Patent ID: 7310836

Claim:
An installation unit for plumbing fixtures that has at least one profiled section for holding and attaching at least one hygienic article, wherein the profiled section is extruded and defines over a full length of said extruded profiled section a profiled surface on its front side, and at least one channel formed in the profiled section, wherein the channel extends continuously over the full length of said extruded profiled section behind the profiled surface and has a cross-section that borders on the profiled surface, wherein an opening formed through the profiled surface into the channel defines a longitudinal slot that opens the channel out onto the profiled surface, wherein the channel is closed behind the front side on all sides over the full length of the profiled section and is open at both ends of the profiled section, and wherein the opening through the profiled surface into the channel extends only over part of the length of the profiled section so that over another part of the length of the profiled section, the front side of the profiled section is closed over the channel.