Wall hook

{
  "publication_number": "US2010200708A1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A1",
  "title": "Wall hook",
  "abstract": "A wall hook includes an inserting head and a levering handle. The inserting head has a front penetrating tip and a rear fulcrum end. The levering handle includes a cable holder and a fastening enhancer. The cable holder is transversely and integrally extended from the inserting head, wherein the cable holder defines a receiving cavity and an access opening communicating with the receiving cavity for allowing a user to dispose at least one cable in the receiving cavity via the access opening. On the other hand, the fastening enhancer is transversely and inclinedly extended from the inserting head in such a manner that when the inserting head is rotatably inserted on the wall surface, the fastening enhancer is arranged to be rotated until the fastening enhancer basis against the wall surface for restricting a further axial displacement of the wall hook while providing an enhanced torque applying structure.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A wall hook for mounting on a wall surface, comprising: an inserting head having a front penetrating tip for being rotatably inserted into a wall surface and a rear fulcrum end integrally and rearwardly extended from said penetrating tip; and a levering handle which comprises: a cable holder transversely and integrally extended from said inserting head, wherein said cable holder defines a receiving cavity and an access opening communicating with said receiving cavity for allowing a user to dispose at least one cable in said receiving cavity via said access opening; and a fastening enhancer transversely and inclinedly extended with respect to said inserting head in such a manner that when said inserting head is rotatably inserted on said wall surface, said fastening enhancer is arranged to be rotated as well until said fastening enhancer basis against said wall surface for restricting a further axial displacement of said wall hook while providing an enhanced torque applying arrangement for rotatably inserting said wall hook onto said wall surface.",
    "2. The wall hook, as recited in claim 1, wherein said cable holder comprises an elongated holder member extended from said inserting head and bent to form a cable holding loop to define said receiving cavity within said loop and said access opening, wherein said cable holder is upwardly extended along a transverse direction of said inserting head so that a user is able to dispose said cable into said receiving cavity via said access opening.",
    "3. The wall hook, as recited in claim 2, wherein a width of said receiving cavity is designed to be slightly larger than a diameter of said predetermined cable such that when said cable is disposed within said receiving cavity, a movement of said cable within said receiving cavity is kept to the minimum.",
    "4. The wall hook, as recited in claim 3, wherein said elongated holder member is bent in such a manner that a width of said receiving cavity in a vicinity of said access opening is gradually decreasing so that when said cable is subject to gravitational force within said receiving cavity, said cable tends to fall onto said lower portion of said cable holder while retaining within said receiving cavity until external force is applied to pull out said cable from said receiving cavity.",
    "5. The wall hook, as recited in claim 4, wherein said access opening is inclinedly provided at a bottom portion of said cable holder toward said wall surface so as to prevent said cable from falling out of said receiving cavity due to gravitational force.",
    "6. The wall hook, as recited in claim 5, wherein said fastening enhancer comprises an object holder integrally extended from said cable holder and defines a holder cavity and a holder opening communicating said holder cavity with an exterior of said object holder, wherein said holder cavity is arranged to receive an object therein.",
    "7. The wall hook, as recited in claim 6, wherein said object holder comprises an elongated supporting member integrally extended from said elongated holding member at said access opening of said cable holder and is outwardly bent to form a object holding loop defining said holder cavity and said holder opening, wherein said inner side edge of said object holding loop is inclined toward said wall surface so as allow convenient rotation of said inserting head with the minimum frictional force exerted to said wall hook from said wall surface.",
    "8. The wall hook, as recited in claim 7, wherein said holder opening of said enhancer is outwardly inclined with respect to said wall surface so that a user is able to dispose said object into said holder cavity via said holder opening from a corresponding orientation.",
    "9. The wall hook, as recited in claim 8, wherein a width of said holder cavity in said vicinity of said holder opening is gradually decreasing so as to prevent said object disposed in said holder cavity from being accidentally dropping out.",
    "10. The wall hook, as recited in claim 9, further comprising a hanger arrangement extended from said fastening enhancer of said levering handle for allowing a predetermined accessory to hang on said hanger arrangement.",
    "11. The wall hook, as recited in claim 10, wherein said hanger arrangement comprises a hanger member integrally extended from said fastening enhancer of said levering handle wherein said accessory is arranged to suspendedly hang onto said hanger member for being suspenedly hung onto said wall surface.",
    "12. The wall hook, as recited in claim 11, wherein said hanger arrangement further comprises a load distributor extended between said fastening enhancer and said hanger member so as to allow loading exerted onto said wall hooks to be evenly disturbed along said entire body of said wall hook and prevent substantial stress concentration on any single point of said wall hook.",
    "13. The wall hook, as recited in claim 12, wherein said load distributor comprises a stress distributing member extended from said elongated supporting member and said hanger member, and bent to form a curved cross section which defines a distributor cavity and a distributor opening communicating said distributor cavity and an exterior of said load distributor, wherein said curved stress disturbing member is arranged to spread stress concentration at said load distributor so as to prevent said intersection between said hanger arrangement and said levering handle from being structurally deformed.",
