Apparatus and method for hanging an item on a wall

Abstract

An appartus for hanging items on a wall comprises a backing plate with a substantially square mounting plate portion and a plurality of apertures formed in the backing plate. The backing plate is anchored in a wall and then a supporting peg is inserted into one of the plurality of apertures. An item can then be hung on the supporting peg. By selectively adjusting the position of the supporting peg, the exact hanging location for the item can be quickly and easily adjusted, without altering the position of the backing plate.

1 . An apparatus comprising: 
 a mounting plate for hanging an item on a wall, the mounting plate comprising a plurality of supporting apertures;    a selectivley removable and repositionable supporting peg removably inserted into one of the supporting apertures.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising an object hanging from the supporting peg.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the selectivley removable and repositionable supporting peg comprises: 
 a first end;    a second end; and    a collar positioned approximately midway between the first end and the second end.    
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising at least two mounting apertures formed in said mounting plate.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  further comprising at least two nails inserted through the mounting apertures into a wall, thereby affixing the mounting plate to the wall.  
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the mounting plate comprises a substantially square mounting plate.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said supporting peg comprises: 
 a first end;    a second end; and    a collar positioned approximately midway between the first end and the second end.    
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the supporting apertures form approximately a 45° angle with a surface of the mounting plate.  
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the mounting apertures form approximately a 45° angle with a surface of the mounting plate.  
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the supporting apertures form approximately a 45° angle with a surface of the mounting plate and the mounting apertures form approximately a 45° angle with a surface of the mounting plate.  
   
   
       11 . An apparatus for hanging items on a wall, the apparatus comprising: 
 a substantially square mounting plate, the substantially square mounting plate comprising: 
 a first mounting aperture formed in the mounting plate;  
 a second mounting aperture formed in the mounting plate; and  
 a plurality of supporting apertures formed in the mounting plate;  
   a first mounting nail, the first mounting nail being inserted through the first mounting aperture and into the wall;    a second mounting nail, the second mounting nail being inserted through the second mounting aperture and into the wall;    a selectivley removable and repositionable supporting peg, the supporting peg comprising: 
 a first end;  
 a second end; and  
 a collar positioned approximately midway between the first end and the second end the supporting peg being inserted into one of the plurality of supporting apertures; and  
   an item hanging from and being supported by the supporting peg.    
   
   
       12 . A method for hanging an item on a wall comprising the steps of: 
 affixing a mounting plate to the wall, the mounting plate comprising a plurality of mounting apertures and a plurality of supporting apertures by inserting at least two mounting nails through at least two of the plurality of mounting apertures; and    inserting a selectivley removable and repositionable supporting peg into one of the plurality of apertures;    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the step of affixing a backing plate to the wall comprises the steps of: 
 inserting a first mounting nail through a first mounting aperture; and    inserting a second mounting nail through a second mounting aperture.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the supporting peg comprises: 
 a first end;    a second end; and    a collar positioned approximately midway between the first end and the second end.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising the step of hanging an item on the supporting peg.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 12  wherein said backing plate is a substantially square backing plate.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising the steps of: 
 removing the selectively removable supporting peg from one of the apertures;    selecting a different aperture;    inserting the selectivley removable supporting peg into the different aperture; and    hanging an item on the supporting peg.    
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 13  where in the step inserting a first mounting nail through a first mounting aperture comprises the step of inserting the first mounting nail through the first mounting aperture at approximately a 45° angle with a surface of the mounting plate and the step inserting the second mounting nail through the second mounting aperture comprises the step of inserting the second mounting nail through the second mounting aperture at approximately a 45° angle with a surface of the mounting plate.