Patent ID: 7407060

Claim:
A mounting bracket for use with a system for mounting objects on a supporting wall in cooperation with a track mountable generally horizontally on the supporting wall, the track having an upper downwardly open channel and a ledge spaced below and in opposition to the channel, said mounting bracket comprising: an upwardly projecting arm; and a floor joined to said arm to define an elbow; said bracket being engagable with the track with an upper extreme of said arm received in the channel on the track and with said elbow supported on the ledge; wherein objects can be carried by said bracket when engaged with the track and when the track is, in turn, mounted on the supporting wall, wherein said mounting bracket is configured to support a pilaster vertically, and further comprises pilaster support means for supporting the pilaster when said bracket is engaged with the track, wherein said pilaster support means comprises means for exerting a force toward an axis of the pilaster when supported by said pilaster support means, wherein said force-exerting means comprises an inverted frustoconical collar carried on said floor of said mounting bracket to receive the pilaster.