Picture leveling/positioning template

Abstract

The present invention 10 discloses an inexpensive, reusable, and compact picture leveling template where the design of the device 10 would allow the user 12 to arrange picture frames 14, shadow boxes 70, shelving 77, signage, or any objects with 2 or 3 dimensions that could be mounted on a wall 16 in a preferred arrangement in limitless aesthetic combinations on a vertical surface of any size or slope along with curved wall surfaces. The template 10 has multiple leveling guides 24, 28, 32 to assist the user 12 in leveling and spacing picture frames 14 horizontally and vertically on any vertical surface 16. The present invention 10 may be a three-part, inexpensive compact kit comprised of a planar pliable material 18 with multiple leveling lines 34, 36 inscribed thereon, a non-shear adhesive 38, and bubble levels 40 for use with a non-shear adhesive.

I claim: 
     
       1. A template for hanging picture frames level on a wall, comprising:
 a) a rectangular, planar sheet of pliable material, wherein said sheet is planar, said sheet having a pair of opposite side edges, a top edge a and, bottom edge, and front surface, and rear surfaces surface; 
 b) multiplea plurality of picture frame indicia being disposed on said front of said the sheet front surface, each said frame indicia being defined by a substantially having horizontal top edge and bottom edge edges and a substantially pair of vertical pair of side edges, wherein a faster fastener placement marker is disposed within each said frame indica in association with each of said the top, bottom and side edges being so disposed as to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of the picture frame to the wall, the picture frame being is complementarily sized as said the picture frame indicia can to be hung level on the wall with said the fastener,;  
 c) a plurality of bubble level placement indicia being disposed on said the sheet, wherein said the bubble level placement indicia are disposed on all two adjacent corners of said the sheet in both horizontal and vertical orientation wherein said bubble level placement indicia are so disposed as to allow said the sheet and said the picture frame indicia to be horizontally and vertically aligned with the wall; 
 d) a bubble leveler being disposed on said the bubble level placement indicia, said bubble leveler being and attached to said the sheet using removable adhesive to permit the sheet to be leveled on the wall; 
 e) a removable adhesive being disposed on said the rear surface of said the sheet for attaching said the sheet to the wall;  
 f)a plurality of axial correlation guides being disposed adjacent said the fastener placement markers and said bubble placement indicia found at the top edge only to permit the horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet to be identified; 
 g) a centrally disposed eve eye level guide on said the sheet whereby a user can determine the correct picture height at which to place the picture frame; 
 h) a plurality of peripheral guides disposed in a spaced apart relationship around the perimeter upon the opposite side edges of said the sheet whereby a plurality of said the sheets can be joined together and wherein said the plurality of said sheets can be horizontally and vertically aligned with the wall,; and  
 i) a plurality ofone or more cutting guide lines being disposed on said front of said the sheet front surface, wherein said the sheet can be cut into parts diagonally, a plurality of said the sheets can be joined together, and said the parts can be horizontally and vertically aligned with an existing feature of said the wall. 
 
     
     
       2. The A method of hanging picture frames level on a wall, comprising the steps of: 
 a) placing on said wall a rectangular sheet of pliable material on the wall, said the sheet having a pair of opposite side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge and front and rear surfaces, said the sheet having multiple picture frame indicia on the front thereof surface, with a fastener placement marker disposed within each frame indicia so as to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of the picture frame to the wall, a plurality of bubble level placement indicia being disposed on said the sheet disposed on all at two adjacent corners of said the sheet in both horizontal and vertical orientation, one axial correlation guide being disposed adjacent said fastener placement markers and said bubble placement indicia upon the top edge to permit the horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet to be identified, a centrally disposed eye level guide on said the sheet whereby a use user can determine the correct picture height at which to place the picture frame, a plurality of two peripheral guides disposed in a spaced apart relationship around the perimeter the pair of opposite side edges of said the sheet whereby a plurality of said the sheets can be joined together and said plurality of said the sheets can be horizontally and vertically aligned with the wall, a plurality of one or more cutting guide lines being disposed on said front of said the sheet front surface, wherein said the sheet can be cut into parts diagonally, a plurality of said the sheets can be joined together, and said the parts can be horizontally and vertically aligned with an existing feature of said the wall, said the sheet having a removable adhesive disposed on the rear surface for temporarily attaching said the sheet to the wall; 
 b) attaching a bubble leveler on said the bubble level placement indicia using removable adhesive to permit the sheet to be leveled on the wall; 
 c) using the peripheral guides for overlapping additional such sheets as required; 
 d) locating nail holes in said the wall using said the fastener placement markers with respective axial indicia or axial correlation guides; 
 e) removing said the sheet from said the wall; and 
 f) mounting picture frames using nail holes located in said the wall. 
 
