Wall-mount system for hanging modules

• US 10,323,412 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2017
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bento Box, LLC
• Original Assignee: Bento Box, LLC
• Inventors: Koziol, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): Demuren, Babajide A
• Application Number:
  US15/722,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20180094431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 47/0091 Modular arrangements of similar assemblies of elements for elements or assemblies mainly made of wood or plastic A47B47/047, sectional furniture A47B87/00, stackable furniture A47B87/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 95/008 Suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/7453 with panels and support posts, extending from floor to ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7462 using resilient connectors, e.g. clips
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7466 using hooks
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0803 with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/081 with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/083 Hooking means on the back side of the covering elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/24 Hidden fastening means on the rear of the covering or lining elements E04F13/30 takes precedencenot used, see E04F13/0801

Abstract

A wall-mount system includes a frame assembly having horizontal ledgers configured for attachment to a wall and first and second vertical struts releasably engagable with the horizontal ledgers and each including a mounting surface defining a receiver slot. A module is releasably mountable on the frame assembly and includes first and second cleats disposed towards opposite sides of the module. The cleats are configured to releasably engage the vertical struts and each includes a base and an upright extending from each side of the base to define a U-shaped configuration. The base includes a spring finger extending therefrom between the uprights. Each upright includes a hook. The hooks are configured for receipt with the receiver slots to engage the module with the frame assembly. The spring fingers are biased into contact with the mounting surfaces of the vertical struts to maintain the engagement of the module with the frame assembly.

Claims

1. A wall-mount system, comprising:

a frame assembly including a plurality of horizontal ledgers configured for attachment to a wall and first and second vertical struts releasably engagable with the plurality of horizontal ledgers, each of the first and second vertical struts including a mounting surface defining a first receiver slot; and

a module releasably mountable on the frame assembly, the module including first and second cleats disposed towards opposite sides of the module, the first and second cleats configured to releasably engage the first and second vertical struts, respectively, each of the first and second cleats including a base and an upright extending from each side of the base to define a U-shaped configuration, the base including a first spring finger extending therefrom between the uprights, each upright including a first hook disposed towards a first end thereof,

wherein the first hooks of the first and second cleats are configured for receipt with the first receiver slots of the first and second vertical struts, respectively, to engage the module with the frame assembly, and wherein the first spring fingers of the first and second cleats are biased into contact with the mounting surfaces of the first and second vertical struts, respectively, to maintain the engagement of the module with the frame assembly.

2. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein the first spring fingers are cut-out from the bases of the first and second cleats and deflected therefrom between the uprights.

3. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second cleats is formed from a single piece of steel.

4. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein the uprights of the first and second cleats include second hooks disposed towards respective second ends thereof, and wherein the second hooks are configured for receipt within second receiver slots of the first and second vertical struts, respectively.

5. The wall-mount system according to claim 4, wherein the bases of the first and second cleats include second spring fingers extending therefrom between the uprights, and wherein the second spring fingers of the first and second cleats are biased into contact with the mounting surfaces of the first and second vertical struts, respectively.

6. The wall-mount system according to claim 5, wherein the first spring fingers are disposed towards the first ends of the uprights and wherein the second spring fingers are disposed towards the second ends of the uprights.

7. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein the module further includes a latch mechanism having first and second spring posts movable from a inwardly retracted position to an outwardly extended position, and wherein each of the first and second vertical struts defines a transverse aperture, the transverse apertures of the first and second vertical struts configured to receive the first and second spring posts in the outwardly extended position thereof to releasably lock the module in engagement with the frame assembly.

8. The wall-mount system according to claim 7, wherein the latch mechanism includes a lever configured for selective manipulation to transition the first and second spring posts between the inwardly retracted position and the outwardly extended position.

9. The wall-mount system according to claim 7, wherein the first and second spring posts are biased towards the inwardly retracted position.

10. The wall-mount system according to claim 7, wherein the latch mechanism extends transversely between the first and second cleats towards second ends of the uprights of the first and second cleats.

11. The wall-mount system according to claim 10, wherein the uprights of the first and second cleats include nubs towards the second ends thereof, the nubs configured for receipt within second receiver slots of the first and second vertical struts, respectively, to align the module for receipt of the first and second spring posts within the transverse apertures of the first and second vertical struts.

12. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of horizontal ledgers includes a pair of base flanges configured to abut a wall surface and a mounting surface raised relative to the pair of base flanges.

13. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein the mounting surface of each of the plurality of horizontal ledgers defines a plurality of mounting arrangements along a length thereof.

14. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of horizontal ledgers is formed from a single piece of steel.

15. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein the first vertical strut is a single vertical strut and wherein the second vertical strut is a double vertical strut.

16. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second vertical struts is formed from a single piece of steel.

17. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second vertical struts defines a C-shaped configuration including feet extending from side legs thereof, the feet configured for receipt within slots defined within the plurality of horizontal ledgers to releasably mount the first and second vertical struts on the plurality of horizontal ledgers.

18. The wall-mount system according to claim 17, wherein the first and second vertical struts and the plurality of horizontal ledgers each further include apertures configured to enable bolting of the first and second vertical struts to the plurality of horizontal ledgers.

19. The wall-mount system according to claim 1, wherein the module includes a panel having the first and second cleats mounted on a backside thereof.