Horizontally mounted shelf assembly and accessories therefor
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1. A horizontally wall mountable shelf assembly, comprising:
- (a) an elongated support rail including a body portion and a first back plate portion, the body portion defining opposing ends and extending between the opposing ends to define a length direction of the support rail, the support rail further defining a width direction transverse to the length direction, wherein the first back plate portion is connected to one of the opposing ends, and further wherein a size of the back plate portion in the width direction is greater than a size of the body portion in the width direction;
(b) at least one accessory transversely movably connected with the body portion, each accessory including a front retaining wall portion, a shoulder portion, and a rear retaining wall portion arranged to define an elongated mounting channel for mounting sliding engagement with the body portion, the front retaining wall portion having a bottom portion opposite the shoulder portion and the rear retaining wall portion terminating at a free end opposite the shoulder portion, wherein a distance between the front retaining wall portion and the rear retaining wall portion increases in a direction away from the shoulder portion to define an enlarged opening to the channel between the bottom portion and the free end such that the accessory is configured for mounting to the body portion by sliding the body portion into the channel via the opening, and further wherein upon assembly of the accessory over the body portion;
the front retaining wall portion extends adjacent a front surface of the body portion and the rear retaining wall portion extends adjacent a back surface of the body portion,a size of the rear retaining wall portion in the width direction and a size of the front retaining wall portion in the width direction are greater than the size of the body portion in the width direction such that upon assembly, the body portion abuts the shoulder portion and the bottom portion and the free end are below the body portion; and
(c) at least one stretch releasing adhesive strip arranged between the first back plate portion and a wall for securing the shelf assembly to the wall.
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Abstract
A horizontally mounted shelf assembly includes an elongated support rail, at least one accessory slidaby connected with the support rail, and at least one stretch releasing adhesive strip arranged between the support rail and a wall for securing the shelf assembly to the wall. Each accessory may also be separately mounted on the wall using stretch releasing adhesive strips.
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1. A horizontally wall mountable shelf assembly, comprising:
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(a) an elongated support rail including a body portion and a first back plate portion, the body portion defining opposing ends and extending between the opposing ends to define a length direction of the support rail, the support rail further defining a width direction transverse to the length direction, wherein the first back plate portion is connected to one of the opposing ends, and further wherein a size of the back plate portion in the width direction is greater than a size of the body portion in the width direction; (b) at least one accessory transversely movably connected with the body portion, each accessory including a front retaining wall portion, a shoulder portion, and a rear retaining wall portion arranged to define an elongated mounting channel for mounting sliding engagement with the body portion, the front retaining wall portion having a bottom portion opposite the shoulder portion and the rear retaining wall portion terminating at a free end opposite the shoulder portion, wherein a distance between the front retaining wall portion and the rear retaining wall portion increases in a direction away from the shoulder portion to define an enlarged opening to the channel between the bottom portion and the free end such that the accessory is configured for mounting to the body portion by sliding the body portion into the channel via the opening, and further wherein upon assembly of the accessory over the body portion; the front retaining wall portion extends adjacent a front surface of the body portion and the rear retaining wall portion extends adjacent a back surface of the body portion, a size of the rear retaining wall portion in the width direction and a size of the front retaining wall portion in the width direction are greater than the size of the body portion in the width direction such that upon assembly, the body portion abuts the shoulder portion and the bottom portion and the free end are below the body portion; and (c) at least one stretch releasing adhesive strip arranged between the first back plate portion and a wall for securing the shelf assembly to the wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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13. A horizontally wall mountable shelf assembly comprising:
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(a) an elongated support rail including a body portion and a back plate portion at an end of the body portion; (b) at least one accessory transversely movably connected with the body portion, each accessory including a front retaining wall portion, a shoulder portion, and a rear retaining wall portion arranged to define an elongated mounting channel for mounting sliding engagement with the body portion, wherein a distance between the front retaining wall portion and the rear retaining wall portion increases in a direction away from the shoulder portion; (c) at least one stretch releasing adhesive strip arranged between the back plate portion and a wall for securing the shelf assembly to the wall, wherein the stretch releasing adhesive strip is a double-sided adhesive strip including a non-adhesive pull tab at one end, and wherein when the support rail is mounted horizontally on a vertical wall surface, the non-adhesive pull tab extends outwardly beyond an end of the back plate portion, whereby the non-adhesive pull tab is accessible to a user wishing to stretch remove the adhesive strip from the wall surface; and (d) a cover plate removably connected with the back plate portion, whereby when the cover plate is connected with the back plate portion, the cover plate extends over a front surface of the back plate portion and serves to conceal the non-adhesive pull tab of the stretch releasing adhesive strip.
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