     
     
       3. A template for hanging objects level on a wall, comprising:
 a rectangular planar sheet of pliable material having a pair of opposite side edges, a top edge, bottom edge, front and rear surfaces,   a plurality of separable object representation indicia disposed on the front surface at time of manufacture of the template, each object representation indicia comprising inside object dimensional indicia and object outline indicia to facilitate placement of an object thereon, the object representation indicia serving as a preview of what the object will look like installed on the wall surface, the object representation indicia not required to be manually traceable on the sheet front surface by a user,   a plurality of fastener placement markers disposed within each object representation indicia on the sheet front surface to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of the object to the wall,   bubble level placement indicia provided on at least two corners of the sheet for aligning the sheet vertically and horizontally on the wall,   a plurality of axial correlation indicia disposed on the front surface, at least one axial correlation indicia disposed adjacent at least one fastener placement marker and the bubble level placement indicia to delineate the horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet,   an eye level guide on the sheet for determining a correct height at which to place the sheet on the wall,   one or more cutting guide lines disposed on the sheet front surface for separating the sheet into one of modules of multiple object representation indicia parts and individual object representation indicia parts, the parts re-combinable into a desired revised template for horizontal and vertical alignment with an existing feature of the wall, and   a plurality of peripheral guide indicia disposed along outside edges of the sheet front surface, the peripheral guide indicia providing a fixed margin width between adjacent sides of two or more object representation indicia.    
     
     
       4. The template of claim 3, wherein the object representation indicia is sized on the sheet and the fastener placement markers are disposed therein so that object hanging hardware, once installed in the fastener placement markers using the template, do not require later repositioning on the wall to move originally installed objects to new locations while maintaining a desired width between adjacent sides thereof.  
     
     
       5. The template of claim 3, wherein the plurality of object representation in each template further includes multiple different frame indicia sizes, a first frame size and one or more different object representation sizes, the one or more different object representation sizes each being a different larger derivative of the first object representation size so that combinations of one or more first-sized object representation indicia, with spacings therebetween, or first-sized object representation indicia with one of the different-sized larger derivative object representation indicia with spacings therebetween are interchangeable in a footprint of another one of the larger-sized derivative object representation indicia on the template, while maintaining a fixed margin width between adjacent object representation indicia due to the peripheral guide indicia.  
     
     
       6. The template of claim 3, further comprising an additional pair of axial correlation indicia disposed adjacent at least two other fastener placement markers so that four axial correlation indicia are each arranged on respective sides within the object representation indicia.  
     
     
       7. The template of claim 3, wherein the peripheral guide indicia facilitates offset alignment of individual or groups of individual object representation indicia parts or modules.  
     
     
       8. The template of claim 3, wherein a fixed width is provided between adjacent object representation indicia, whether objects are installed on a template without modification, multiple templates are overlapped, or one of modules and individual object representation indicia parts are cut from the sheet via the cutting guide lines vertically, horizontally or diagonally and re-combined via the peripheral guides into a desired revised template with horizontal and vertical alignment for hanging objects on the wall.  
     
