Patent ID: 7866491

Claim:
A storage system comprising: a hanging rail having spaced apart first and second supportable portions with an intermediate portion therebetween; at least one attachment member having an item attachment portion, and a rail attachment portion non-rotatably engaging the intermediate portion of the hanging rail in a selected position on the intermediate portion of the hanging rail; and first and second braces, each of the braces having a wall connection member configured to be connected to a structural wall and a load support member attached to and supported by the wall connection member, the wall connection member having a lower portion and an upper portion, and the load support member having a lower end portion and an upper end portion with a middle portion extending therebetween, the lower end portion of the load support member being attached to the lower portion of the wall connection member and the upper end portion of the load support member being spaced outward away from the upper portion of the wall connection member with the middle portion of the load support member extending from the lower end portion of the load support member upward and outward to the upper end portion of the load support member, the load support member of the first brace including a plurality of rail support apertures at different positions along a length of the load support member sized and shaped to non-rotatably receiving therein the first supportable portion of the hanging rail, and the load support member of the second brace including a plurality of rail support apertures at different positions along a length of the load support member sized and shaped to non-rotatably receiving therein the second supportable portion of the hanging rail, the plurality of rail support apertures of the load support member of the first brace and the plurality of rail support apertures of the load support member of the second brace being located at corresponding positions along the load support members, correspondingly positioned ones of the rail support apertures of the first and second braces being located to receive therein the first and second supportable portions of the hanging rail, respectively, and support the hanging rail in a generally horizontal non-rotatable position extending between the first and second braces, whereby the hanging rail is non-rotatable relative to the first and second braces, and the attachment member is non-rotatable relative to the hanging rail.