Adjustable clip system

Claim 1

A multipurpose clip-on system including a device capable of releasably holding objects, in combination comprising: a body forming a compartment defined by a side wall and a front wall secured to said side wall, means for connecting said body to a generally vertical surface opposed and substantially parallel to said front wall, a snap-clamp device having opposed clamp means for holding objects in either vertical or horizontal alignments of said clamp means, mounting member means in abutting rotational relationship with said front wall and connected to said snap-clamp device, said mounting member means being for releasably connecting said snap-clamp device to said body, fastening means connected to said mounting member means, and means associated with said front wall and said compartment for receiving and locking said fastening means, said fastening means being for positioning said mounting member means with said means for receiving and locking and further for positioning said mounting means and said snap-clamp device to said body in a locked position in selected vertical and horizontal alignments of said clamp means, said mounting member means including a mounting member having opposed first and second surfaces and wherein said front wall includes opposed inner and outer surfaces, said first surface being in rotational abutting relationship with said outer surface, said fastening means including a shaft having opposed ends with one of said ends connected to and extending substantially perpendicular from said first surface of said mounting member and two pairs of oppositely positioned locking arms connected to the other of said ends and extending substantially at right angles relative to said shaft, one of said pair of arms being substantially at right angles relative to the other of said pair of arms, said means for receiving and locking including said front wall forming a central passage substantially normal to said inner and outer surfaces and further forming two pairs of oppositely positioned slots normal to said inner and outer surfaces connected to said central passage, said central passage and said slots being adapted to receive said two pairs of arms and said central passage being further adapted to position said shaft, each of said arms including a tapered surface having an edge extending substantially at right angles to said shaft, each said edge being rotationally aligned with the other edges.