     
       9. The template of claim 3, wherein multiple combinations of object representational indicia parts cut from a template are configured to be re-combinable into a dimensional pattern which aligns with an angle of a staircase or another non-horizontal wall or feature line.  
     
     
       10. A method of hanging objects level on a wall, comprising:
 placing a rectangular planar sheet of pliable material on the wall, the sheet having at least a facing surface with a plurality of separable object representation indicia disposed thereon at time of manufacture, each object representation indicia comprising inside object dimensional indicia and object outline indicia to facilitate placement of an object thereon, the object representation indicia serving as a preview of what the object will look like installed on the wall surface, the object representation indicia not required to be manually traceable on the sheet front surface by a user, a plurality of fastener placement markers disposed within each object representation indicia to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of the object to the wall, bubble level placement indicia provided on at least two corners of the sheet for aligning the sheet vertically and horizontally on the wall, a plurality of axial correlation indicia disposed on the sheet facing surface, at least one axial correlation indicia disposed adjacent at least two of fastener placement markers and the bubble level placement indicia to delineate the horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet, an eye level guide on the sheet for determining a correct height at which to place the sheet on the wall, one or more cutting guide lines disposed on the sheet facing surface for separating the sheet into one of modules of multiple object representation indicia parts and individual object representation indicia parts, the parts re-combinable into a desired revised template for horizontal and vertical alignment with an existing feature of the wall, and a plurality of peripheral guide indicia disposed along outside edges of the sheet front surface, the peripheral guide indicia providing a fixed margin width between adjacent sides of two or more object representation indicia on the template,   using the peripheral guide indicia for overlapping additional such sheets as required,   locating nail holes in the wall using the fastener placement markers with respective axial correlation indicia,   removing the sheet from the wall, and   mounting picture frames using the nail holes.    
     
     
       11. A modular system for hanging picture frames level on a wall, comprising:
 a plurality of combinable picture frame templates, each template overlapped with another template or modified to have modules of multiple frame representation indicia parts or individual frame representation indicia parts removed therefrom and separately re-combined to form a revised template, each template including:
 a rectangular planar sheet of pliable material having a facing surface and a backing for attachment to the wall, 
 a plurality of separable and removable frame representation indicia disposed on the facing surface, the frame representation indicia disposed on the sheet at time of manufacture thereof, each frame indicia comprising inside frame dimensional indicia and frame outline indicia to facilitate placement of a picture frame thereon, the frame representation indicia serving as a preview of what the picture frame will look like installed on the wall, the frame representation indicia not required to be manually traceable on the sheet facing surface by a user, 
 a plurality of fastener placement markers disposed within each frame representation indicia on the facing surface to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of a picture frame to the wall, 
 bubble level placement indicia provided on at least two corners of the sheet for aligning the sheet vertically and horizontally on the wall, 
 a plurality of axial correlation indicia disposed on the facing surface, at least one axial correlation indicia disposed adjacent two fastener placement markers and at least two bubble level placement indicia to delineate horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet, 
 an eye level guide on the sheet for determining a correct height at which to place the sheet on the wall, 
 one or more cutting guide lines disposed on the facing surface for separating the sheet into one of modules and individual frame representation indicia parts re-combinable into a desired revised template for horizontal and vertical alignment with an existing feature of the wall, and 
 a plurality of peripheral guide indicia disposed along outside edges of the sheet facing surface, the peripheral guide indicia providing a fixed margin width between adjacent sides of two or more frame representation indicia.  
   
     
     
       12. The template of claim 11, wherein the frame representation indicia is sized on the sheet and the fastener placement markers are disposed therein so that picture frame hardware, once installed in the fastener placement markers using the template, do not require later repositioning on the wall to move originally installed picture frames to new locations while maintaining a desired width between adjacent sides thereof.  
     
