| The personalization and decoration of a | | | | |
| working or living space can encourage | | | | The entire process of Hanging a Mirror or |
| feelings of relaxation and satisfaction with | | | | Hanging a Picture straight with |
| our surroundings, fostering an atmosphere of | | | | Frame-Tamer(R) takes less than one minute. |
| pride and productivity. The addition of a few | | | | The specially designed double-sided pic-tacs |
| personal pictures, mirrors, or other framed | | | | will work on plaster, drywall, wooden |
| objects on a wall can make the difference | | | | paneling, and many other types of wall and |
| between a house and a home, or can turn a | | | | door material. Even metal or tough plastic |
| bland and anonymous office space into a | | | | picture frames can be anchored with the |
| comfortable and inviting environment. | | | | Frame-Tamer(R), with double-sided pic-tacs |
| However, nothing can throw off the look and | | | | for wooden frames or canvases, but also |
| feel of a room like crooked or poorly spaced | | | | special pic-tacs topped by a very strong |
| wall hangings. | | | | adhesive which can be used on these types of |
| | | | picture frames or photo frames. Conversely, |
| The picture and mirror hanging process can be | | | | these adhesive pic-tacs can be used in |
| very complicated and time consuming. Finding | | | | reverse to anchor a wooden frame to a surface |
| a proper place to hang the object, centering | | | | that will not accept a tack, such as a tile |
| the frame on the wall or in an arrangement of | | | | or vinyl-covered wall. The Frame-Tamer(R) is |
| other objects, and making sure everything is | | | | very easy to use and small enough to fit in a |
| level and straight can require a lot of | | | | pocket or toolbelt or to store in any drawer |
| thought and planning and a lot of materials | | | | or toolbox. |
| like measuring tapes, levels, hammers, nails, | | | | |
| brackets, pencil lines, etc., and even the | | | | Inventor Donald Frericks began development of |
| use of professional picture and mirror | | | | the Frame-Tamer(R) nearly ten years ago. He |
| hanging hardware cannot guarantee that, once | | | | was frustrated by the way the pictures and |
| installed, your wall hangings will remain | | | | other framed objects on the walls of his |
| straight and level. | | | | Tampa, Florida home could be nudged out of |
| | | | place by something as common as a breeze or a |
| Happily, there is there is a cleverly | | | | slammed door efforts. First, he tried to |
| designed new picture hanging helper device | | | | affix the frames to his walls using regular |
| that will enable anyone to easily and quickly | | | | tacks whose heads he covered with adhesive |
| straighten and secure hanging paintings, | | | | tape. This worked for a short time, but soon |
| documents, photographs, hanging mirrors, | | | | the weak adhesive tape would lose its |
| hanging shadowboxes, and other objects with a | | | | stickiness and he would have to redo the |
| minimum of fuss and clutter, preventing those | | | | application and re-straighten all of the |
| objects from ever being moved into a crooked | | | | pictures. He then decided that a specially |
| or skewed position again. | | | | designed double-sided tack would be a far |
| | | | better solution, but the problem of simple |
| The Frame-Tamer(R) Package includes a level, | | | | installation still had to be overcome. That |
| a retractable centering string, and a tack | | | | was when he was struck with the idea of an |
| storage compartment prefilled with | | | | easy-to-use, mess free solution to his |
| double-sided and adhesive pic-tacs | | | | problem, and the Frame-Tamer(R) was born. |
| (replacement pic-tacs are also available.) A | | | | |
| magnet on the bottom of the Frame-Tamer(R) | | | | Now, thanks to Mr. Frericks's idea, everyone |
| grips the pic-tacs for easy application. | | | | from homemakers and hobbyists to professional |
| | | | decorators and gallery owners can enjoy |
| The user then holds the ergonomically | | | | perfectly and permanently straight pictures |
| designed handle of the Frame-Tamer(R) to | | | | and other wall hangings in our own homes or |
| insert the pic-tacs into the bottom corners | | | | places of business without having to pay for |
| of the picture or mirror frame with a gentle | | | | professional installation or expensive and |
| push. When the picture frame is returned | | | | complicated picture hanging hardware. |
| against the wall the exact position and | | | | |
| straightness is adjusted when the | | | | Already popular in offices, art galleries, |
| Frame-Tamer(R)'s bubble level. Finally, after | | | | and homes across the country, the |
| hooking the picture frame on the wall, a | | | | Frame-Tamer(R) is that most elusive of |
| gentle press on the corners secures the edges | | | | inventions - a simple and inexpensive |
| for long-term stability, even during dusting | | | | solution to a problem shared by all. |
| and cleaning of the glass. | | | | |