PURPOSE: To support an article to be suspended on a ceiling as well as a wall and to prevent the falling-off of a nail by providing a truncated conical side wall in the base of a hanger bracket, the wall being disposed at an angle with respect to a bracket support surface.

CONSTITUTION: A hanger bracket 10 includes a base 12. The base 12 has a truncated conical side wall 14 disposed at an angle with respect to a bracket support surface. A nail 16 is used for fixing the bracket 10 to the support surface. A cover 18 has an angle identical to that of the side wall 14 of the base 12, and has a truncated conical inner wall 20 mutually complimentary to the side wall 14. Thus, an article to be suspended is supported on a ceiling as well as the wall, and the falling-off of the nail is prevented.