Patent ID: 8684195
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A wall mounted storage system for attachment to a wall, said wall mounted storage system comprising: a track member mounted to the wall, said track member having a front face, a rear face, a bottom surface, and a shaped top surface having an upper front edge connected to said front face and an upper rear edge connected to said rear face, said rear face contacting the wall, said shaped top surface having a longitudinally extending generally semicircular ridge having a first side extending from said upper front edge of said shaped top surface and an opposite second side positioned between said upper front edge and said upper rear edge, said upper rear edge of said track member having a longitudinally extending generally horizontally oriented flat seat, said flat seat extending from said upper rear edge towards said upper front edge, and a sloped portion extending between said second side of said semicircular ridge and said flat seat; a plurality of vertical panels, each of said vertical panels having a front edge, an opposite rear edge and a cut out extending from said rear edge of said panel, said cut out having a shaped top portion that corresponds to the shaped top surface of the track member, said shaped top portion of said cut out receives said shaped top surface of the track member to support said plurality of vertical panels, said cut out has a height greater than a height of said track member so as to define a plug opening between said bottom surface of said track member and a bottom surface of said cut out; and a plug member having a pair of generally planar opposing sides; wherein upon engagement of said cut out of said vertical panel with said track member, said rear edge of said vertical panel abuts the wall; said plug member inserted into said plug opening of said cut out between said bottom surface of said track member and said bottom surface of said cut out, said plug member preventing relative movement between said vertical panel and said track member, said plug member is formed of a resilient material to allow the plug to be releasably retained within said plug opening, each of said pair of sides positioned adjacent to one of said bottom surface of said track member and said bottom portion of said cut out when said plug member is received within said plug opening.