Patent ID: 7963492
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: F28F

Abstract:
1. A vertical support structure, comprising: a mounting plate; and a support member extending vertically along a vertical axis and having a vertically-elongated central panel and a pair of vertically-elongated side panels connected to and extending perpendicularly from the central panel to form a U-shaped-channel as viewed in cross-section, the support member having a top edge and a bottom edge disposed vertically apart from and extending horizontally parallel to one another, the support member having a slot formed at least through the central panel, the slot disposed between and extending parallel to the top and bottom edges, wherein the mounting plate has a rectangularly-shaped mounting plate portion and a rectangularly-shaped tongue portion integrally connected to each other, wherein the mounting plate is slidably inserted into the slot in a close-fitting manner and is connected to the support member such that the mounting plate at least partially projects perpendicularly from the central panel away from the U-shaped channel, and wherein the mounting plate portion extends horizontally to define a mounting plate portion width and the tongue portion extends horizontally to define a tongue width, the tongue width being less than the mounting plate portion width to form horizontally opposed stepped-down corners where the mounting plate portion and the tongue portion are integrally connected together.