Patent ID: 7784626

Claim:
A wall hanging system comprising a rigid straight load support flat strip having means to secure itself in a horizontal position on a wall surface, said load support flat strip having a straight flat bottom edge and a straight top edge, a holding flange formed with said top edge and projecting obliquely upward and outward thereof, two or more straight suspension rails each having an attaching slot extending from a straight flat rear wall thereof and into opposed side walls and configured to receive said holding flange thereacross spaced below a top end of said suspension rail for suspending and slidingly displacing said suspension rail therefrom to a desired location therealong with said straight flat rear wall of said suspension rail lying in flat contact on said flat strip below said holding flange and said wall surface above and below said load support strip, said suspension rail having a straight central vertical slot formed in a front wall thereof, an elongated connector bar spaced inwardly and across an open front end of said straight central vertical slot for removable securement of article support connectors thereto, said straight suspension rail being an extruded single piece metal rail member comprising an elongated U-shaped rear channel having said straight flat rear wall and said opposed side walls integrally formed, a connector bar receiving channel facing forwardly of an open front end of said rear channel along a front end of said opposed side wall for receiving said elongated connector bar disposed in sliding fit in said connector bar receiving channel to bridge said open end, said connector bar being disposed parallel and spaced forward of said flat rear wall, and a pair of spaced vertical flanges projecting forwardly of said front wall and defining said straight central slot therebetween, said extruded single piece metal rail further having a pair of connector flanges formed integral with said front wall, each connector flange of said pair of connector flanges projecting laterally outwards of a front end of said opposed side walls and lateral of an associated one of said pair of spaced vertical flanges, a rail concealing right angle component secured to at least one of said connector flange and having a front section extending entirely over a front surface of said connector flange and a transverse side section projecting rearwardly of an outer edge of said connector flange spaced from said opposed side walls of said U-shaped rear channel to conceal said opposed side walls of said elongated U-shaped rear channel, said transverse section of said rail concealing right angle component also having an attaching slot configured and disposed for transverse alignment with said attaching slots of said suspension rail to which said right angle component is secured.