greater adhesion between the adhesive and the support surface at an interface between the adhesive and the support surface than between the adhesive and a material other than the support surface, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) applying the adhesive to the support surface;   (b) cross-linking the adhesive to the support surface; and   (c) substantially completing cross-linking of the adhesive before application of the adhesive to the substantially planar surface.