Patent 9763528 was granted and assigned to Whirlpool Corporation on September, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A track (12) for a slotted wall system forms a slot (26) configured to receive a portion of a bracket and support the bracket and load carried by the bracket to define one or more load-bearing locations (A,B) on the track (12). The track (12) is formed of a base material coextruded with a reinforcing material selectively positioned at one or more load-bearing locations (A,B) on the track (12).