Pegboard wall-plug storage system
View Patent ↗A system and apparatus for storing an item is provided that includes a pegboard wall-plug having a plate including a central opening. A tube projects outwardly from a rear surface of the plate in surrounding relation to the central opening. A plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges project outwardly from a surface of the cylindrical tube. A hole is defined by a surface of a wall where the surface defines a diameter of the hole that is less than a diameter of at least one of the circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges. In this way, when the tube is received within the hole, the circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges engage and bite into the surface so as to retain the pegboard wall-plug in the wall.
1. A system for storing an item comprising:
a pegboard wall-plug having a plate including a central opening, and a tube projecting outwardly from a rear surface of said plate in surrounding relation to said central opening, and including a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges projecting outwardly from a surface of said cylindrical tube;
a hole defined by a surface of a wall said surface defining a diameter of said hole that is less than a diameter of at least one of said circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges so that when said tube is received within said hole, said circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges engage and bite into said surface so as to retain said pegboard wall-plug in said wall; and
an item holder including a catch located at an end wherein said catch comprises a curved cantilevered strap projecting from said end and having a stop tab located at a strap end positioned above, but spaced away from said end wherein when said cantilevered strap is inserted into said central opening defined through said plate, said catch is releasably engaged with said plate with said stop tab being positioned on a front surface of said plate.
2. A system according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of circumferential ridges have a triangular cross-sectional profile including an inclined outer surface and a flat shoulder surface so as to form a plurality of parallel serrations on an outer surface of said tube.
3. A system according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of circumferential ridges each have an edge that is defined by the intersection of an inclined outer surface and a flat shoulder surface.
4. A system according to claim 1 wherein said tube includes a pair of pilot fins arranged one hundred and eighty degrees apart on an outer surface so as to be in confronting, coaxial relation to one another.
5. A system according to claim 2 wherein each of said pilot fins includes a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart, parallel ridges.
6. A system according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of circumferential ridges have a triangular cross-sectional profile including an inclined outer surface and a flat shoulder surface so as to form a plurality of parallel serrations on an outer surface of said tube, and further wherein said tube includes a pair of pilot fins arranged one hundred and eighty degrees apart on an outer surface so as to be in confronting, coaxial relation to one another with each of said pilot fins including a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart, parallel ridges that are coextensive with said ridges on each of said pilot fins.
7. A system according to claim 4 wherein said surface in said wall also defines a pair of pilot slots arranged one hundred and eighty degrees apart so as to be in confronting, aligned relation to one another so that each of said pair of pilot slots is arranged in complementary alignment with a respective one of said pair of pilot fins.
8. A system for supporting an item being stored comprising:
a pegboard wall-plug having a plate including a central opening, and a tube projecting outwardly from a rear surface of said plate in surrounding relation to said central opening, and including a circumferential end edge and a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges projecting outwardly from a surface of said cylindrical tube;
a blind hole defined by an inner circumferential surface and an inner transverse surface of a wall, said inner circumferential surface defining a diameter of said hole that is less than a diameter of at least one of said circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges so that when said tube is received within said hole, said circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges engage and bite into said surface so as to retain said pegboard wall-plug in said wall with said circumferential end edge rests upon said inner transverse surface of said wall; and
an item holder including a catch located at an end wherein said catch comprises a curved cantilevered strap projecting from said end and having a stop tab located at a strap end positioned above, but spaced away from said end wherein when said cantilevered strap is inserted into said central opening defined through said plate, said catch is releasably engaged with said plate with said stop tab being positioned on a front surface of said plate and void defined between said cantilevered strap and said inner transverse surface of said wall.
9. A system according to claim 8 wherein said plurality of circumferential ridges have a triangular cross-sectional profile including an inclined outer surface and a flat shoulder surface so as to form a plurality of parallel serrations on an outer surface of said tube.
10. A system according to claim 9 wherein said plurality of circumferential ridges each have an edge that is defined by the intersection of said inclined outer surface and said flat shoulder surface.
11. A system according to claim 10 wherein said tube includes a pair of pilot fins arranged one hundred and eighty degrees apart on an outer surface so as to be in confronting, coaxial relation to one another.
12. A system according to claim 11 wherein each of said pilot fins includes a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart, parallel ridges.
13. A system according to claim 12 wherein said plurality of circumferential ridges have a triangular cross-sectional profile including an inclined outer surface and a flat shoulder surface so as to form a plurality of parallel serrations on an outer surface of said tube, and further wherein said tube includes a pair of pilot fins arranged one hundred and eighty degrees apart on an outer surface so as to be in confronting, coaxial relation to one another with each of said pilot fins including a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart, parallel ridges that are coextensive with said ridges on each of said pilot fins.
14. A system according to claim 13 wherein said surface in said wall also defines a pair of pilot slots arranged one hundred and eighty degrees apart so as to be in confronting, aligned relation to one another so that each of said pair of pilot slots is arranged in complementary alignment with a respective one of said pair of pilot fins.