Patent ID: 8376299
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: A47F,A47G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mounting an object with respect to a wall, the apparatus comprising: a ledge for supporting the object, the ledge having a bottom portion extending forward from a rear end to a forward end for receiving the object and a top portion having a lower end attached to the rear end of the bottom portion at approximately right angle, wherein an upper surface of the bottom portion of the ledge has a plurality of parallel ridges that run parallel to the forward end of the ledge; a substantially horizontal spacer for spacing the ledge at a distance from the wall, the spacer having a rear end and a forward end attached to the top portion of the ledge such that the object supported on the ledge leans rearwardly over the spacer toward the wall, wherein the attachment between the top portion of the ledge and the forward end of the spacer forms an obtuse angle so that the top portion of the ledge extends downward and forward from the forward end of the spacer, and the bottom portion of the ledge extends forward and is inclined upward from its rear end to its forward end, and wherein a distance from the rear end of the spacer to the forward end of the spacer is greater than a distance from the forward end of the spacer to the forward end of the ledge; a substantially vertical backbone for attaching to the wall, the backbone having a bottom portion attached at an approximately right angle to the rear end of the spacer and a top portion for attaching to the wall such that the object supported on the ledge rests against the wall above the top portion of the backbone, wherein a height of the vertical backbone is greater than a height of the top portion of the ledge; a mounting trough attached at an approximately right angle to the top portion of the backbone and extending rearwardly toward the wall, the mounting trough including a horizontal T-shaped slot having an opening, wherein the opening to the T-shaped slot has a height that is approximately half of a height of the mounting trough; and a support extending rearwardly from the bottom portion of the backbone parallel the mounting trough and abutting the wall.