Rail Profile with Attachment Mechanism and Related Methods

A profile system (1) for fastening objects to a room wall provided with a plate covering, comprising at least one elongated rail profile (2), which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and has a constant cross-section, and at least one plug element (3), which is fastenable directly and detachably to the rail profile (2) in a plug-in manner, wherein

• the rail profile (2), viewed in cross-section, has a substantially rectangular base section (6), whose depth (T) is adapted to the thickness of the plate covering and which is provided on its front side with a receiving groove (7) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) with a groove opening (9) accessible from the outside, and at least one fastening leg (13) which adjoins the rear side of the base section (6) substantially flush and projects outwards from the base section (6), and wherein
• the plug element (3) has a holding section (19), in particular a plate-shaped holding section (19), and an elongatedly formed connecting section (20) fastened to the holding section (19) and extending in the longitudinal direction (L), the connecting section (20) comprising at least one bar (21) extending outwards from the holding section (19) and a head section (22) arranged at the free end of the bar (21), the head section (22) being insertable through the groove opening (9) into the receiving groove (7) of the rail profile (2) in a first swivel position of the plug element (3) with respect to a swivel axis (24) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) and is lockable by swiveling the plug element (3) about the swivel axis (24) into a second swivel position within the receiving groove (7),
• wherein the profile system (1) comprises at least one load-bearing element (4) which, on its substantially flat rear side (29), is provided with a groove (31) which is open at the bottom, closed at the top and has undercuts (30) laterally, the dimensions of the groove (31) being adapted to the holding section (19) of the plug element (3) in such a way that the load-bearing element (4) can be pushed from above onto the locked holding section (19) in a form-fitting manner and, in this state, bears flat against the plate covering, and a bath utensil (5) is fastened to the front side of the load-bearing element (4).