Wall anchor for electrical conduits

Claim 1

A wall anchor comprising: a. an externally cylindrical, resiliently expansible plug adapted to be inserted loosely into a cylindrical socket formed therefor in a wall from an exposed surface of said wall, said plug being tubular and having a bore taperingly enlarged along a major portion of its length toward the end thereof exposed at the open end of said socket, and taperingly enlarged toward the opposite end of said plug member along the remainder of its length, and having longitudinal slots formed therein at angular intervals thereabout, said slots extending the full length of the first of said tapered bore sections, and into but not through the second of said tapered bore sections, b. a core member tapered correspondingly to the first of said tapered bore sections, and adapted to be inserted smaller end first into said first tapered bore section, and to be driven therein to expand said plug into tight engagement with the wall of said socket, and c. a hook member carried by said core member at the larger end thereof and extending laterally therefrom, whereby an object may be secured between said hook member and said wall surface as said core member is driven into said plug member.