Patent ID: 7891305

Claim:
A wall mountable shelving system, comprising: (a) a pair of support members each including a back plate and a frame member connected with the back plate, wherein each frame member includes at least: a first support portion connected with and arranged generally perpendicular to the back plate, an extension portion arranged generally perpendicular to and extending from the first support portion, a second support portion extending from an end of the extension portion opposite the first support portion and arranged generally parallel to the first support portion; (b) a storage tray extending between the associated first support portions of the frame members; (c) stretch releasing strips each including an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive pull tab portion, respective ones of the stretch releasing strips arranged between a corresponding one of the back plates and a wall surface for securing the shelving system to the wall surface and including the non-adhesive pull tab portion extending outwardly beyond an end of the corresponding back plate; and (d) a pair of cover plates removably connected to the back plates, respectively, such that each cover plate and the corresponding back plate are configured to provide an assembled state and a removed state, and wherein: the cover plates are sized and shaped such that in the assembled state, the cover plate is assembled to the corresponding back plate and the cover plate extends beyond the end of the corresponding back plate to overlay and conceal the non-adhesive pull tab portion of the corresponding stretch releasing adhesive strip, in the removed state, the cover plate is removed from the corresponding back plate and the non-adhesive pull tab portion of the corresponding stretch releasing strip is exposed beyond the end of the corresponding back plate.