Patent ID: 8042892
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A support assembly comprising: a.) a vertical track component having a back side structure, a first front structure and a second front structure, the first front structure and the second front structure being spaced from the back side structure as viewed in a depth direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the first front structure and the second front structure being spaced from one another as viewed in a width direction perpendicular to both the depth direction and the vertical direction, the back side structure, the first front structure, and the second front structure together delimiting a guide groove, the guide groove having an inlet slot that is delimited by the spacing between the first front structure and the second front structure, and the second front structure extending partially over the guide groove in the width direction so as to form an undercut between the second front structure and the back side structure; b.) a plurality of inter-engagement steps each extending in the depth direction into the undercut, the inter-engagement steps being arranged each at a vertical offset from the preceding inter-engagement step such that the inter-engagement steps are vertically staggered from one another; and c.) a horizontal support component releasably engageable with the inter-engagement steps such that the horizontal support component can be releasably secured at selected vertical locations along the vertical track component to extend horizontally relative thereto, the horizontal support component having a body portion, an engagement projection, and a contact surface, the body portion extending horizontally outwardly relative to the vertical track component, the engagement projection extending perpendicularly from the body portion in the width direction and extending into the undercut of the guide groove and, in an engaged position of the horizontal support component, the engagement projection engaging a respective one of the inter-engagement steps in an engagement manner and pressing against a surface of the support assembly, and the contact surface of the horizontal support component pressing a surface of the support assembly, whereby the engagement of the engagement projection of the horizontal support component and the pressing contacts of the engagement projection of the horizontal support component and of the contact surface of the horizontal support component against the respective surfaces of the support assembly together releasably secure the horizontal support component to the vertical track component, and, at each respective vertical position at which the horizontal support component is releasably secured to the vertical track component, the contact surface of the horizontal support component makes pressing contact against the respective surface of the support assembly at a location that is offset in the width direction from the locations of the inter-engagement steps of the vertical track component wherein the engagement projection of the horizontal support component and the contact surface of the horizontal support component extend in the width direction from the body portion of the horizontal support component from the same respective side thereof and the engagement projection of the horizontal support component is lower than the contact surface of the horizontal support component.