Apparatus and Method for Hanging a Picture

Abstract

An apparatus and method are disclosed having a key having a punch pin and a flat magnet keeps the punch pin in place in a metal v-notch hanger on a back side of a picture frame while a user levels a top edge of the picture frame to mark nail locations. A deck, a turret mounted on a top end of the deck, wherein the turret protrudes from the top end of the deck and the turret is gripped by a user as a handle while hanging a picture on a wall using the apparatus; a hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck for hanging a picture frame from a wire on a back of the picture frame; and a hole through the deck for aligning a push pin to pass through the hole and mark a location for an anchor from which the picture frame hangs.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a flat key having a first end and a second end;   a punch pin, the punch pin having a sharp end and a flat end, wherein the flat end of the punch is attached to the first end of the key; and   a flat magnet surrounding the flat end of the punch, wherein the flat magnet keeps the punch pin in place in a metal v-notch hanger on a back side of a picture frame while a user levels a top edge of the picture frame so that the top edge of the picture frame is parallel to horizontal while a user presses on a front side of the picture frame pressing the sharp end of the punch pin into a wall for marking hanger locations on the wall for hanging the picture frame so that the top of the picture frame is parallel to horizontal.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein punch pin is placed in a top of a notched groove of the V-notch hanger. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a bubble level, wherein the bubble level is removable attached to the top end of a deck, wherein the bubble level is placed on a top surface of the picture frame for leveling the top surface of the picture frame with horizontal.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , the apparatus further comprising:
 a storage compartment that contains the apparatus.   
     
     
         5 . A method, the method comprising:
 pressing a deck against a wall, the deck having a front side, a back side, a top end and a bottom end;   hanging a picture frame from a wire on a back of the picture frame on a hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck for hanging;   supporting the deck and the picture frame from a turret mounted on a top end of the deck, wherein the turret protrudes from the top end of the deck and the turret is gripped by a user as a handle while hanging a picture on a wall;   sticking a push pin through a hole through the deck for aligning a push pin; and   marking a location for an anchor from which the picture frame hangs.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein pressing the deck against the wall further comprises:
 pressing a plurality of friction feet attached to the back side of the deck, wherein the plurality of friction feet is pressed against the wall to support a vertical load of a weight of the picture frame.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , the apparatus further comprising:
 removing a bubble level removably attached to the top end of the deck; and   leveling a top edge of the picture frame using the bubble level.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , increasing a distance between the top end and the bottom end of the deck wherein the deck has a top end and a bottom end and is extensible in length. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the deck is extensible between a top end of the deck having a turret and bottom end of the deck, the method further comprising:
 extending a distance between the turret and the hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck so that the turret extends beyond a top edge of the picture frame.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , the method further comprising:
 keeping the deck compacted until the deck is extended using a push button attached to a point between the top end of the deck and the bottom end of the deck.   
     
     
         11 . An apparatus comprising:
 a deck having a front side, a back side, a top end and a bottom end;   a turret mounted on a top end of the deck, wherein the turret protrudes from the top end of the deck and the turret is gripped by a user as a handle while hanging a picture on a wall using the apparatus;   a hook hanger attached to the front side of the deck for hanging a picture frame from a wire on a back of the picture frame; and   a hole through the deck for aligning a push pin to pass through the hole and mark a location for an anchor from which the picture frame hangs.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , the apparatus further comprising:
 a plurality of friction feet attached to the back side of the deck, wherein the plurality of friction feet is pressed against the wall to support a vertical load of a weight of the picture frame hanging from the apparatus.   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , the apparatus further comprising:
 a bubble level removably attached to the top end of the deck for leveling a top edge of the the picture frame.   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the deck has a top end and a bottom end and is extensible in length, increasing a distance between the top end and the bottom end of the deck; and
 a push button attached to a point between the top end of the deck and the bottom end of the deck, to keep the deck compacted until the deck is extended.