Wall mountable shelving system with rectangular frame and removable trays

• US 7,891,305 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Cirulli, Pasquale, Newbould, Peter J.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, JOSE V
• Application Number:
  US11/849,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20080053345A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 108/42, 108/47, 108/152, 248/214, 248/235, 211/89.01, 211/113, 211/119, 211/90.01, 211/90.03, 211/90.04
• US Class Current: 108/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 55/02 made of wire
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/02 Shelves movable shelves coupled to doors A47B96/16
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/281 Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers A47K3/30, A47K3/38, A47K3/40 take precedence

Abstract

A wall mountable shelving system includes a pair of support members, a storage tray extending between the support members, and stretch releasing adhesive strips arranged to secure the shelving system to the wall. Each support member includes a back plate and a frame member connected with the back plate, and each frame member includes at least a first support portion connected with and arranged generally perpendicular to the back plate, an extension portion arranged generally perpendicular to and extending from the first support portion, and a second support portion extending from the end of the extension portion and arranged generally parallel to the first support portion.

Claims

1. A wall mountable shelving system, comprising:

(a) a pair of support members each including a back plate and a frame member connected with the back plate, wherein each frame member includes at least;

a first support portion connected with and arranged generally perpendicular to the back plate,

an extension portion arranged generally perpendicular to and extending from the first support portion,

a second support portion extending from an end of the extension portion opposite the first support portion and arranged generally parallel to the first support portion;

(b) a storage tray extending between the associated first support portions of the frame members;

(c) stretch releasing strips each including an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive pull tab portion, respective ones of the stretch releasing strips arranged between a corresponding one of the back plates and a wall surface for securing the shelving system to the wall surface and including the non-adhesive pull tab portion extending outwardly beyond an end of the corresponding back plate; and

(d) a pair of cover plates removably connected to the back plates, respectively, such that each cover plate and the corresponding back plate are configured to provide an assembled state and a removed state, and wherein;

the cover plates are sized and shaped such that in the assembled state, the cover plate is assembled to the corresponding back plate and the cover plate extends beyond the end of the corresponding back plate to overlay and conceal the non-adhesive pull tab portion of the corresponding stretch releasing adhesive strip,

in the removed state, the cover plate is removed from the corresponding back plate and the non-adhesive pull tab portion of the corresponding stretch releasing strip is exposed beyond the end of the corresponding back plate.

2. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the cover plates forms an open-ended slot sized to slidably receive the corresponding frame member.

3. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein each frame member includes a terminal interface portion connected with the associated back plate.

4. A shelving system as defined in claim 3, wherein each interface portion extends along and is connected with a major portion of the associated back plate.

5. A shelving system as defined in claim 4, wherein the first support member extends from the corresponding terminal interface portion to define a bend, and further wherein the bend is arranged against the corresponding back plate.

6. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the second support portion extends from the extension portion toward a plane of the corresponding back plate to abut the wall surface when the shelving system is mounted on the wall surface.

7. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the frame member is constructed from a continuous metal rod.

8. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein each tray includes drainage openings.

9. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the support portions are hingeably connected with the extension portion.

10. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, wherein a central axis of the first support member intersects the corresponding back plate.