Wall mounted storage system

• US 5,868,263 A
• Filed: 09/11/1996
• Issued: 02/09/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Poore, John D., McAllister, Larry N., Bartz, William L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US08/712,259
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: 211/90, 211/106, 211/103, 211/70.7, 211/187, 248/249, 248/250, 248/243, 108/108
• US Class Current: 211/90.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/485 Straight pins
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/028 characterised by support bracket location means, e.g. fixing means between support bracket and shelf
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/13 made of tubes or wire assemblies of elements of the same kind, e.g. stackable, A47B87/00

Abstract

A wall mounted storage system includes at least one pair of spaced apart vertical hanger bars for attachment to a studded wall or comparable structure. At least one removable shelf support bracket is associated with each hanger bar, and the bracket is removably connected to the bar at any one of a plurality of vertical locations along the bar. A shelf is supported by the brackets and releasably attached thereto by rear hooks on the brackets that hook over the rear rail of the shelf. An upwardly extending retainer loop on each bracket extends through the shelf and engages the front rail thereof. The hooks and loops on the shelf brackets interact with the shelf to positively secure the shelf in place and prevent it from tipping or shifting forward or sideways. Horizontal spacing of the hanger bars is not critical and the shelf may be releasably secured to the brackets even when the horizontal distance between the bars varies from one location to another. Also, longer or shorter shelves may be used as long as the length is sufficient to span the distance between the brackets. A vertical storage grid may be removably secured to the hanger bars for holding a variety of implements such as kitchen utensils.

Claims

1. A wall mounted storage system comprising at least one pair of spaced apart vertical hanger bars, each bar having a plurality of vertical slots equally spaced apart along the bar, at least one shelf support bracket associated with each vertical hanger bar, each shelf support bracket including a pair of vertically spaced apart horizontal mounting pins constructed and arranged for placement within an adjacent pair of vertical slots in its associated hanger bar to thereby releasably secure the shelf support brackets to the hanger bars, and a shelf spanning the shelf brackets and resting thereon, the shelf including front and upwardly extending rear rails, and shelf hooks on the shelf brackets extending above and hooked over the upwardly extending rear rail of the shelf to thereby releasably secure the shelf to the shelf brackets.

2. A wall mounted storage system as in claim 1 wherein each shelf support bracket includes an upwardly extending retainer loop constructed and arranged to engage the front rail of the shelf.

4. A wall mounted storage system as in claim 1 wherein the vertical hanger bars each comprise a base plate for attachment to a wall, integral side plates extending outwardly from the base plate, each side plate having the plurality of vertical slots equally spaced apart along the bar to thereby provide horizontally opposed pairs of vertical slots along each hanger bar.

3. A wall mounted storage system comprising at least one pair of spaced apart vertical hanger bars, each bar having a plurality of vertical slots equally spaced apart along the bar, at least one shelf support bracket associated with each vertical hanger bar, each shelf support bracket including a pair of vertically spaced apart horizontal mounting pins constructed and arranged for placement within an adjacent pair of vertical slots in its associated hanger bar to thereby releasably secure the shelf support brackets to the hanger bars, and a shelf spanning the shelf brackets and resting thereon, the shelf including front and rear rails, shelf hooks on the shelf brackets hooked over the rear rail of the shelf to thereby releasably secure the shelf to the shelf brackets, and an upwardly extending retainer loop on each shelf support bracket constructed and arranged to engage the front rail of the shelf, and wherein the shelf includes openings and the retainer loops extend through the shelf openings.

5. A wall storage system comprising at least one pair of spaced apart vertical hanger bars, each bar having a plurality of vertical slots equally spaced apart along the bar, at least one shelf support bracket associated with each vertical hanger bar, each shelf support bracket including a pair of vertically spaced apart horizontal mounting pins constructed and arranged for placement within an adjacent pair of vertical slots in its associated hanger bar to thereby releasably secure the shelf support brackets to the hanger bars, and a shelf spanning the shelf brackets and resting thereon, the shelf including front and rear rails, shelf hooks on the shelf brackets hooked over the rear rail of the shelf to thereby releasably secure the shelf to the shelf brackets, and wherein the vertical hanger bars each comprise a base plate for attachment to a wall, integral side plates extending outwardly from the base plate, each side plate having the plurality of vertical slots equally spaced apart along the bar to thereby provide horizontally opposed pairs of vertical slots along each hanger bar, and wherein each horizontal mounting pin releasably engages a horizontally opposed pair of vertical slots on its associated hanger bar.

6. A wall mounted storage system comprising at least one pair of spaced apart vertical hanger bars, each bar having a plurality of vertical slots equally spaced apart along the bar, at least one shelf support bracket associated with each vertical hanger bar, each shelf support bracket including a pair of vertically spaced apart horizontal mounting pins constructed and arranged for placement within an adjacent pair of vertical slots in its associated hanger bar to thereby releasably secure the shelf support brackets to the hanger bars, and a shelf spanning the shelf brackets and resting thereon, the shelf including front and rear rails, shelf hooks on the shelf brackets hooked over the rear rail of the shelf to thereby releasably secure the shelf to the shelf brackets, and a plurality of second vertical slots equally spaced apart along each hanger bar, and a vertical storage grid having vertically spaced apart horizontal stringers constructed and arranged for placement within the second vertical slots in the hanger bar to thereby releasably secure the storage grid to the hanger bars.