US Patent Issued to The Hillman Group on April 22 for "Wall anchor assemblies and related wall mount systems" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,707, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Hillman Group Inc. (Forest Park, Ohio).

"Wall anchor assemblies and related wall mount systems" was invented by Gary E. Will (Gold Canyon, Ariz.), Byron K. Grice (Phoenix) and Dale G. Malott (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation to enable staged installation of the anchor assembly into a wall. At least one w...