Wall-mounted shelving system

A mounting bracket for use with a system for mounting objects on a supporting wall in cooperation with a track mountable generally horizontally on the supporting wall, the track having an upper downwardly open channel and a ledge spaced below and in opposition to the channel, said mounting bracket comprising:

• an upwardly projecting arm;
• and
• a floor joined to said arm to define an elbow;
• said bracket being engagable with the track with an upper extreme of said arm received in the channel on the track and with said elbow supported on the ledge;
• wherein objects can be carried by said bracket when engaged with the track and when the track is, in turn, mounted on the supporting wall,
• wherein said mounting bracket is configured to support a pilaster vertically, and further comprises pilaster support means for supporting the pilaster when said bracket is engaged with the track,
• wherein said pilaster support means comprises means for exerting a force toward an axis of the pilaster when supported by said pilaster support means,
• wherein said force-exerting means comprises an inverted frustoconical collar carried on said floor of said mounting bracket to receive the pilaster.