Patent ID: 7003863

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting accessories to a panel surface, the apparatus comprising: a profile side on the panel; at least one accessory interface defining an elongate engaging section recessed within and lying generally parallel to apart of the profile side; the accessory interface further comprising an elongate accessory channel segment defining both the engaging section and an axially aligned docking section which is sized and shaped to accommodate initial insertion of an elongate engaging part into the accessory channel segment before being moved to an installed position in the engaging section wherein the engaging section has side walls of a shallower depth than side walls of the docking section, the side walls of the engaging section terminating at a generally planar bearing surface; an accessory device having a body including a utility part and having an elongate engaging part coupled to the body, wherein the engaging part can be slidably moved to an installed position in the engaging section of the accessory interface; and at least one elongate accessory channel extending along a part of the profile side and including a plurality of the accessory channel segments axially aligned along the at least one accessory channel.