# US 10,480,710 B2 · Mounting assembly

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- Number: US 10,480,710 B2
- Document ID: US10480710B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/735,031
- Filed: 2016-06-07
- Published: 2018-06-07
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-06-10
- Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Applicants: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Inventors: Craig D. Thompson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480710B2

## CPC

- F16M 13/022: {repositionable}
- A47G 1/16: Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like
- A47G 1/17: using adhesives, suction or magnetism {(A47G1/168 takes precedence; suction cups for attaching purposes, equivalent means using adhesives F16B47/00)}
- A47G 1/175: {Stretch releasing adhesives}
- A47G 29/08: Holders for articles of personal use in general, e.g. brushes
- A47G 29/087: Devices for fastening household utensils, or the like, to tables, walls, or the like (for kitchen utensils A47J45/02)
- A47K 1/09: Holders for drinking glasses, tooth brushes, hair brushes, or the like
- A47K 5/02: Soap boxes or receptacles
- A47K 5/04: Other soap-cake holders
- B25H 3/00: Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments (containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; {nail dispensers B25C3/00})
- F16B 21/071: {the socket being integrally formed with a component to be fasted, e.g. a sheet, plate or strip}
- F16B 21/073: {the socket having a resilient part on its inside}
- F16B 45/00: Hooks; Eyes (if the attaching parts or means are concerned, groups F16B13/00, F16B15/00, F16B19/00, F16B25/00, F16B35/00, F16B47/00 take precedence; for hanging pictures or the like A47G1/16; towing hooks for ships B63B21/58; for hoisting or hauling purposes B66C; hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point F16G11/14)
- F16B 47/003: {using adhesives for attaching purposes (using adhesives for connecting constructional elements F16B11/006)}
- A47K 2201/02: Connections to a wall mounted support
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to an improved mounting assembly. In general, the mounting device includes a cover plate, a frame (at least a portion of which is adjacent to the cover plate), and an accessory that is attachable to the cover plate. The frame includes generally horizontal top and bottom portions or members that cooperatively limit or prohibit lateral motion of the cover plate relative to the frame when the cover plate is attached to the frame and is attached to a wall or vertical surface. The presence of the generally horizontal bottom and top portions or members facilitate faster and easier application and removal of the mounting assembly to a wall or other vertical surface by permitting the mounting assembly to be removed from the backplate on the wall in a single step.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mounting assembly, comprising:
a backplate;
a cover plate having a front surface, a rear surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposing side edges, the front surface of the cover plate including an attachment device capable of attaching an accessory to the cover plate;
the rear surface of the cover plate capable of being slid into or otherwise attached to the backplate;
a frame having a bottom member a top member, and at least one side member that cooperate to define a frame cavity for receiving the cover plate and, when the cover plate is received in the frame cavity, the top and bottom members are closely adjacent to the top and bottom edges of the cover plate, respectively, such that the bottom and top members are flush with the cover plate and cooperatively limit or prohibit lateral motion of the cover plate relative to the frame when the cover plate is in the frame and attached to the backplate; and
adhesive strips capable of adhering the backplate to a wall, wherein the cover plate and the frame are adapted to be slidably removable from the backplate in the direction of the top member when the assembly is adhered to the wall, the cover plate is received in the frame cavity and the accessory is attached to the cover plate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the accessory is at least one of a utensil, a decoration, a shelf, a container, and a tool.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one side member comprises opposed side members that cooperate with the top and bottom member to define the frame cavity.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the frame includes opposed first and second side members that, when the frame is received in the frame cavity, are each disposed adjacent an opposing side edge of the cover plate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The mounting assembly of claim 4, wherein the opposed top and bottom members each connect with and are generally perpendicular to each of the opposed side members.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the attachment device is a hook.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the accessory snaps into the attachment device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the adhesive strips are double-sided adhesive strips.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the adhesive strips are stretch-release adhesive strips.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The mounting assembly of claim 9, wherein the adhesive strips include a tab.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the accessory is a soap holder.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

A method of removing a mounting assembly from a wall, the method comprising:
providing the mounting assembly of claim 1 adhered to the wall and having an accessory attached to the cover plate;
moving the cover plate and accessory in an upward direction towards the top member of the frame to detach the cover plate from the backplate;
and removing the backplate from the wall.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the step of moving the cover plate and accessory in an upward direction further comprises moving the frame along with the cover plate and the accessory.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the cavity has a rectangular shape.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear surface of the cover plate is adapted to be slid into the backplate.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the cover plated rotatable into the cavity.