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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152119 | Luminaire bracket assembly A bracket assembly comprising at least one mounting base including at least one surface association means, at least one engaging extension extending from the at least one mounting base, the at least one engaging extension rotatingly associating at least one luminair... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7775492 | Mounting system and apparatus for attaching accessories to a wall panel A mounting apparatus has a wall panel accessory with at least one connector projecting from a portion of the accessory. The connector has a groove formed in a surface of the connector. A mounting body has a front and a back. At least one connector receptacle extends... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7735792 | Reversible mounting bracket for open office identification The mounting bracket has a flange which reaches in between portions of the open office structure and releasably engages in the slots in the post of the open office structure. The releasable engagement comprises tee-shaped hooks, configured so that they engage revers... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7354024 | Pegboard wall-plug storage system A system and apparatus for storing an item is provided that includes a pegboard wall-plug having a plate including a central opening. A tube projects outwardly from a rear surface of the plate in surrounding relation to the central opening. A plurality of circumfere... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322483 | Cantilever shelving for utility shed A cantilevered shelving system is provided for manual assembly along the wall panels of a molded utility shed. Several shelves are provided that are removably secured to brackets that removably fasten into reinforcing strips in the wall panels. Each shelf is support... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281633 | Tool-less attachment bracket A system and method are described for tool-lessly attaching a rack slide assembly to a rack. A mounting bracket includes a bracket member with an interface end and an attachment end. The bracket member includes a locating hook extending from an upper portion of the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273153 | Baseball bat and helmet rack Apparatus 10 discloses a device having means for mounting to a structure, such as a chain link fence, providing means for hanging a baseball bat 12 and a baseball helmet 14 therefrom. The support 10 has a general planar N-shape providing ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270309 | Apparatus for mounting a flat panel display A mounting apparatus comprising a mounting bracket and a display bracket. The mounting bracket includes a first mounting plate and first and second seating flanges extending outwardly from the mounting plate. The first seating flange includes a first seating channel... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7240803 | Shelf mounting bracket for adjustable organizer system A shelf mounting bracket has a bracket body with a forward end, a rear end, an upper side, and a lower side. One or more connectors extend from the rear end for mounting the bracket to a support. At least one forward shelf support is provided near the forward end an... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228977 | Workroom storage system A space-efficient workroom organization system comprising a slotwall panel and/or slot track storage system with at least one repositionable slotwall or slot track mounted storage cabinet, and a workbench system comprising a workbench having a work surface and defin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210660 | Pegboard adapter An adapter for selectively mounting to an associated wall of a cabinet has a first wall having a plurality of openings for receiving associated peg hooks. The adapter further has a second wall depending from a first end of the first wall and a third wall extending f... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198159 | Slatwall extrusion and assembly A slatwall extrusion and assembly for a wall of a building to support hangers and shelving and the items they carry. Each section of slatwall has a continuous linear rear wall that integrally joins number of spaced boards. Each board has front, rear, top and bottom ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175209 | Clip for holding a release lever of a vehicle latch during shipping A clip and a vehicle latch is provided for properly positioning an operational lever of the latch. The latch has a housing with an aperture. The clip is mounted on the lever. The clip has a base portion hingedly connected to a top portion and pivots between a closed... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168576 | Tool-less cable management attachment bracket and method of use A cable management attachment bracket is disclosed that includes a bracket body with a first attachment tab, a second attachment, and a cable management assembly (CMA) connection point for hingedly connecting with a CMA. The first attachment tab extends from a front... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150362 | Holder for storing a plurality of fasteners A holder for storing a plurality of fasteners includes a support member having a first side wall, a second side wall, and a plurality of web members positioned therebetween for holding the first and second walls in spaced apart relationship. The support member has a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7104094 | Merchandise lock bar system and method The invention provides an improved lock bar system for enclosing at least one peg hook. The lock bar system can be in a merchandising display with the lock bar system including a peg hook support frame mounted to the merchandising display supporting a plurality of p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097047 | Cable management flip tray assembly A system and method for providing a cable management flip tray assembly includes a flip tray mounting bracket and a flip tray. The flip tray is moveable between a first, generally vertical, position and a second, generally horizontal, position that facilitates acces... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093725 | Tool-less attachment bracket A system and method are described for tool-lessly attaching a rack slide assembly to a rack. A mounting bracket includes a bracket member with an interface end and an attachment end. The bracket member includes a locating hook extending from an upper portion of the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083051 | Cable management assembly, system and method A cable management assembly, and method related thereto, including a riser panel having an interface portion and a plurality of cable management devices. The interface portion having a plurality of shaped apertures. The cable management devices having attachments th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066435 | Universal wall mounting bracket A wall mount assembly is provided for attaching an electronic device to a slat wall. The wall mount assembly includes a main body, a mount and a pair of clip assemblies to connect to the slat wall. The mount has a central opening to receive a support arm that holds ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056266 | Climbing wall assembly A climbing wall assembly for educational and recreational purposes. The climbing wall assembly has a plurality of adjacent wall panels, each having an exterior surface adapted for educational purposes and having a plurality of apertures for mounting hand hold struct... