Granted Patent B2

US 12,279,707 · App. 18/300,164 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Inventors: Gary E. Will (Gold Canyon, AZ); Byron K. Grice (Phoenix, AZ); Dale G. Malott (Chandler, AZ)

Assignee: The Hillman Group, Inc.

A47G1/20A47B96/02A47G1/1633F16B15/0023F16B45/00A47B96/024F16M13/02

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall, comprising:

a first anchor component including a first base having front and back sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extends from the first base and includes a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the first base;

a second anchor component including a second base having front and back sides, the second anchor component pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation to enable staged installation of the anchor assembly into a wall, at least one wall penetrating retainer extends from the second base and includes a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the second base;

wherein, when the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation, the anchor assembly includes side flanges that taper laterally toward each other in a vertically upward direction.

2. The anchor assembly of claim 1 , wherein, when the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation, the side flanges angle rearwardly in a vertically downward direction.

3. The anchor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component by a hinge connection.

4. The anchor assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the first base is laterally elongated;

the anchor assembly further includes:

a third anchor component including a third base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the third base and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the third base;

the third anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation, in the anchoring orientation the third anchor component is positioned at least partly in front of the first anchor component and the wall penetrating extent of the third anchor component protrudes rearwardly of the first base;

wherein the third anchor component is laterally spaced apart from the second anchor component and is pivotable relative to the first anchor component independently of pivot of the second anchor component.

5. The anchor assembly of claim 4 , further comprising:

a level element mounted to the base of the first anchor component.

6. A mount arrangement including the anchor assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the anchor assembly is engaged with a wall with the second anchor component in the anchoring orientation;

a secondary support member is engaged with the anchor assembly for support by the anchor assembly, wherein the secondary support member includes rear slots that interact with the side flanges on the anchor assembly to wedge a rear side of the secondary support member against a front surface of the wall.

7. An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall, comprising:

a first anchor component including a first base having front and back sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extends from the first base and includes a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the first base;

a second anchor component including a second base having front and back sides, the second anchor component pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation to enable staged installation of the anchor assembly into a wall, at least one wall penetrating retainer extends from the second base and includes a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the second base;

wherein the first base includes a vertically extending channel into which the second base fits when the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation.

8. The anchor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the first anchor component is of metal plate construction, the first base formed by a base plate, and the vertically extending channel is formed by spaced apart forward bends in the base plate.

9. The anchor assembly of claim 7 , wherein a hook element extends forwardly from the base plate within the vertically extending channel, and the second base includes an opening or slot through which the hook element extends.

10. An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall, comprising:

a first anchor component including a first base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extends from the first base and includes a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the first base;

a second anchor component including a second base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, the second anchor component pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation, in the anchoring orientation the second anchor component is positioned at least partly in front of the first anchor component, the second anchor component includes at least one wall penetrating retainer that extends from the second base and includes a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the second base;

wherein, when the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation, the anchor assembly includes left and right side flanges that are spaced from a wall mount plane defined by one or more portions of the back side of the first base, each side flange oriented at a lateral angle relative to an upright axis of the anchor assembly, each lateral angle between about one degree and about ten degrees.

11. The anchor assembly of claim 10 , wherein, when the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation, each side flange is oriented at a rearward angle, relative to the wall mount plane, each rearward angle between about one degree and about ten degrees.

12. The anchor assembly of claim 10 , wherein the second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component by a hinge connection.

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