Tool holder for pegboard

Claim 1

A tool holder for mounting upon a planar bi-sided wall defining a matrix of attachment holes located at regular intervals, comprising, in combination, a U-shaped standard including a trapezoidally-shaped central web of predetermined width and minimum length and having opposite side margins defined by diagonally oriented, downwardly converging bend lines, and a pair of outwardly flaring and upwardly inclined arms extending from the central web at the bend lines, and defining a plurality of aligned arm holes, and a plurality of rods adapted for insertion in the aligned arm holes, the rods thus providing supports against which the tools may rest in a compact and secure yet noninterengaging stacked array, the holder further comprising a bracket including a platform having a width sufficient to cover the predetermined width of the standard web and a length substantially equal to the minimum length of the standard web so as to superimpositionally fit over the standard web without relative movement, top and bottom bases extending perpendicularly from the platform for a sufficient distance to provide head clearance spaced between a front wall surface and a back web surface for retention of a headed standard-bracket fastener, a threaded fastener having an enlarged head retained in the clearance between said wall surface and said standard web surface and a threaded shank of reduced diameter extending through registered holes in the standard web and bracket platform, a threaded fastener retainer for attachment to the threaded fastener at a position adjacent the bracket platform and having a thickness exceeding said head clearance space so as to indicate improper assembly of the tool holder parts to the holder user, the standard and web each defining additional holes which are misaligned to prohibit improper bracket-standard assembly, and a plurality of tabs extending from the bases for fastening the bracket and attached standard to the wall, the tabs including at least one bayonet tab extending from the bottom base perpendicularly to the bracket platform for insertion into a wall hole so as to prohibit bracket and standard motion in a plane parallel to the wall plane, and at least one hook tab having a hook shank extending perpendicularly to the bracket platform and a hook tip extending at an angle away from the hook shank so as to engage a back wall surface and to thereby retain the bracket, standard, and any held tools on the wall.