     
       13. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of frame representation indicia in each template further includes multiple different frame representation indicia sizes, a first frame representation indicia size and one or more different frame representation indicia sizes, the one or more different frame representation indicia sizes each being a different larger derivative of the first frame representation indicia size so that combinations of one or more first-sized frame representation indicia, with spacings therebetween or first-sized frame representation indicia with one of the different-sized larger derivative frame representation indicia with spacings therebetween are interchangeable in a footprint of another one of the larger-sized derivative frame representation indicia on the template, while maintaining a fixed margin width between adjacent frame representation indicia due to the peripheral guide indicia.  
     
     
       14. The system of claim 11, wherein a fixed width provided between adjacent frame representation indicia, whether frames are installed on a template without modification, multiple templates are overlapped, or one of modules and individual frame representation indicia parts are cut from the sheet via the cutting guide lines vertically, horizontally or diagonally and re-combined via the peripheral guides into a desired revised template with horizontal and vertical alignment for hanging frames on the wall.  
     
     
       15. The system of claim 11, wherein modules of multiple frame representation indicia parts or individual frame representation indicia parts removed therefrom are configured to be separately re-combined into a dimensional pattern which aligns with an angle of a staircase or another non-horizontal wall or feature line.  
     
     
       16. A template for hanging picture frames level on a wall, comprising:
 a rectangular planar sheet of pliable material having a facing surface,   a picture frame representation indicia disposed on the facing surface, the frame representation indicia disposed on the sheet at time of manufacture thereof and comprising inside frame dimensional indicia and frame outline indicia to facilitate placement of a picture frame thereon,   a plurality of fastener placement markers disposed within the frame representation indicia on the sheet facing surface to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of the picture frame to the wall,   bubble level placement indicia provided on the sheet for aligning the sheet vertically and horizontally on the wall,   axial correlation indicia disposed within the frame representation indicia on the sheet facing surface, each axial correlation indicia disposed adjacent a corresponding fastener placement marker to delineate the horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet,   an eye level guide on the sheet for determining a correct height at which to place the sheet on the wall,   one or more cutting guide lines disposed on the sheet facing surface for separating the sheet into one of modules of multiple frame indicia parts and individual frame indicia parts, the parts re-combinable into a desired revised template for horizontal and vertical alignment with an existing feature of the wall, and   a plurality of peripheral guide indicia disposed along outside edges of the sheet facing surface, the peripheral guide indicia providing a fixed margin width between adjacent sides of two or more frame representation indicia.    
     
     
       17. The template of claim 16, wherein the frame representation indicia is sized on the sheet and the fastener placement markers are disposed therein so that picture frame hardware, once installed in the fastener placement markers using the template, do not require later repositioning on the wall to move originally installed picture frames to new locations while maintaining a desired width between adjacent sides thereof.  
     
     
       18. The template of claim 16, further comprising at least one bubble leveler disposed on the sheet facing surface.  
     
     
       19. A template for hanging fasteners on a wall in order to mount one or more objects thereon, comprising:
 a rectangular planar sheet of pliable material having a pair of opposite side edges, a top edge, bottom edge, front and rear surfaces,   a plurality of fastener placement markers disposed on the sheet front surface to indicate correct fastener placement for attachment of an object to the wall,   bubble level placement indicia provided on the sheet for aligning the sheet vertically and horizontally on the wall,   a plurality of axial correlation indicia disposed on the front surface, at least one axial correlation indicia disposed adjacent at least one fastener placement marker and the bubble level placement indicia to delineate the horizontal and vertical axes of the sheet,   an eye level guide on the sheet for determining a correct height at which to place the sheet on the wall,   one or more cutting guide lines disposed on the sheet front surface for separating the sheet into one of modules of sheet parts and individual object parts, the parts re-combinable into a desired revised template for horizontal and vertical alignment with an existing feature of the wall, and   a plurality of peripheral guide indicia disposed along outside edges of the sheet front surface, the peripheral guide indicia providing a fixed margin width between adjacent sides of two or more objects to be hung on the fasteners placed using the sheet.