Patent ID: 8376297

Claim:
An article support unit for attachment to a vertical surface, the unit comprising: a mounting plate having a planar surface, an upper end and a lower end; a lower hook element having a distal end; the lower hook element connected to and extending outwardly from a first location on said planar surface of the mounting plate in a generally orthogonal direction; and an upper hook element including a first member connected to said planar surface of the mounting plate at a second location, with the second location closer to the upper end of the mounting plate than the first location, and with the first member extending generally perpendicular from said planar surface, the upper hook element further including a second member extending from the first member, the second member including a crook having a distal end; wherein, when the unit is operatively secured to the vertical surface, the first member is spaced from and extends above the lower hook element, the second member extends downwardly from the first member so that it is spaced from and located in front of the lower hook element, and the distal end of the crook is spaced from and located below the lower hook element; wherein a first distance between the distal end of the crook of the upper hook element and the mounting plate is not greater than a second distance between the distal end of the lower hook element and the mounting plate; wherein the upper hook element and the lower hook element are coplanar; wherein the upper hook element and the lower hook element are attached to the mounting plate at a fixed, nonadjustable distance from one another.