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7003863 | Apparatus and method for mounting accessory devices to panels An apparatus for mounting accessories to a panel surface includes at least one accessory interface on the panel surface. An elongate engaging section is recessed within and lies generally parallel to a part of the panel surface. An accessory device has a utility par... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971614 | Slatwall hanger stabilizing chip The present invention pertains to a removable clip that stabilizes a hanger mounted on a slatwall assembly formed by a number of horizontally aligned and uniformly spaced slats or boards. The upper and lower end of each slat has a lip with an inside surface, so that... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6945414 | Wall panel and system A wall panel for holding an accessory, the wall panel having a recessed slot, at least a portion of which has an undercut and a shaped opening in communication with a portion of the recessed slot and the undercut. The shaped opening may be capable of receiving a sha... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918217 | Raised access floor system A floor panel for a raised access floor system, including a shallow metal pan with a bottom wall and a shallow upwardly-opening compartment. The bottom wall has a plurality of first hollow projections projecting upwardly therefrom, which projections adjacent upper e... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902069 | System and method for rack cable management A cable management assembly includes a first arm assembly pivotally connected with a second arm assembly. Each arm assembly includes a slide lock which may tool-lessly couple to a slide lock receptacle attached to a rack slide chassis member or a rack slide stationa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6737148 | Camouflaged perforated panel and method of forming A perforated panel having a grid of perforations or holes formed at least partially therethrough for disposing hangers for holding objects thereon and having at least a black color pattern disposed on a surface thereof for camouflaging the perforations and for reduc... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6702128 | Storage system A storage system including a shelf and bracket item holder where the item holder is supported upon a planar panel. The shelf has two end edges and two shelf-brackets which include a substantially circumferential flange, a receptacle portion for receiving ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6669154 | Standard and track shelving system The present invention relates to a vertical support standard and track into which the standard can be mounted. The standard contains a plurality of slots in its front surface such that one or more ordinary shelving brackets can be mounted thereon, and con... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6612527 | One-piece, straight entry display hook A one-piece straight-entry display hook device is provided which is highly resistant to dislodgment resulting from upward pressure adjacent to the supporting panel, yet accommodates free upward pivoting movement in response to upward pressure on the hook ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6581788 | Shelf and bracket assembly A shelf and bracket item holder where the item holder is supported upon a planar panel. The shelf has two end edges and two shelf-brackets which include a substantially circumferential flange, a receptacle portion for receiving one of the end edges of the... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6484985 | Clip for panel system The clip of the present invention can be used to mount a number of different objects onto an associated panel system. Due to its design, the clip can be used either to support or carry a number of different objects. Thus, the same clip and panel system ca... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6454230 | Tool holder for use with a perforated support panel A tool holder for use with a perforated support panel are disclosed. The tool holder includes a base plate at one end thereof and a panel engaging tab at an opposite end thereof. The base plate includes an aperture for receiving therethrough a fastener fo... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6422523 | Adjustable bracket and upright assembly A new faceout and upright bracket attachment assembly is constructed of two upright tubes or bars joined by an apertured web. The faceout is constructed so that the bracket is formed with two opposing flanges that are shaped to fit around one upright bar ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6293507 | Adjustable shelf hanging clip An adjustable, shelf hanging clip for hanging shelves on storage racks is constructed from at least two rectangular sections of material joined at an angle which can be about 90°. At least one of these rectangular sections has a pair of hook-shaped suppo... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6202965 | Panel fastening system for modular office furniture A modular office system incorporating wall panels with interlock edges to facilitate assembly. The substantially planar panels include a plurality of tabs extending from one side edge of the panel. The tabs are lockingly received within corresponding slot... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6070841 | Universal sidekick mount bracket A universal mounting bracket for use on slotted steel shelf standards or slotted steel uprights without the necessity of using tools or additional sub-assembly being required. The universal sidekick mount bracket is of generally triangular shape having on... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6061909 | Metal panel with flanged holes and process of fabrication A peg board panel for supporting a bracket or other generally available hanging element. The panel is comprised of a fabricated metal panel having a front surface, a side surface, a rear surface, and an array of holes extending through the panel. The hole... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6019328 | Stay-put pegboard accessory A stay-put pegboard accessory with a support member/s, having "L" hook/s, fastened to restraining member/s consisting of vertical restraint/s having either a short or a long stub. The "L" hook/s is inserted into an aperture opening of a pegboard with the ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5975318 | Display shelf assembly and bracket useful therein An assembly supporting a display shelf at a non-transverse angle to a support includes at least one elongate support, at least one transversely-extending display shelf and angling brackets. Each elongate support defines a plane, an upright front surface a... | 11/02/1999 |