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.

1 . A pegboard wall-plug comprising: 
 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.    
   
   
       2 . A pegboard wall-plug 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 pegboard wall-plug according to  claim 2  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.  
   
   
       4 . A pegboard wall-plug 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 pegboard wall-plug according to  claim 4  wherein each of said pilot fins includes a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart, parallel ridges.  
   
   
       6 . A pegboard wall-plug 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 for accepting item holders adapted 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 plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart parallel ridges projecting outwardly from a surface of said cylindrical tube; and    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.    
   
   
       8 . A system according to  claim 7  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.  
   
   
       9 . A system according to  claim 7  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.  
   
   
       10 . A system according to  claim 7  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.  
   
   
       11 . A system according to  claim 7  wherein each of said pilot fins includes a plurality of circumferentially arranged, spaced-apart, parallel ridges.  
   
   
       12 . A system according to  claim 7  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.  
   
   
       13 . A system according to  claim 10  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.  
   
   
       14 .- 27 . (canceled)