Office rail assembly for work board

Abstract

A work board assembly having a board and hook assembly mountable to a rail assembly, and the rail assembly is mountable to a wall. A flip chart holder may optionally be hung on the board to add versatility to the board. The hook assembly is rotatable, thereby allowing opposite surfaces of the board to be easily and quickly exposed. The exposed surfaces may accept markers or the surfaces may allow tacking of documents, or one surface may be for markers and the other for tacking. The rail assembly includes a bracket designed to be attached to a wall and to mount a rotatable cam. The cam is received by a rail and rotation of the cam causes locking engagement of the rail to the bracket.

1 . An office rail assembly for supporting a work board assembly and having structure to receive a hook attached to said work board assembly, said office rail assembly comprising: 
 a rail;    a rail end cap; and    a rail hanger bracket.    
   
   
       2 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein: 
 said rail hanger bracket includes a rotatable cam portion and a wall mounting portion.    
   
   
       3 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 2  wherein: 
 said cam portion is receivable by said rail and is engaged by rotating said cam portion.    
   
   
       4 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 3  wherein: 
 said cam portion includes a handle and a fastener, said handle for rotating said cam portion and said fastener for retaining said cam portion in the engaged position.    
   
   
       5 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 4  wherein: 
 said cam portion includes two rotatable cam members for engaging abutting rail segments.    
   
   
       6 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 2  wherein: 
 said rail has a generally C-shaped cross-section; and    said cam portion of said rail hanger bracket engages a portion of an inner surface of said C-shaped cross-section of said rail.    
   
   
       7 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 6  wherein: 
 said inner surface of said C-shaped cross-section of said rail includes an upper curved portion and a lip portion; and    said cam portion of said rail hanger bracket engages said upper curved portion of said rail.    
   
   
       8 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 7  wherein: 
 said rail hanger bracket includes a projecting foot portion for engaging said lip portion of said rail.    
   
   
       9 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein: 
 said rail end cap includes an end wall portion and a rail engaging arm.    
   
   
       10 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 9  wherein: 
 an outer surface of said rail engaging arm has a shape complementing the shape of an inner surface of said rail and said rail engaging arm includes a fastener opening.    
   
   
       11 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 10  wherein: 
 said rail hanger bracket includes a rotatable cam portion and a wall mounting portion.    
   
   
       12 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 11  wherein: 
 said cam portion is receivable by said rail and is engaged by rotating said cam portion.    
   
   
       13 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 12  wherein: 
 said rail has a generally C-shaped cross-section; and    said cam portion of said rail hanger bracket engages a portion of an inner surface of said C-shaped cross-section of said rail.    
   
   
       14 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 13  wherein: 
 said inner surface of said C-shaped cross-section of said rail includes an upper curved portion and a lip portion; and    said cam portion of said rail hanger bracket engages said upper curved portion of said rail.    
   
   
       15 . The rail assembly as claimed in  claim 14  wherein: 
 said rail hanger bracket includes a projecting foot portion for engaging said lip portion of said rail.