IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,641
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,641 · App. 18/390,843 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Object-hanging device

Inventors: Paolo Dinale (Marostica, IT); Marco Fietta (Tezze sul Brenta, IT)
Assignee: FAMI S.R.L.
A47F5/0823
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Patent No.
US 12,414,641
App. No.
18/390,843
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Object-hanging device ( 1 ), intended to couple reversibly with a support wall ( 2 ) with a vertical extension and equipped with suitable through holes ( 3 ), comprising a support body ( 10 ), intended to support in suspension an external object and a fixing body ( 100 ), adapted to reversibly engage with the support body ( 10 ) to couple the support body ( 10 ) reversibly with the wall ( 2 ).

Claims (25)

1. An object-hanging device ( 1 ), intended to couple reversibly with a support wall ( 2 ) with a vertical extension and equipped with suitable through holes ( 3 ), wherein said device ( 1 ) comprises:

a support body ( 10 ) comprising,

a first portion ( 11 ) configured to make a rest element and/or a stop for an object;

a second portion ( 12 ) configured to make a reversible connection between said support body ( 10 ) and said support wall ( 2 );

a fixing body ( 100 ) reversibly engageable or engaged with said first portion ( 11 ) and/or with said second portion ( 12 ) in a use configuration of said object-hanging device ( 1 ), wherein said second portion ( 12 ) is at least partially inserted inside at least one of said holes ( 3 ) so as to define the anchoring of said support body ( 10 ) on said wall ( 2 );

wherein said fixing body ( 100 ), in said use configuration, exerts a first thrust action (A) and a second thrust action (B), opposite said first thrust action (A), respectively acting on said first portion ( 11 ) and/or on said second portion ( 12 ), and on said wall ( 2 ) so as to define stable anchoring of said support body ( 10 ) on said wall ( 2 );

wherein said fixing body ( 100 ), in said use configuration, exerts a first thrust action (A) and a second thrust action (B), opposite said first thrust action (A), respectively acting on said first portion ( 11 ) and/or on said second portion ( 12 ), and on said wall ( 2 ) so as to define stable anchoring of said support body ( 10 ) on said wall ( 2 ),

wherein said first portion ( 11 ) extends along a longitudinal axis(S) thereof and has a first end ( 11 a ) and a second end ( 11 b ) provided with respective transverse elements ( 11 c and 11 d ), said transverse elements ( 11 c and 11 d ), being opposite one another relative to said longitudinal axis (S),

wherein said fixing body ( 100 ) comprises at least a first seat ( 101 ) suitable for receiving a longitudinal portion of said first portion ( 11 ) of the support body ( 10 ),

wherein said fixing body ( 100 ) comprises a main component ( 110 ), suitable for exerting said first thrust action (A) and said second thrust action (B), and a support component ( 120 ) reversibly connected to said main component ( 110 ), and

wherein said main component defines said first seat ( 101 ) and wherein said support component ( 120 ) defines a second seat ( 122 ) that is suitable for receiving one of said transverse elements ( 11 d ).

2. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said fixing body ( 100 ), in said use configuration, is further configured to prevent rotation of said support body ( 10 ).

3. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 2 , wherein said support component ( 120 ) is suitable for preventing rotation of said support body ( 10 ).

4. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said support body ( 10 ) comprises a third portion ( 13 ), defined between said first portion ( 11 ) and said second portion ( 12 ), defining a housing ( 14 ) for, or an element for coupling with, said fixing body ( 100 ).

5. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 4 , wherein said second portion ( 12 ) is made in a single piece with said third portion ( 13 ) so as to define a fork geometry, wherein at least said second portion ( 12 ) defines at least one tine of said fork geometry.

6. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 4 , wherein said third portion ( 13 ) defines a housing ( 14 ) for said fixing body ( 100 ) and wherein said fixing body ( 100 ) comprises at least partially along a perimeter a channel ( 112 ) adapted to receive said third portion ( 13 ) of said support body ( 10 ).

7. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 4 , wherein said first portion ( 11 ) and/or said second portion ( 12 ) and/or said third portion ( 13 ) are made in the form of threadlike elements having an “I” or an “L” or a “V” or a “C” or a “U” or an “M”-shaped geometry.

8. The device ( 1 ) according to claim 4 , wherein said third portion ( 13 ) and said first portion ( 11 ) are reversibly connectable by mechanical interference, and wherein said fixing body ( 100 ) is further configured to maintain said mechanical interference between the third portion ( 13 ) and the first portion ( 11 ).

9. The device according to claim 4 , wherein said third portion ( 13 ) defines a housing ( 14 ) and wherein at least one of said transverse elements ( 11 d ) is at least partially inserted inside said housing ( 100 ).

10. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the support component is couplable with said main component ( 110 ) by suitable connecting members, said connecting members comprising:

at least two “C”-shaped hooks ( 111 a and 111 b ), arranged on the main component ( 110 ) and with respective facing cavities;

two sliding guides ( 121 a and 121 b ), arranged correspondingly along two lateral sides ( 120 c and 120 d ) of said support component ( 120 );

wherein said hooks ( 111 a and 111 b ) are adapted to slidingly receive between them the support component ( 120 ) and realize a connection therewith by mechanical interference.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the support component ( 120 ) comprises a first slit ( 123 a ) and a second slit ( 123 b ) defining a first lateral fin ( 124 a ) and a second lateral fin ( 124 b ) that are arranged respectively near said lateral sides ( 120 e and 120 d ),

said lateral fins ( 124 a , 124 b ) being flexibly deformable relative to said support component ( 120 ) so as to realise, in use, an engagement of the lateral fins ( 124 a , 124 b ) with the main component ( 110 ) and permit disengagement of the lateral fins ( 124 a , 124 b ) from the main component ( 110 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2024
From: DINALE, PAOLO; FIETTA, MARCO
To: FAMI S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 066217/0847 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102022000026955 · Dec 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240215739A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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