US 11,786,060 B1
Print hanger
Jeff Ward, Rolling Hills, ID (US); and Riley Plocher, Rexburg, ID (US)
Assigned to Silicate Studio Home, LLC, Rexburg, ID (US)
Filed by Silicate Studio Home, LLC, Rexburg, ID (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,328.
Int. Cl. A47G 1/16 (2006.01); A47G 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/162 (2013.01) [A47G 1/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A print hanger configured to hang a print on a wall, the print hanger comprising:
a) a pair of brackets separate from one another and configured to be mounted to a wall in a spaced-apart relationship, and including an upper bracket and a lower bracket;
b) each bracket comprising an array of lobes with the lobes configured to extend towards another bracket when mounted on the wall, the lobes comprising a ferromagnetic material;
c) a pair of cover plates separate from one another and corresponding to the pair of brackets with each cover plate associated with a different one of the pair of brackets, and including an upper cover plate and a lower cover plate, each cover plate comprising;
d) an array of magnets carried by the cover plate and aligning with the array of lobes of a corresponding bracket and configured to receive an edge of the print between the array of magnets and the array of lobes;
e) a pocket sized and shaped to receive one of the pair of brackets, the pocket having a depth at least as great as a thickness of a corresponding bracket, a back surface of the cover plate being substantially flush with a back surface of the bracket;
e) a rear opening in the back surface of the cover plate and open to the pocket to receive the corresponding bracket through the rear opening and into the pocket;
f) an outer opening in an opposing edge of the cover plate and open to the pocket configured to receive an edge of the print through the outer opening and into the pocket; and
i) the corresponding cover plate and bracket having a joined configuration and a separated configuration.