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