Wall-mounted furniture system

Abstract

A wall mounted shelving system for electronic devices that provides simple and effective post-installation wire management and that can also be easily positionally adjusted post-installation.

1 . A furniture system adapted to mount on the wall of a structure, the system comprising:
 a body portion adapted to mate with a planar, generally vertical surface of a wall, the body portion defining at least one vertically oriented wire channel for concealing wires therein and having structure receiving a plurality of shelf support brackets; and   a plurality of shelves, each of the shelves supported on a separate one of the shelf support brackets.   
     
     
         2 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the body portion comprises an elongate generally vertically oriented column structure, the column structure defining a pair of vertically oriented wire channels, each of the wire channels having a laterally facing opening. 
     
     
         3 . The furniture system of  claim 2 , further comprising a pair of covers, each cover for covering a separate one of the laterally facing openings. 
     
     
         4 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the structure receiving a plurality of shelf support brackets comprises a vertical channel in the body portion, the channel defined by opposing side walls, a rear wall, and a front wall, the front wall defining an elongate vertically oriented opening and inwardly oriented v-shaped grooves on either side of the opening, each of the shelf support brackets including a shelf-height adjustment block defining a pair of spaced apart pointed members, the shelf-height adjustment blocks received in the vertical channel with the pointed members engaged in the v-shaped grooves. 
     
     
         5 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the shelf support brackets has at least one contact portion for contacting the shelf, the shelf contact portion being faced with a high friction, low slip material to inhibit slippage of the shelf on the shelf support member. 
     
     
         6 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the body portion includes a pair of shelf attachment columns, the columns disposed on opposite sides of the wire management channel and spaced apart from the wire management channel. 
     
     
         7 . The furniture system of  claim 6 , wherein each of the shelf attachment columns define a forwardly facing shelf adjustment channel, and further comprising a plurality of shelf attachment cars, each of the cars slidingly received in one of the shelf adjustment channels. 
     
     
         8 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , further comprising a wall interface plate presenting an upwardly oriented flange, the body portion presenting a hook structure, wherein the hook structure is engagable over the upwardly oriented flange of the wall interface plate to support the furniture system on the wall. 
     
     
         9 . The furniture system of  claim 8 , further comprising locking structure for selectively inhibiting disengagement of the hook structure from the wall interface plate. 
     
     
         10 . A furniture system adapted to mount on the wall of a structure, the system comprising:
 a body portion adapted to mate with a planar, generally vertical surface of a wall, the body portion defining at least one vertically oriented wire channel for concealing wires therein;   a plurality of shelves; and   means for coupling the plurality of shelves with the body portion.   
     
     
         11 . The furniture system of  claim 10 , wherein the means for coupling the plurality of shelves with the body portion comprises a plurality of shelf support brackets and structure for receiving each one of the plurality of shelf support brackets. 
     
     
         12 . The furniture system of  claim 11 , wherein the body portion comprises an elongate generally vertically oriented column structure, the column structure defining a pair of vertically oriented wire channels, each of the wire channels having a laterally facing opening, 
     
     
         13 . The furniture system of  claim 12 , further comprising a pair of covers, each cover for covering a separate one of the laterally facing openings. 
     
     
         14 . The furniture system of  claim 11 , wherein the structure for receiving each one of the plurality of shelf support brackets comprises a vertical channel in the body portion, the channel defined by opposing side walls, a rear wall, and a front wall, the front wall defining an elongate vertically oriented opening and inwardly oriented v-shaped grooves on either side of the opening, each of the shelf support brackets including a shelf-height adjustment block defining a pair of spaced apart pointed members, the shelf-height adjustment blocks received in the vertical channel with the pointed members engaged in the v-shaped grooves. 
     
     
         15 . The furniture system of  claim 11 , wherein each of the shelf support brackets has at least one contact portion for contacting the shelf, the shelf contact portion being faced with a high friction, low slip material to inhibit slippage of the shelf on the shelf support member. 
     
     
         16 . The furniture system of  claim 10 , wherein the means for coupling the plurality of shelves with the body portion includes a pair of shelf attachment columns, the columns disposed on opposite sides of the wire management channel and spaced apart from the wire management channel. 
     
     
         17 . The furniture system of  claim 16 , wherein each of the shelf attachment columns define a forwardly facing shelf adjustment channel, and further comprising a plurality of shelf attachment cars, each of the cars slidingly received in one of the shelf adjustment channels. 
     
     
         18 . The furniture system of  claim 10 , further comprising a wall interface plate presenting an upwardly oriented flange, the body portion presenting a hook structure, wherein the hook structure is engagable over the upwardly oriented flange of the wall interface plate to support the furniture system on the wall. 
     
     
         19 . The furniture system of  claim 18 , further comprising locking structure for selectively inhibiting disengagement of the hook structure from the wall interface plate. 
     
     
         20 . The furniture system of  claim 18 , further comprising a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the body portion relative to the wall interface plate when the hook structure is engaged with the wall interface plate.