US 12,279,707 B2
Wall anchor assemblies and related wall mount systems
Gary E. Will, Gold Canyon, AZ (US); Byron K. Grice, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Dale G. Malott, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to The Hillman Group, Inc., Forest Park, OH (US)
Filed by THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/300,164.
Application 16/935,640 is a division of application No. 16/186,681, filed on Nov. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,743,685, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/186,681 is a division of application No. 15/686,472, filed on Aug. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,143,316, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Application 15/686,472 is a division of application No. 15/195,168, filed on Jun. 28, 2016, granted, now 9,775,450, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Application 18/300,164 is a continuation of application No. 16/935,640, filed on Jul. 22, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/186,908, filed on Jun. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248161 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 1/20 (2006.01); A47B 96/02 (2006.01); A47G 1/16 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01); F16B 45/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/20 (2013.01) [A47B 96/02 (2013.01); A47G 1/1633 (2013.01); F16B 15/0023 (2013.01); F16B 45/00 (2013.01); A47B 96/024 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.