US 7,503,126 B2
Wall-hanging-aid device and method of use
Antony John Robins, 95 Collinwood Rd., Maplewood, N.J. 07040-1037 (US)
Filed on Apr. 06, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/697,681.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/790677, filed on Apr. 10, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0234584 A1, Oct. 11, 2007
Int. Cl. G01B 3/10 (2006.01); G01B 5/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 33—613  [33/759; 33/760; 33/764] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall-hanging-aid device for locating a hanging position on a conventional wall having studs, the device comprising:
a housing body adapted to contain a first and second vertical retractable-arm mechanism, a first horizontal retractable-arm mechanism and a second horizontal retractable-arm mechanism, and the housing body further adapted to enable a portion of each retractable-arm mechanism to extend therethrough;
the first horizontal retractable-arm mechanism further comprising a first horizontal retractable arm including a second template means;
the second horizontal retractable-arm mechanism further comprising a third template means;
the first vertical retractable-arm mechanism further comprises a first measuring means and the second vertical retractable-arm mechanism further comprises a second measuring means;
a first extendable vertical template arm arranged on a surface of the housing and further being enabled to have generally about 180-degrees of rotation relative to the housing, the rotation being disposed in a constructed plane defined by a first line representing a direction of extension of the first horizontal retractable arm mechanism and a second, generally perpendicular line representing a direction of extension of the first vertical retractable-arm mechanism; and
a stud-finder means for locating the wall stud, the stud-finder means having a display apparatus, a portion of which is arranged on a visible surface of the housing.