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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence C Gardner, Sterling, MA (US);
Philip Nigro, Jr, Worcester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2482183 ; 2482172 ; 248302 ; 2482182 ;
Abstract
A hanger for engagement on a support member having a front face and first and second parallel sides, such hanger having a load-bearing portion and a support member engagement portion, such support member engagement portion formed with a fulcrum and arm members attached to hook members having sharpened ends which hanger, when engaged on the support member with the fulcrum against the front face of the support member, causes the support member engagement portion when a load is placed on the load-bearing portion to rotate on the fulcrum, exerting leverage to embed the sharpened ends into the first and second parallel sides of the support member.