Hook/hanger component mounting systems, components thereof, and related methods
View Patent ↗Various aspects of the invention provide various embodiments of attachment members, hooks, hanger components, mounting systems and related methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a system generally includes a wall standard, a hanger component or component having at least two spaced-apart bar portions, and an attachment member engagable to the wall standard. The attachment member includes first and second recessed portions configured for trapping the corresponding spaced-apart bar portions between the wall standard and the attachment member when the attachment member is engaged to the wall standard. With this trapping, the attachment member can thus retain the hanger component to the wall standard.
1. A system comprising an apertured support surface, a hanger component having generally parallel spaced-apart crossbar portions, an attachment member having one or more tabs configured to be engaged within one or more apertures of the apertured support surface, the attachment member including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a first recessed portion configured for trapping one of the crossbar portions between the apertured support surface and the attachment member, and the lower portion having a second recessed portion configured for trapping the other one of said crossbar portions between the apertured support surface and the attachment member, to thereby retain the hanger component to the apertured support surface, wherein the crossbar portions include tapered sections tapering to reduced width portions configured to be received within the recessed portions of the attachment member, wherein at least one of said reduced width portions includes at least one opening therethrough for receiving at least one fastener for allowing the hanger component to be secured to a support surface with the fastener.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the crossbar portions is trapped substantially against a front surface of the apertured support surface by at least one surface of at least one of said first and second recessed portions.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein contact between the tapered sections and the attachment member inhibits horizontal movement of the hanger component relative to the attachment member when the attachment member is engaged with the apertured support surface and retaining the hanger component to the apertured support surface.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the reduced width portions includes a substantially flat back surface flush with a tangent surface of the corresponding crossbar portion, thereby allowing the reduced width portion to lie substantially flush against a correspondingly flat support surface.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the crossbar portions are an integral part of a single bar being formed to include at least two generally parallel spaced-apart sections.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the hanger component includes a first bar portion having end portions extending to form a pair of hooks for supporting one or more items thereon, and a second bar portion having end portions in contact with the first bar portion.
7. A system comprising an apertured support surface, a hanger component having generally parallel spaced-apart crossbar portions, an attachment member having one or more tabs configured to be engaged within one or more apertures of the apertured support surface, the attachment member including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a first recessed portion configured for trapping one of the crossbar portions between the apertured support surface and the attachment member, and the lower portion having a second recessed portion configured for trapping the other one of said crossbar portions between the apertured support surface and the attachment member, to thereby retain the hanger component to the apertured support surface, wherein the crossbar portions include tapered sections tapering to reduced width portions configured to be received within the recessed portions of the attachment member, wherein at least one of said reduced width portions includes a substantially flat back surface flush with a tangent surface of the corresponding crossbar portion, thereby allowing the reduced width portion to lie substantially flush against a correspondingly flat support surface.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the attachment member comprises a generally C-shaped channel with spaced-apart side walls having tabs for engaging apertures of the apertured support surface.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein a notch is defined between each said tab and the corresponding side wall, the notch configured to receive a portion of the apertured support surface such that engagement of the notches with the apertured support surface establishes a frictional fit of the crossbar portions between the attachment member and the apertured support surface.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein contact between the tapered sections and the attachment member inhibits horizontal movement of the hanger component relative to the attachment member when the attachment member is engaged with the apertured support surface and retaining the hanger component to the apertured support surface.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the crossbar portions are an integral part of a single bar.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the crossbar portions includes at least one end portion extending to form at least one hook for supporting one or more items thereon.
13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the apertured support surface comprises a front surface of a wall standard, and wherein the attachment member's tabs are engagable to the apertures of the wall standard such that the attachment member's recessed portions trap the crossbar portions between the wall standard's front surface and the attachment member, thereby retaining the hanger component to the wall standard.
14. The system of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the crossbar portions is trapped substantially against a front surface of the apertured support surface by at least one surface of at least one of said first and second recessed portions.