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  Pegboard wall-plug storage systemUSPTO Application #: 20080042026Title: Pegboard wall-plug storage system Abstract: 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. (end of abstract) Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment - Philadelphia, PA, US Inventors: Alan Winig, Richard Winig, James Eldon USPTO Applicaton #: 20080042026 - Class: 248220220 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Supports, Brackets, Specially Mounted Or Attached, Interlocked Bracket And Support, Intermediate Bracket Interlocked Between Bracket And Support The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080042026. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention generally relates to storage and organizational systems, and more particularly to structures used to mount storage and organizational systems onto vertical surfaces. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Storage and organizational systems of the type in which a composition board with a plurality of holes is mounted vertically on a surface are well known in the art. These systems, known as pegboards, are often adapted to receive support devices, e.g., hook and peg members, which extend into the holes so that articles may be supported from the forwardly projecting portions of the support device. [0003] Mounting a pegboard in a home typically requires securing the pegboard on a wall of the house. Typical walls in a home are often constructed of either plaster or gypsum board supported upon wall studs. The pegboard is mounted on the outer surface of the wall, or on to a framework secured to the wall, by placing fasteners, e.g. screws, through several holes disbursed throughout the pegboard, and then driving each fastener into the frame, or through the frame and into a stud. Frames are often necessary to provide sufficient space between the back surface of the pegboard and the wall of the home so as to accommodate engagement portions of the support devices, e.g., hook and peg members, which extend into the holes so that articles may be supported from forwardly projecting portions of the support device. [0004] This arrangement is often aesthetically undesirable, as it requires large surfaces of the supporting wall to be covered by the pegboard. The size of the pegboard, to some extent, also limits the locations that a storage system may be placed. In pegboard systems such as are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,581,788, a perforated panel is provided in the form of a planer sheet of material, preferably formed of a metal or polymer, and having a plurality of regularly shaped perforations, disposed in a regular pattern throughout the panel. The perforations are each preferably formed so as to be defined by a circumferential edge, often forming a rectangular or square opening in the panel. The perforated panel is typically about one quarter to one half of an inch thick, with the perforations being arranged in a regular pattern through panel. These panels are often provided in three-by-three or four-by-four foot sheets. [0005] There is a need for a pegboard-type mounting system that is compact and able to be arranged in a variety of locations on a wall of a structure without covering excessive portions of the wall's surface or requiring holes to be formed entirely through the wall of the structure. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The present invention provides a pegboard wall-plug including a plate having a central opening and a tube projecting 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. [0007] In one embodiment of the invention, a system 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. [0008] In another embodiment of the invention, a system 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. An item holder, such as a hook with a catch or a bracket for a shelf, is then positioned within the opening in the pegboard wall-plug. The catch may comprise a curved cantilevered strap projecting from the end and having a stop tab located at a strap end positioned above, but spaced away from the end so that when the cantilevered strap is inserted into the central opening defined through the plate, the catch is releasably engaged with the plate with the stop tab positioned on a front surface of the plate. [0009] In a further embodiment, a system for supporting an item being is provided that includes a pegboard wall-plug having a plate including a central opening, and a tube projecting outwardly from a rear surface of the plate in surrounding relation to the central opening, a circumferential end edge, and a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges projecting outwardly from a surface of the cylindrical tube. A blind hole is defined by an inner circumferential surface and an inner transverse surface of a wall on which items are to be hung or stacked for storage. The inner circumferential 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 so that 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 with the circumferential end edge rests upon the inner transverse surface of the wall. An item holder is provided that includes a catch located at an end. The catch comprises a curved cantilevered strap that projects from the end and has a stop tab located at a strap end positioned above, but spaced away from the end. When the cantilevered strap is inserted into the central opening defined through the plate, the catch is releasably engaged with the plate with the stop tab being positioned on a front surface of the plate and void is defined between the cantilevered strap and the inner transverse surface of the wall. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0010] These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully disclosed in, or rendered obvious by, the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, which are to be considered together with the accompanying drawings wherein like numbers refer to like parts and further wherein: [0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pegboard wall-plug formed in accordance with the present invention; [0012] FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the pegboard wall-plug shown in FIG. 1; [0013] FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the pegboard wall-plug shown in FIG. 1; [0014] FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the pegboard wall-plug shown in FIG. 2; [0015] FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the pegboard wall-plug shown in FIGS. 14; [0016] FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view, as taken along lines 6-6 in FIG. 5; [0017] FIG. 7 is a rear cross-sectional view, as taken along lines 7-7 in FIG. 5; [0018] FIG. 8 is a perspective exploded view, partially broken-away, of a pegboard wall-plug positioned adjacent to a wall of a structure ready for mounting; [0019] FIG. 9 is a perspective broken-away view of the pegboard wall-plug mounted in the wall shown in FIG. 8; [0020] FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the pegboard wall-plug mounted in a wall as taken along lines 10-10 in FIG. 9; Continue reading... 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