A universal wall plate which can be secured to a wall and to which a variety of dispensers can readily be secured and removed with minimal effort, without the need to remove the wall panel and without causing damage to the wall.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A wall plate system comprising: a wall plate adapted for securing to a wall by fastening mechanism selected from fasteners which extend rearwardly of the wall plate into the wall, a plurality of dispensers each of which are adapted to be removably coupled to the wall pl
The invention claimed is: 1. A wall plate system comprising: a wall plate adapted for securing to a wall by fastening mechanism selected from fasteners which extend rearwardly of the wall plate into the wall, a plurality of dispensers each of which are adapted to be removably coupled to the wall plate, the wall plate having an upper edge, a lower edge, and two side edges, the wall plate having a securement portion and a plate portion, the securement portion disposed along the upper edge, the plate portion coupled to the securement portion and extending therefrom between the two side edges to the lower edge, the plate portion comprising a thin planar sheet member having a rear surface and a forward surface, the securement portion having a rear surface disposed in the same plane as the rear surface of the plate portion or forward thereof, the securement portion carrying an engagement element, each dispenser having an upper end, a lower end and a rear surface for engagement with the forward surface of the plate portion, each dispenser carrying at its upper end an engagement member removably engaging the engagement element of the securement portion to removably secure each dispenser to the wall plate with the rear surface of each dispenser in engagement with the forward surface of the plate portion with the upper end of each dispenser proximate the securement portion and with each dispenser extending downwardly from its upper end to its lower end, wherein with the wall plate secured to a wall with a first of the plurality of dispensers coupled to the wall plate by engagement between the engagement element of the wall plate and the engagement member of that first dispenser, without removal or disengagement of the wall plate from the wall, the first dispenser is removable from the wall plate by disengagement of the engagement between the engagement element of the wall plate and the engagement member of that first dispenser for replacement as by a second of the plurality of dispensers by engagement between the engagement element of the wall plate and the engagement member of that second dispencer, the wall plate is formed by bending a single metal sheet, the metal sheet being bent at a juncture between the plate portion and the securement portion to provide the securement portion as extending forwardly from the plane of the plate portion permitting each dispenser to hang downwardly from the securement portion, the securement portion comprises an elongate channel member extending along the upper edge of the wall plate parallel to the upper edge defining a hollow channelway therein, the engagement element comprising a keyway opening through the channel member into the channel-way, the engagement member comprising a key member adapted to extend through the keyway at least partially into the channelway to couple each dispenser to the securement portion against removal with each dispenser to hang downwardly from the securement portion, the metal sheet is a flat planar sheet other than along the upper edge of the wall plate where the metal sheet is bent to form the elongate channel member extending forwardly from the plane of the plate portion and defining the hollow channclway therein forwardly from the plane of the plate portion, the metal sheet is bent along a first fold line parallel to the upper edge between the plate portion and the channel member providing a forwardly and upwardly extending lower flange of the channel member ending at a second fold line parallel to the first fold line and providing a rearwardly extending upper flange ofthe channel member, the hollow channelway defined rearwardly of and between the lower flange and the upper flange, and the keyway is provided through the lower flange. 2. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the keyway and the key member are complementary so as to provide for connection and disconnection by manipulating the relative position of each dispenser and its key member relative to the securement portion. 3. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 including a secondary engagement mechanism removably securing the lower end of each dispenser to the forward surface of the plate portion of the wall plate when the engagement element and the engagement member are engaged and release of the secondary engagement mechanism is required to disconnect the engagement element and the engagement member. 4. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the secondary engagement mechanism comprises a magnetic mechanism with the plate portion being magnetic and each dispenser carrying proximate its lower end a permanent magnet which is magnetically attracted to the plate portion underlying the magnet. 5. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 4 wherein each dispenser is removed from the wall plate and secured to the wall plate via relative coupling or uncoupling of the engagement element and the key member and coupling or uncoupling of the secondary engagement mechanism manually without the use of tools and without removing the wall plate from its securement to the wall. 6. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the secondary engagement mechanism comprises an adhesive between the rear surface of each dispenser and the forward surface of the plate portion, the adhesive adhering to the forward surface of the plate portion such that the bond may be broken by the application of forces between the plate portion and each dispenser and which adhesive may be removed from adherence to the plate portion. 7. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the keyway and the key member engage each other to permit relative pivoting of each dispenser relative the wall plate about a pivot axis parallel to and proximate the upper edge of the wall plate without disengagement of the keyway and the key member. 8. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the keyway provides an opening with an upper passage portion open into and above a lower catch portion, the key member having a distal tab portion sized to pass through the upper passage portion and sized to not pass through the lower catch portion, the tab portion insertable into the keyway through the upper passage portion and then moved downwardly relative the keyway to be received relative the lower catch portion in a position which the tab portion and lower catch portion engage to prevent removal without upward movement of each dispenser. 9. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the keyway and the key member engage each other to permit relative pivoting of each dispenser relative the wall plate about a pivot axis parallel to and proximate the upper edge of the wall plate. 10. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the securement portion includes openings for passage of fasteners through the securement portion into the wall to secure the wall plate to the wall. 11. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein each dispenser includes a rear mounting plate removably coupled to the remainder of each dispenser, the rear mounting plate carrying at an upper end thereof the key member. 12. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the keyway provides an opening with an upper passage portion open into and above a lower catch portion, the upper passage portion having a width parallel the upper edge greater than a width of the lower catch portion parallel the upper edge. 13. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 12 wherein centered on each keyway is a securement tab which is an extension of the plate portion, which extends upwardly from the location of the first fold line and which is disposed in the plane of the plate portion. 14. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the securement tabs carry a hole therethrough. 15. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 14 wherein screws pass through these holes in the securement tabs. 16. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the key member having a T-shape and the keyway having a complementary T-shape. 17. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the key member having a distal head-like tab portion and a connecting leg portion normal thereto, the keyway having an upper passage portion extending parallel to the upper edge and a lower leg-like catch portion extending normal thereto, the tab portion having a width sized to pass through the passage portion of the keyway when the tab portion is extending parallel to the upper edge, the tab portion sized to not pass through a lower leg-like catch portion of the keyway when the tab portion is extending parallel to the upper edge, with the tab portion extending parallel to the upper edge the tab portion insertable into the channelway through the upper passage portion and with the tab portion rearward of the lower flange and the leg portion of the key member extending forwardly through the catch portion of the keyway the key member is movable downwardly relative the keyway to have the tab portion received rearward of the catch portion in a position which the tab portion and catch portion engage to prevent removal of the key member from the keyway without upward movement of each dispenser. 18. A wall plate system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the keyway is one of a plurality of identical keyways provided through the lower flange.
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