US 12,213,605 B2
Wall anchors and assemblies for heavyweight objects
Joseph A. Hoffman, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Mario A. Davenport, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/637,542
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/057813
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/038389, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,626, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279945 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 1/20 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/20 (2013.01) [F16M 13/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall anchor comprising:
a base plate including opposing front and back surfaces, a top edge, a bottom edge and two opposing side edges;
a downwardly curved prong having a base, wherein the prong extends outwardly along an arc to a wall-penetrating outer end;
a load bearing structure adjacent the top edge; and
an alignment notch at the bottom edge,
wherein the base of the prong is integral with one of the opposing side edges, wherein the base of the prong has a height measured along the side edge and a thickness measured along the top edge, and wherein the height is a least 1.5 times the thickness.