Earthquake Resistant Adjustable Wall Hook

Abstract

A wall hook useful for hanging framed pictures and other objects on a wall. The hook is formed form metal sheet, configured to provide a narrow aperture to contain the selected hanging wire. That hook aperture can be easily adjusted in size using conventional tools to bring the opening to a close slip fit to the actual wire diameter thereby further reducing any possibility that the wire would escape during seismic activity. A dual post wall hook embodiment can be installed using a latch arm that closes the aperture of wall hook to further secure the hanging wire.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A wall hook for capture of a hanging wire of decorative items such as pictures and other wall decor, said wall hook having a readily adjustable aperture formed by a turned up lip section having a radius that may be changed to accommodate different wire diameters. 
     
     
         2 . The wall hook of  claim 1  said adjustable aperture providing a slip fit to a hanging wire. 
     
     
         3 . The wall hook of  claim 1  further comprising a safety pin to increase the security of the object by overlying the wire in said aperture. 
     
     
         4 . A wall hook as recited in  claim 1  that combines a pair of bent lip portions and a latch arm that can be installed into the wall screw of at least one of the bent lip portions whereby when the latch arm is rotated to horizontal, the arm is locked into position by a hook aperture, thereby closing the aperture to prevent escape of the wall decoration item. 
     
     
         5 . A wall hook apparatus for securing a wire of a wall hanging to a wall, the wall hook comprising:
 a stamped out and formed metal piece having a base section with aperture for a wall screw, with an integral pair of bent legs merging into a lip member that may be adjusted to form a variable slip fit for said wire.