Mounting bracket for slat walls

• US 7,891,617 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Custom Plastics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Custom Plastics, Inc.
• Inventors: Tisbo, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez; Ramon O
• Application Number:
  US12/465,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20100288891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 52/360.5, 211/87.01, 248/220.22, 248/220.31, 248/220.41, 248/221.11, 248/220.43, 248/201, 248/300, 248/301
• US Class Current: 248/220.22
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0853 Rail constructions; Brackets
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/34 using keyhole-shaped slots and pins

Abstract

A securing assembly for enabling a structure, such as a display case, to be mounted onto a slat wall is disclosed. The securing assembly includes a first and a second bracket which are securable to each other without the use of tools or adhesives. The first bracket includes a plurality of sections, secured together, which enable the first bracket to be secured to a slat wall without the use of tools or adhesives. The second bracket includes a first portion securable to the first bracket and a second portion which can be secured to a structure with fasteners. In order to mount a structure on a slat wall the second bracket secured to the structure, the first bracket is secured to the slat wall and then the first and second brackets are secured to each other.

Claims

1. A securing assembly for mounting large objects to a slat wall, comprising:

a first bracket constructed and arranged to be releasable secured to a wall without the use of tools, said first bracket having a substantially planar first section, a second section connected to said first section and extending away from said first section, a third section connected to said second section, said third section extending in a plane substantially parallel to a plane of said first section;

the first, second and third sections of said first bracket are secured together enabling said first bracket to be releasably secured to and removed from a wall without the use of tools, said first section including first securing elements, said first securing elements are projections which are secured to and extend outwardly from said first section;

a second bracket constructed and arranged to be secured to a structure, said second bracket including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion including second securing elements, said first and said second securing elements are constructed and arranged to cooperatively engage each other respectively thereby securing said first bracket to said second bracket, said second portion of said second bracket including third securing elements, said third securing elements are constructed and arranged to secure said second bracket to a structure.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said first bracket includes a fourth section, said fourth section connected to and extending away from said first section, said fourth section constructed and arranged to position said firsts section of said first bracket substantially parallel to a wall.

3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said second securing element includes at least one aperture, said at least one projection cooperative secured to said at least one aperture thereby securing said first bracket to said second bracket without the use of additional fasteners.

4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said at least one aperture is in the shape of a keyhole, said at least one projection includes a first portion having a first diameter secured to said first bracket, said at least one projection includes a second portion, said second portion having a diameter larger than said first diameter of said first portion, said second portion of said at least one projection sized to pass through a larger portion of said keyhole shaped said at least one aperture and not pass through a smaller portion of said keyhole shaped said at least one aperture, said first portion of said at least one projection sized to pass through both said larger and said smaller portion of said key hole shaper aperture.

5. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said smaller portion of said keyhole shaped said at least one aperture and said larger portion of said at least one aperture are in substantial vertical alignment.

6. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said smaller portion of said keyhole shaped said at least one aperture cooperatively engages said first portion of said at least one projection whereby said first and said second bracket are connected to each other.

7. The assembly of claim 6 wherein said second portion of said at least one projection cooperatively engages said first portion of said second bracket, the distance between said second portion of said at least one projection and said first section of said first bracket is substantially equal to a thickness of said first portion of said second bracket, said first and said second brackets are connected to each other in a juxtaposed relation that prevents substantial relative movement of said first bracket away from said second bracket.

8. The assembly of claim 3 wherein each of said securing assemblies is constructed and arranged to permit an adjustment between each of a plurality of separate securing assemblies secured to a structure and/or slat wall such that a structure to be readily mounted onto, removed from and repositioned on a slat wall.