Wall-mounted storage system
AssigneeJohn Sterling Corporation
InventorsJohn R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Abstract
A wall-mounted storage system comprises a generally elongated mounting channel having upper and lower rows or hook-receiving openings defined thereby. The system further includes a plurality of storage attachments which are selectively removably positionable on the mounting channel. Each of the attachments includes at least one pair of vertically-spaced, downwardly opening hook-elements. Each pair of hook-elements can be selectively positioned in a respective pair of vertically aligned ones of the hook-receiving openings in the mounting channel, with the variously configured storage attachments providing a highly versatile and easily customized storage system.
Claims23
A wall-mounted storage system, comprising:
- an elongated mounting channel having a generally U-shaped cross-section, including upper and lower leg portions, and a forwardly facing web portion extending between said leg portions;
- said web portion defining upper and lower rows of laterally spaced hook-receiving openings, each of said hook-receiving openings being generally vertically elongated, with respective ones of said openings of said upper and lower rows being vertically aligned with each other;
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- a plurality of storage attachments selectively, removably positionable on said mounting channel, each of said attachments including at least one pair of vertically spaced, vertically aligned, downwardly opening hook-elements, each of said hook-elements defining an upwardly converging opening, whereby each pair of hook-elements of each of said attachments can be selectively, respectively positioned in a respective pair of vertically aligned ones of said hook-receiving openings in said upper and lower rows of openings in said mounting channel,
- said upwardly converging opening of each said hook element being shaped to resiliently deform said web portion of said mounting channel beneath the respective one of said hook openings, when said web is received within said upwardly converging opening, to provide a stable mounting of the attachments on the mounting channel.
A wall-mounted storage system comprising:
- an elongated mounting channel having a generally U-shaped cross-section, including upper and lower leg portions, and a forwardly facing web portion extending between said leg portions;
- said web portion defining at least one row of laterally spaced hook-receiving openings, each of said hook-receiving openings being generally vertically elongated;
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- a plurality of storage attachments selectively, removably positionable on said mounting channel, each of said attachments including at least one pair of laterally spaced, downwardly opening hook elements, each of said hook-elements defining an upwardly converging opening, whereby each pair of hook-elements of each said attachments can be selectively, respectively positioned in a respective pair of laterally spaced ones of said hook-receiving openings in said at least one row of openings in said mounting channel,
- said upwardly converging opening of each said hook element being shaped to resiliently deform said web portion of said mounting channel beneath the respective one of said hook openings, when said web is received within said upwardly converging opening, to provide stable mounting of the attachments on the mounting channel.
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