Patent ID: 6113201
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A wall rail system for suspending a cabinet unit on a wall, comprising:an elongate wall rail having a cross-sectional configuration including a base portion and a hook portion which projects away and upwardly from the base portion, the base portion and hook portion together defining a channel, the wall rail having a planar back side adapted to be abuttingly secured to the wall and a front which is free of sharp edges; anda cabinet rail having a cross-sectional configuration including a base portion and a hook portion which projects away and downwardly from the base portion, and which is configured to be received in the channel defined by the base portion and hook portion of the elongate wall rail, the cabinet rail having a planar back side adapted to be abuttingly secured to the back side of the cabinet unit and a front which is free of sharp edges, whereby the front of the cabinet rail can smoothly slide over the front of the wall rail and guide the hook portion of the cabinet rail into the channel defined by the base portion and hook portion of the elongate wall rail during installation of the cabinet unit, wherein the front of the wall rail is comprised of alternating smooth and curved surfaces which form a ramp, and the front of the cabinet rail is comprised of alternating smooth and curved surfaces which form a ramp, whereby the surfaces on the front of the cabinet rail can cooperatively interact with the surfaces on the front of the wall rail to smoothly guide the downwardly projecting hook portion of the cabinet rail into the channel defined by the base portion and hook portion of the elongate wall rail.