    "14. The wall hook, as recited in claim 13, wherein said load distributor has a predetermined elasticity so as to allow movement tolerance between said hander member and said fastening enhancer.",
    "15. The wall hook, as recited in claim 14, wherein said hanger member is bent to form at least one indention for preventing said object hung thereon from accidentally sliding along said elongated member.",
    "16. A wall hook for mounting on a wall surface, comprising: an inserting head having a front penetrating tip for being rotatably inserted into a wall surface and a rear fulcrum end integrally and rearwardly extended from said penetrating tip; and a levering handle which comprises: a fastening enhancer transversely and inclinedly extended with respect to said inserting head in such a manner that when said inserting head is rotatably inserted on said wall surface, said fastening enhancer is arranged to be rotated as well until said fastening enhancer basis against said wall surface for restricting a further axial displacement of said wall hook while providing an enhanced torque applying arrangement for rotatably inserting said wall hook onto said wall surface; and a hanger member integrally extended from said fastening enhancer of said levering handle wherein said predetermined object is arranged to suspendedly hang onto said hanger member for being suspenedly hung onto said wall surface.",
    "17. The wall hook, as recited in claim 16, wherein said fastening enhancer comprises an object holder integrally extended from said cable holder and defines a holder cavity and a holder opening communicating said holder cavity with an exterior of said object holder, wherein said holder cavity is arranged to receive an object therein.",
    "18. The wall hook, as recited in claim 17, wherein said object holder comprises an elongated supporting member integrally extended from said elongated holding member at said access opening of said cable holder and is outwardly bent to form a object holding loop defining said holder cavity and said holder opening, wherein said inner side edge of said object holding loop is inclined toward said wall surface so as allow convenient rotation of said inserting head with the minimum frictional force exerted to said wall hook from said wall surface.",
    "19. The wall hook, as recited in claim 18, wherein said holder opening of said enhancer is outwardly inclined with respect to said wall surface so that a user is able to dispose said object into said holder cavity via said holder opening from a corresponding orientation.",
    "20. The wall hook, as recited in claim 19, wherein a width of said holder cavity in said vicinity of said holder opening is gradually decreasing so as to prevent said object disposed in said holder cavity from being accidentally dropping out.",
    "21. The wall hook, as recited in claim 20, wherein said hanger arrangement comprises a hanger member integrally extended from said fastening enhancer of said levering handle wherein said accessory is arranged to suspendedly hang onto said hanger member for being suspenedly hung onto said wall surface.",
    "22. The wall hook, as recited in claim 21, wherein said hanger arrangement further comprises a load distributor extended between said fastening enhancer and said hanger member so as to allow loading exerted onto said wall hooks to be evenly disturbed along said entire body of said wall hook and prevent substantial stress concentration on any single point of said wall hook.",
    "23. The wall hook, as recited in claim 22, wherein said load distributor comprises a stress distributing member extended from said elongated supporting member and said hanger member, and bent to form a curved cross section which defines a distributor cavity and a distributor opening communicating said distributor cavity and an exterior of said load distributor, wherein said curved stress disturbing member is arranged to spread stress concentration at said load distributor so as to prevent said intersection between said hanger arrangement and said levering handle from being structurally deformed.",
    "24. The wall hook, as recited in claim 23, wherein said load distributor has a predetermined elasticity so as to allow movement tolerance between said hander member and said fastening enhancer.",
    "25. The wall hook, as recited in claim 24, wherein said hanger member is bent to form at least one indention for preventing said object hung thereon from accidentally sliding along said elongated member."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "1. Field of Invention\n\nThe present invention relates to a wall hook, and more particularly to a wall hook, wherein the wall hook comprises an inserting head and a transverse arm transversely extending therefrom for increasing the torque distance to minimize a torque required to directly apply at the inserting head.\n\n2. Description of Related Arts\n\nA wall hook is considered as one of the common wall accessories to hold an item on the wall. Generally speaking, there are two types of wall hook in the existing market. The first type of wall hook is a wall hanger adapted for mounting on a flat wall surface to hang the item, such as cloth or picture frame, on the wall. Accordingly, such wall hanger, which is a one-piece hanging device, generally comprises a pin head having a screwing axis and a hanging hook rearwardly extended from the pine head along the screwing axis, such that when the user drives the hanging hook to rotate with respect to the screwing axis by his or her hand in a tool-less manner, the pin head is rotated to insert into the wall. However, such wall hanger has a major drawback that the user must apply a relatively large rotational force at the hanging hook in order to force the pin head to penetrate through the wall surface. It is worth to mention that when the pin head is driven to penetrate through the wall surface along the screwing axis by the rotational force, the pin head will be unintentionally forced in a radial direction. In other words, the mounting hole formed by the insertion of the pin head will be bigger than the circumferential size of the pin head.",
  "cpc": [
    "A47G 1/20",
    "A47G 2001/207",
    "F16B 35/06",
    "F16B 45/012"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "F16M 13/02"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Chin-Hsiung Lien"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2010-04-09",
  "publication_date": "2010-08-12",
  "priority_date": "2007-07-30",
  "application_number": "US-79872210-A",
  "family_id": "42539613",
  "cited_by_count": 0,
  "citations": [
    "US934255A",
    "US6364266B1",
    "US7726619B2"
  ]
}