Wall hanging system

A wall hanging system comprising:

• a mounting bracket configured to be coupled to a wall, the mounting bracket comprising a plate portion configured to abut against an exposed outer surface of the wall and at least one cavity having an insertion portion and a nesting portion;
• a wall décor item comprising a rear surface that is configured to face the wall and a mounting recess formed into the rear surface and having a floor that is recessed relative to the rear surface;
• at least one mounting element coupled to the wall décor item within the mounting recess, the at least one mounting element comprising a first portion that is embedded within the floor of the mounting recess of the wall décor item and a post portion protruding from the floor of the mounting recess of the wall décor item along a longitudinal axis;
• wherein the wall décor item is mounted to the wall by inserting the post portion of the at least one mounting element axially into the at least one cavity along the insertion portion of the at least one cavity and then sliding the wall décor item relative to the mounting bracket in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis until the at least one post portion nests within the nesting portion of the at least one cavity;
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• wherein an entirety of the plate portion of the mounting bracket is disposed within the mounting recess of the wall décor item and hidden from view when the wall décor item is mounted to the mounting bracket.

A wall hanging system comprising:

• a wall décor item having at least one first type of mounting element;
• a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket, each of the first and second mounting brackets comprising a first end, a second end, a rear surface, and at least one second type of mounting element, the first end comprising a first coupling feature and the second end comprising a second coupling feature, the first and second mounting brackets being elongated in a direction between the first and second ends;
• an extension bracket comprising a first end, a second end, and a rear surface, the first end comprising a third coupling feature and the second end comprising a fourth coupling feature, the extension bracket being elongated in a direction between the first and second ends;
• wherein the first and second mounting brackets and the extension bracket are configured to be coupled to the wall with the rear surfaces of the first and second mounting brackets and the extension bracket configured to abut against an outer surface of the wall, and wherein the extension bracket extends between the first and second mounting brackets such that the first end of the extension bracket is adjacent to the second end of the first mounting bracket and the third coupling feature of the extension bracket mates with the second coupling feature of the first mounting bracket and the second end of the extension bracket is adjacent to the first end of the second mounting bracket and the fourth coupling feature of the extension bracket mates with the first coupling feature of the second mounting bracket;
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• wherein the wall décor item is mounted to the wall via engagement between the at least one first type of mounting element of the wall décor item and the at least one second type of mounting element of the first and second mounting brackets.