Article support arrangement
AssigneeHeller Designs, Inc.
InventorMorison S. Cousins
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Abstract
An article support arrangement including a grid, adapted to be mounted on a wall, having a plurality of non-circular openings, and a plurality of article support elements adapted to be mounted on the grid. Each support element has a non-circular base and a projection extending from the base for engaging an article to be supported. The base fits into any selected grid opening in such a way that it cannot be pulled directly out of the plane of the grid; preferably, the base also cannot rotate with respect to the grid opening. The grid is preferably fabricated of metal wire, and the openings are square. Two grooves in the base open in opposite directions and accommodate two opposite edges of a grid opening. A bracket fits through one of the openings to mount the grid on a wall.
Claims12
An article support arrangement comprising:
- (a) a grid adapted to be mounted on a wall, the grid having a plurality of non-circular openings,
- (b) a plurality of article support elements adapted to be mounted on the grid, each element having a non-circular base and a projection extending from the base for engaging an article to be supported, the base fitting into any selected one of the plurality of openings in the grid,
- (c) the base having means for holding opposite edges of a grid opening so as to prevent the article support element, once accommodated within a grid opening, from being pulled directly out of the plane of the grid, the preventing means including two grooves in the base of the article support element, the grooves opening in opposite directions and being capable of accommodating two opposite edges of a grid opening, and
- (d) a protuberance projecting into one of the two grooves from one side of the groove to at least partially reduce the size of the opening into that groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.