Vertical wall rack and variable shoe holder arrangement

Abstract

A storage system having a pair of parallel, spaced side runners and a plurality of interchangeable wire racks secured and suspended between the side runners. The runners are mounted directly to a wall or other flat surface. The runners are provided in interlocking sections and can be joined together to form a runner as long as desired. Each runner has a plurality of evenly spaced openings formed along the length of a center section. The openings in one runner are parallel to the openings in the other runner. Each runner includes a pair of retention ridges on the front surface of the center section extending the length of the that section on each side of the openings. There are plurality of retention tabs on the back surface of flat section with a tab on each side of the opening. Each rack has mounting extensions designed to engage the openings in the runners. Each mounting extension has an vertical section that snaps between the ridges on the front side of the runner and a tip that engages and is secured in the opening and snaps between the retention tabs on the back side of the runner. One embodiment of the rack has a plurality of upward angled loops for holding a shoe.