Cabinet Installation Mechanism
OwnerSean Michael Walshinventor
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Abstract
A cabinet installation and alignment rail mechanism that features an installation rail for both upper wall cabinets and lower base cabinets, and brackets that attach to the back of a cabinet. The rail is mounted to the wall behind the lower and upper portions of a wall cabinet, and the upper portion of a base cabinet after inverting it one hundred and eighty degrees. The installation rail provides interlocking shapes that mate with opposing interlocking shapes found on the bracket enabling both upper and lower cabinets to be easily secured and aligned to a wall.
Claims3
A cabinet installation mechanism comprising:
- a first attachment member and a second attachment member, one of which is adapted for mounting to a cabinet and the other for mounting to a wall;
- said first attachment member having a feature for receiving a corresponding portion of said second attachment member;
- said second attachment member having a portion configured to mate with the feature of said first attachment member, forming a locking connection through interlocking structures which resist separation;
- wherein the engagement of said first and second attachment members allows for secure mounting of the cabinet to a wall by applying appropriate force to engage the members.
Said second attachment member of claim 1 further comprising a bracket having a substantially vertical surface adapted to mount to a cabinet providing either one or multiple substantially vertical surfaces with said interlocking structures to mate with said interlocking structures of said rail of claim 2.
- whereby when said rail of claim 2 is mounted to a wall and properly positioned to engage said bracket and said bracket of claim 3 is mounted to a cabinet and properly positioned to engage said rail locking engagement is achieved by applying appropriate force to mate said rail and said brackets interlocking structures.
- A method for simplified installation of cabinets comprising:
- Affixing a rail to a wall and mating bracket to the back of a cabinet
- Wherein said rail and said bracket are mounted so that an opening in the rail will receive a mating portion of said bracket inserted from below and securely hold it in a fixed position
- Inserting the mating portion of said bracket into the rail opening from below and pushing upwards enabling a cabinet to be installed with its top flush with the ceiling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.