Patent ID: 7198159

Claim:
A slatwall assembly for removably receiving and securing hangers and other display devices to a substantially vertical supporting surface, said slatwall assembly comprising: a plurality of like-shaped, elongated slatwall sections, each of said sections having an integral one-piece body with top and bottom ends and adjacent boards that project forward from a continuous rear wall, each section including an upper board and a lower board, said continuous rear wall extending from proximal said top end to proximal said bottom end and having alternating and linearly aligned board segments and spacer segments, said spacer segments including at least one internal spacer segment that spaces apart its said adjacent boards and at least one external spacer segment, each board having spaced apart front, rear, top and bottom walls that form a loop around a chamber, said spaced apart rear wall being formed by said continuous rear wall, said top wall being substantially flat and each board defining a downwardly extending lip, each of said rear walls of said boards being formed by one of said board segments, and each of said at least one internal spacer segments combining with its said adjacent boards to form an elongated slot with a uniform L-shaped profile; wherein said elongated slatwall sections are adapted for rigid securement to the supporting surface in substantial horizontal alignment to form adjacent slatwall sections, each of said adjacent slatwall sections including an upper section and a lower section, said top end of said lower section longitudinally being adapted to engage said bottom end of said upper section with at least one of said external spacer segments uniformly spacing adjacent upper and lower boards formed by said lower board of said upper section from said upper board of said lower section; and, wherein said at least one external spacer segment between each of said adjacent slatwall sections combines with its said adjacent upper and lower boards to form an additional elongated slot, each of said slots being like shaped and including an outer portion located along its said adjacent lower board and an inner portion located behind said lip of its said adjacent upper board, said inner portion being wider than said outer portion.