Wall-mount hanger

Abstract

A wall-mount hanger includes: a casing; an article-hanging piece connected slidably to the casing and having a stem portion extending into the casing, and an article-hanging end portion extending from the stem portion and disposed outwardly of the casing; and a cover mounted on the casing and having an extension that cooperates with the casing to define a protrusion-hiding recess therebetween such that the article-hanging end portion of the article-hanging piece is received in the protrusion-hiding recess when the article-hanging piece is moved to a predetermined position.

1 . A wall-mount hanger comprising:
 a casing adapted to be mounted on a wall, and having first and second open ends that are transverse to each other and that define respectively first and second openings, said casing defining an inner space in spatial communication with said first and second openings;   an article-hanging piece connected slidably to said casing and having a stem portion that extends in a longitudinal direction through said second opening and into said inner space in said casing, and an article-hanging end portion that extends from said stem portion and that is disposed outwardly of said inner space in said casing, said article-hanging piece being slidable in said longitudinal direction relative to said casing between first and second positions; and   a cover mounted on said first open end of said casing to cover said first opening and having an extension that extends outwardly from a junction of said first and second open ends of said casing so as to cooperate with said second open end to define a protrusion-hiding recess therebetween;   wherein said article-hanging end portion of said article-hanging piece is disposed outwardly of said protrusion-hiding recess when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said second position, and is received and hidden in said protrusion-hiding recess when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said first position.   
   
   
       2 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said casing further has a base wall opposite to said first open end, said cover being provided with a pair of spaced apart confining plates that extend toward said base wall and that have free ends which are spaced apart from said base wall by a confining gap, said stem portion of said article-hanging piece being received fittingly and slidably in said confining gap. 
   
   
       3 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said casing further has two opposite side walls extending from said base wall and formed with a plurality of tongues, said cover being provided with a plurality of protrusions, each of which defines a groove and each of which engages a respective one of said tongues in a tongue-and-groove engaging manner. 
   
   
       4 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein one of said side walls of said casing is formed with a notch that is disposed adjacent to one of said tongues, said wall-mount hanger further comprising a cover-limiting insert that is insertable into said notch and that is engageable with an adjacent one of said protrusions so as to prevent undesired removal of said cover from said casing. 
   
   
       5 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said second open end of said casing has two opposite stopping wall portions that confine two opposite sides of said second opening, said stem portion of said article-hanging piece having a top end that is provided with two opposite stopping protrusions which are spaced apart from said stopping wall portions of said second open end of said casing when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said first position and which abut respectively against said stopping wall portions of said second open end of said casing when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said second position so as to prevent undesired removal of said article-hanging piece from said casing. 
   
   
       6 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a positioning unit including first and second engaging members that are provided respectively on said casing and said article-hanging piece and that are magnetically engageable with each other, said first and second engaging members being magnetically attracted to each other when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said first position, and being uncoupled to each other when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said second position. 
   
   
       7 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said casing further has a base wall opposite to said first open end, said wall-mount hanger further comprising a stopping mechanism including a stopping protrusion that is provided on one of said base wall of said casing and said stem portion of said article-hanging piece, and an elongated slot that is formed in the other of said base wall of said casing and said stem portion of said article-hanging piece, said stopping protrusion extending into and being movably limited within said elongated slot so as to prevent undesired removal of said article-hanging piece from said casing. 
   
   
       8 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said casing further has a base wall opposite to said first open end, said wall-mount hanger further comprising a stopping mechanism including a pair of stopping protrusions that are provided on one of said base wall of said casing and said stem portion of said article-hanging piece, and a pair of elongated slots that are formed in the other of said base wall of said casing and said stem portion of said article-hanging piece, said stopping protrusions extending respectively into said elongated slots so as to prevent undesired removal of said article-hanging piece from said casing. 
   
   
       9 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said stem portion of said article-hanging piece is formed with a guiding groove extending in said longitudinal direction, said cover being provided with a guiding rail that extends into said guiding groove so as to permit sliding movement of said article-hanging piece in said longitudinal direction. 
   
   
       10 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising an ejecting mechanism mounted in said inner space in said casing and including a housing, a fixed rod that is fixed in said housing and that extends in said longitudinal direction, an abutting seat that defines a recess opening toward and aligned with said fixed rod in said longitudinal direction and that is movable in said longitudinal direction, an urging member that is sleeved on said fixed rod and that extends into said recess to abut against said abutting seat, and a pushing rod that is connected to said abutting seat so as to be co-movable with said abutting seat, that extends outwardly therefrom in said longitudinal direction through said housing, and that has a free end disposed outwardly of said housing and extending into said inner space in said casing, said stem portion of said article-hanging piece having a top end that abuts against said free end of said pushing rod when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said first position, thereby permitting ejecting movement of said article-hanging piece in an ejecting direction from said first position to said second position when said article-hanging piece is pushed to move in a direction opposite to the ejecting direction against an urging action of said urging member and is subsequently released from the pushing action. 
   
   
       11 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein said housing of said ejecting mechanism is provided with first and second retaining members that are spaced apart and that are aligned with each other in said longitudinal direction, said abutting seat being movable relative to said housing in such a manner that said abutting seat is arrested by said first retaining member when said article-ejecting piece is moved to said first position, and is arrested by said second retaining member during ejecting movement of said article-ejecting piece from said first position to said second position. 
   
   
       12 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein said free end of said pushing rod is formed with a clamper that has a plurality of resilient claws, said pushing rod being movable together with said abutting seat relative to said housing between first and second arresting positions, said pushing rod being disposed at said first arresting position when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said first position, and being disposed at said second arresting position when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said second position, said casing being provided with a retaining seat disposed in said inner space in said casing, defining a receiving space, and having an end wall that is formed with a restricting hole in spatial communication with said receiving space, said housing of said ejecting mechanism being mounted in said receiving space in said retaining seat in such a manner that said claws are disposed in said restricting hole and are resiliently moved toward each other when said pushing rod is disposed at said first arresting position, and that said claws are disposed outwardly of said restricting hole and are resiliently restored to their original states when said pushing rod is disposed at said second arresting position, said top end of said stem portion of said article-hanging piece being provided with a headed rod that has a head portion which is clamped resiliently by said claws when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said first position, and which is released from said claws when said article-hanging piece is disposed at said second position. 
   
   
       13 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said article-hanging end portion of said article-hanging piece is in the form of a hook. 
   
   
       14 . The wall-mount hanger as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said article-hanging end portion of said article-hanging piece is in the form of a slotted member that defines a hanging slot.